Helping Students Study Spanish From Their Own Country With Online Latin Tutoring

Helping Students Study Spanish From Their Own Country With Online Latin TutoringLatin tutoring has found its way into the most fascinating and talked about the educational field, online. Tutors are needed to provide an English lesson to students from a foreign country who is attending a college or university in the United States of America. The online Latin lessons offered by online Latin tutors are truly beneficial in imparting knowledge about the language of Latin and culture to students.The Latin lessons are provided to help you gain an understanding about how to speak and read English and more importantly about Latin culture. So, if you wish to study your English-based subjects in a language which has a rich history and culture, an online Latin tutor is a wonderful option.The use of online learning can be a great choice for those students who have no time to attend classroom-based English classes. What's great about this, an online class has no limit to your availability. You can even choose the time that suits you best. It is totally within your control as the tutor will know when to practice the lessons with your schedule.It is very important to choose the right online Latin tutor. If you want the most effective and quick language learning process, there are some things that you need to consider. The best language learning guide is one that comes with a record of your progress, recordings of previous and current sessions, as well as multiple choices of tutorials which will guide you through learning the language. It is highly recommended that you take help from a tutor who has a lot of experience.One other thing to consider is whether the tutor is on time. If you find a tutor who's going at a full speed, chances are, the tutor isn't going at all. If you are not going at full speed, then it is imperative that you find someone who is. The quickest way to determine the speed of your tutor is to check whether the tutor has a membership at the tutoring site.On ce you have chosen your potential tutor, a few questions should be asked. These questions should not be rushed and should be given ample of time to answer them. Some of the questions are:The time the tutor was recommended by your parent's guidance counselor or his/her assessment. Should the tutor come from the class of your parents?

Encouraging Literacy Through Public Service

Encouraging Literacy Through Public Service Encouraging Literacy Through Public Service Many parents work hard to find ways to teach their children to be good citizens and caring people, but with a little planning, you can also foster your childs interest in reading at the same time. If you volunteer as a family or are looking for opportunities to help worthwhile organizations in your community, here are a few ideas that may benefit your child. Read in a siblings classroom. If you have an elementary school student and a preschooler, talk with your preschoolers teacher about having your older child read to his or her little brothers or sisters class. This is a great chance for both children to feel special and an opportunity for your older student to see how much younger children enjoy being read to. Work with organizations to help low-income children. Your child might be surprised to know how many children in the United States and around the world do not have access to books. Organizations like First Book (www.firstbook.org), a nonprofit that strives to provide books to schools and programs for children in low-income families, works in hundreds of communities across the U.S. You and your child can reach out to a First Book Advisory Board near you to find out how you can help. For other ideas, check with your local library. Share your books. Your child could get involved with BookCrossing (www.bookcrossing.com), a worldwide book sharing program. This program is a fun way for your child to celebrate literature by sharing and tracking books he or she no longer needs. Talk with your school or local library, too, for other ideas on how your family can share books you no longer want with organizations in need (or volunteer with those same organizations). Start a book drive. There are many great local and national organizations that strive to add to libraries inventories, give books to organizations in need (homeless shelters or nursing homes, for example) and get books into the hands of children. Check with schools and libraries in your area, and also check out organizations near you for ideas on how to start or get involved in a book drive. BooksEnds in California, Chicago Book Drive (www.chicagobookdrive.com) and Books4Cause (based in Chicago but serving the Midwest) are all great examples. Volunteer at the library. One of the best ways for students to serve their communities while gaining valuable exposure to books and literature is to volunteer at the library. Your public library likely has many opportunities for young students to get involved, such as read-aloud programs, childrens story times and other programs, special projects, shelf and display organizing, and materials sorting. Look throughout your school and town for opportunities to help others enjoy reading and encourage your student to get involved. The more you can incorporate reading into your childs daily lifeboth by having him or her read and fostering reading in your communitythe better. Of course, while these are great activities, there is no substitute for frequent reading. If your child is struggling or could use targeted help, call Huntington. We can develop a customized learning program to help your child become a stronger reader, which will help him or her learn to enjoy this wonderful pastime.

The importance of practice tests

The importance of practice tests Hello AJ Tutoring clients and friends! We hope you all had a great Thanksgiving and youre ready for the busy December season of finals, concerts, and family gatherings.One thing on the minds of many juniors these days is getting ready for the March SAT. At this point, Ive already completed a couple tutoring sessions with many of my juniors and theyre getting ready to take their first full practice tests.Completing full practice tests is a great way for students to get the feel of the test and track their progress. Sometimes, though, a student will come to our next tutoring session with the test partially completed, or not done under ideal circumstances. This ends up partly wasting the students time, since we cant get an accurate idea of where hes at with the test. Which begs the question: what should it look like when students do practice tests for homework?If possible, we always encourage students to take proctored tests offered some Saturday mornings at AJ Tutorings Palo Alto offic e. Well tell students what to do and when, just like the day of the test. This takes guesswork out of the equation and gives accurate results. Plus, students get their tutoring homework done in one morning. Win-win!But if its not possible to come in for a proctored test, students should do the test at home, in an environment that resembles the testing environment as closely as possible (minus all the other stressed-out students). What should this look like?1. NO DISTRACTIONS! This is so important. Most high schoolers treat their phones like extra appendages. You cant have phones during the SAT, so dont have them out while youre taking a practice test. You can use the phone as a timer, but put it across the room. No talking, no texting, no Facebook. 2. Do the whole test in one sitting. Yes, this is hard, and yes, it will take about four hours. Yes, we know you have sports and theater and hours of homework to do. But test day is a marathon, not a sprint. Lots of students could get gre at scores, if only they could split up the test over three days. Dont be one of those people! The SAT is partly testing your ability to focus and think for several hours straight, so you need to practice that. No shortcuts here! 3. Time it like the actual test. Follow the timing directions at the top of each section, and set a timer to go off when times up. Stop writing when you hear the timer, and dont fill in more answers. 4. Go in order. Dont do all the math sections at once, or all the reading and writing sections together. Complete sections in the order theyre presented in the test. 5. Take the test when youre feeling rested. Weekend mornings are a great time to take practice tests because the test itself is given on a Saturday morning. Regardless of what day you choose to complete the practice test, dont start it at 9 pm on a Thursday night after you finished all your other homework. Practice tests completed at 1 am never end well, trust me. 6. Parents, help create a good envi ronment. Make sure your son or daughter has a cleaned-off place to sit and complete the test without distractions. Dont interrupt them to talk or ask questions. Encourage them to do the test in one sitting, and provide positive reinforcement when they get it done. Put the test up on the fridge after they get the score back (okay, you dont have to do the last part).Completing several practice tests under testing conditions is one of the best predictors we at AJ Tutoring have found for a students eventual score improvement. Implementing the advice above is sure to help you have a great test day when March finally rolls around.

This calculator shows how much you can earn teaching English online (Hint Its a lot!)

This calculator shows how much you can earn teaching English online (Hint It’s a lot!) Lately, we’ve been getting a lot of reader questions about how much money you can actually make teaching English online. ? Looking for your first job after graduation? Trying to make some money in between jobs? Fancy the life of a digital nomad? Are you a working teacher interested in supplementing your income? How about a graduate student? Online English teaching jobs are rising in popularity as an option for all types of people. And for good reason. For pretty much everyone we’ve mentioned above, teaching English online is the perfect side gig because: You can do it in your own time You can do it from anywhere You can easily build it into your lifestyle All you need is to be a fluent English speaker and hold a bachelor’s degree (in any major) and you can get started in no time at all! So let’s talk numbers. How much money you can make teaching English online depends largely on how many hours you want to put in, which will vary depending on where you’re located. Hourly rates for teaching English online Generally speaking, you can earn anywhere from $14 - 23/hour, depending on the company you teach with. Because most students are located in Asia and especially concentrated in China, here’s a quick example of peak teaching hours for people located in North America on EST and PST time zones: To save you having to do the math, though, we’ve created this handy free online teaching salary calculator to help you figure out how much you can make teaching English online in a month: Caveat: This blog post doesn’t cover salary ranges for online college instructors (around $1,500 USD for each semester-length course taught, if you’re feeling curious). It also doesn’t delve into how much online K12 teachers can make. Virtual elementary and high school teachers earn $40,00 USD and up - that’s a similar yearly base salary to other licensed K12 teachers at public schools.

Office White Elephant Gift Exchange Ideas

Office White Elephant Gift Exchange Ideas Image: Andrew Neel via https://unsplash.com/photos/IPx7J1n_xUc Something practical for the office In an office setting, there are things that everyone inevitably needs. It could be pens, paper, or staples. Look around and take notice of things that are starting to run low. If you want to get something like pens or notebooks, get ones that are fun and different instead of plain ones to keep things interesting.  If you get something in a large quantity, everyone in the office can use it and share it. You can buy a desktop calendar that has daily jokes. That way, someone in the office can tell jokes and keep the office atmosphere fun and light.  Desktop boxing  is a great way to relieve stress and tension in the office. If your office has coffee, you can buy a fun mug so the recipient can use it for coffee. You can also buy fun sticky notes or uniquely shaped paper clips to keep things interesting. Inside office joke As long as you keep things appropriate, if your office has some kind of running joke or inside joke going around, buy something related to it. These kinds of white elephant gifts always make people laugh and may even make a reappearance for years to come. Some previous white elephant gifts may even be the inside joke. However, it is important to keep it appropriate and professional. While you may have an inside joke that may seem funny to you and your immediate coworkers and supervisor, your main manager may not find humor in an inappropriate joke. If everybody always complains about how cold the office is, you can buy an ugly holiday sweater or some slippers. For an office where all of the older people are constantly asking the younger workers how to use technology, you can buy one of the “For Dummies” books. If someone in the office is notoriously gassy, you can buy an air freshener to keep around. A gift card to a store or restaurant near the office Gift cards are a great gift. To make it fitting for the office, buy a gift card for a restaurant or store near the office. This is especially helpful if you or coworkers always grab a bite to eat at the restaurant on a regular basis for lunch or happy hour after work.  The store gift card is helpful since it is near the office and your coworkers will not have to worry about finding the store. They can make a stop before or after work. Also, gift cards are great because the recipient can choose what they want to buy. With gift cards, you can wrap them up in a variety of creative ways. You can put a small box in a bunch of larger boxes. You can wrap it in a small box or an oversized box. You can even put it in a box that once held something else. Just make sure you hint that the box may not be indicative to what is actually in the box. Sometimes, the humor and entertainment is watching someone unwrap a gift in an unexpected package and people find it fun to find something they were not thinking about. A team-building experience As an office, there is nothing more important than working as a team to get things done. If you have a lot of new people or are looking to get to know your coworkers better, buying a team building activity is a great idea for the gift exchange. Whether it is a funny game or an escape room experience, any opportunity to get to know your coworkers better can help your company grow together to help everyone get on the same page and make the work environment a little more fun. It will give you memories to laugh about for years to come and will give you conversation starters for you and your coworkers. White elephant gift exchanges are a lot of fun, but in an office setting, it is important to have gifts that are appropriate and professional. Luckily, this can still be fun, especially if you find something that has an office inside joke.

Wellington College China

Wellington College China Wellington College China Wellington College China is a partner of Wellington College in England. It has five schools and two nurseries in China, all in exciting, international cities. Our schools provide an outstanding education for 2,150 local and international children aged between 2 and 18 years old. Success in public examinations is important and we celebrate it. However, at Wellington College, excellent exam results and great university destinations, in the UK and worldwide, are only part of the picture. We want our pupils to be the very best people that they can be: to be kind, to have integrity in their actions, to take responsibility when necessary, to have respect for their environment, for others and themselves, and finally to show courage when needed. The Wellington values frame the way we think about what it is be a Wellingtonian, including the ways we work and what we hope to become. Our Huili Schools combine Wellingtons holistic, British approach to educating the whole child, with the enduring strengths of the Chinese curriculum and focus on learning. We talk about giving our pupils the best of both worlds. Half our lessons are in English and half in Chinese. Half our teachers are English-speakers and half are Chinese. It is our desire to imbue every pupil with our five core values: courage, integrity, respect, kindness and responsibility. We encourage and expect our Chinese pupils to develop the Wellington identity: to be inspired, intellectual, independent, individual and inclusive. Wellington College International Shanghai Huili School Shanghai Huili Nursery Shanghai Wellington College International Hangzhou Huili School Hangzhou Huili Nursery Hangzhou Wellington College International Tianjin Wellington College China Wellington College China Wellington College Bilingual Hangzhou Wellington College International Tianjin Wellington College International Shanghai Wellington College Bilingual Shanghai Wellington College China has built a vibrant community where all pupils strive to reach academic excellence and engage in a comprehensive wider range of opportunities in music, performing arts and sports within the co-curricular and Academy programmes. The campuses offer the very best educational facilities: fantastic teaching buildings, state-of-the-art classrooms, IT facilities, laboratories and theatre, tennis and basketball courts, football and cricket pitches, and a 25m swimming pool. We only employ teachers who are genuinely enthused and excited about their subjects at Senior level, or about the broader sweep of enquiry-based class teaching at Junior level. We also look for plenty of relevant experience of the curriculum elements in use here. We expect our teachers to share our high expectations and aspirations, for themselves and their pupils, and to be demonstrably fully committed to the all-round education that our Wellington Aptitudes approach embodies.

Living and teaching in Qatar the 411

Living and teaching in Qatar the 411 Qatar, and especially its capital, Doha, is a haven for expats. In fact, approximately 500 new expats land in Qatar’s airport each day, ready to start their new life abroad. So with such a huge flood of international teachers and expats heading to this Middle Eastern country, what are some need-to-know details about living and working in Qatar? Read on below. Women in Qatar Although Qatar is located smack in the middle of the Middle East, many teachers will find thatthe laws around how women should conduct themselves in public are much more relaxed. Women are allowed to drive in Qatar, and aren’t expected to wear an abaya (the full-length black gown). Modest dress is expected, however, so covering your shoulders, chest, stomach, and knees are advised. Women who are in Qatar sponsored under their husband’s visa are free to enter and exit Qatar as they please and needn’t worry about obtaining an exit permit. Expats in Qatar Coming in at number 164 in terms of size of countries in the world, Qatar’s population is only about 1.9 million residents at any given time. And of those 1.9 million people, Qatar has the highest number of expat workers - mostly from South Asia and the Philippines â€" meaning that native Qataris are outnumbered by approximately eight to one. This, unsurprisingly, is the highest ratio of expats to native citizens in the world. This means that many teachers report that founding friendship circles in Qatar was a painless process for them, and that expat communities and culture in Qatar are thriving. Driving in Qatar To drive a car in Qatar, you’ll need an international driver’s license. Though you can rent a car for a week if you’re only visiting, if you plan to be driving for longer than that, you’ll need the international license. Residents are expected to have a Qatari driving license. The paperwork will be the least of your concerns, as though Qatar is known to be a very safe country with an extremely low crime rate, many expats report that driving in Qatar was a little more thrilling than they’re comfortable with. That being said, we recommend that if you don’t feel prepared to drive in extreme traffic congestion and with aggressive drivers, you look into transportation alternatives. The good thing is that there is a zero tolerance policy for drinking and driving. Traveling in and around Qatar One thing that may come as a shock to teachers heading to Qatar for a position is that you cannot come and go as you please. You’ll need your sponsor’s (work place’s) permission to leave Qatar for any reason - travel, family visits, etc. This is a policy to discuss with your future employer to clarify any concerns. Many employers grant multi-exit visas, and others will provide an emergency contact should you need an exit permit on short notice for, say, a family emergency. Many employers, especially international schools, are understanding and accommodating regarding the issue of exit permits. Qatar is a great place to teach in an emerging economic and cultural hub in the Middle East. If you’d like to explore available teaching positions in Qatar, visit our job board.