Pros and Cons of a Teachers' Room

From cacaponinstitute.com

Having a teachers' room has its advantages and disadvantages. Don't confuse teachers' room with a shared office. In a teachers' room, there's usually a couple of big tables and shared work stations. No one has their own space. It's often used in elementary and high schools where teachers can go between classes. Let's take a look at some of them.

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• pros and cons of a private office 
• pros and cons of a shared office

Pros

• Lots of team spirit, bonding, motivating, and energy
• Builds community
• Less hierarchy and more transparency
• You can share resources

Cons

• It's hard to stay on task with all the comings and goings
• Cramped
• Few resources
• Less privacy and security

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Pros and Cons of a Shared Office

From onearchitecturesite.com

Having your a shared office has its advantages and disadvantages. By shared office, I don't mean a teachers' room. In an office you have your own space, desk, computer, etc. Let's take a look at some of them.

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• pros and cons of your own classroom 
• pros and cons of a private office 
• pros and cons of a teachers' room

Pros

• You can share office resources
• It builds community
• People tend to be happier and more laid-back
• There's less hierarchy

Cons

• You might have cubicles
• There's less security and less privacy
• It's noisy
• You might have to come early or stay late in order to get work done

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Pros and Cons of a Private Office

From drlili.com

Having your own office has its advantages and disadvantages. Let's take a look at some of them. You might also be interested in reading

• pros and cons of your own classroom 
• pros and cons of a shared office 
• pros and cons of a teachers' room

Pros

• You have your own space
• Peace and quiet
• It's a status symbol
• You can get your work done

Cons

• Less collaboration between your co-workers
• No sense of community
• Harder to communicate; you have to arrange a meeting, call, or email
• Less motivating

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Pros and Cons of Having Your Own Classroom

From catholicphoenix.com

Having your own classroom has its advantages and disadvantages. Let's take a look at some of them. You might also be interested in reading

• pros and cons of a private office 
• pros and cons of a shared office 
• pros and cons of a teachers' room

Pros

• It's your space so you can personalise the classroom
• You can decorate it how you want
• You can re-arrange the furniture
• It's convenient

Cons

• You'll have less interaction with other teachers
• You might have to clean it
• You're responsible for the students' belongings and the school's materials
• You might have to spend your own money to decorate it

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Teaching / Working in Australia or New Zealand

Australia and New Zealand offer a whole new perspective on the world. Surf and sun and a laidback atmosphere combined with friendly people make it a great place to live. It is possible to teach there even if you don't have an Australian or New Zealand passport.

There are a couple programmes that you can go through in order to work Down Under. Some of the info below was taken from a book written by Susan Griffith called Teaching English Abroad. You might also want to take a look at Teaching at International Schools and Teaching Exchanges and Fellowships.


Australia: Useful Information
BUNAC also offers a working holiday visa for those that qualify. Good places for job searches are Seek, Job Search, My Career, and MEC. Check out Australian Immigration which has working holiday visas for those from . . .

• Bangladesh
• Belgium
• Canada
• Chile
• Cyprus
• Denmark
• Estonia
• Finland
• France
• Germany
• Hong Kong
• Indonesia
• Iran
• Ireland
• Italy
• Japan
• Korea
• Malta
• Malaysia
• the Netherlands
• Norway
• Sweden
• Taiwan
• Thailand
• Turkey
• the UK
• the USA. 

Australian Language Schools
TESOL has useful information for TEFL teachers. There are many language schools in Australia, but the ones below have been known to hire non-Australians.

• Access Language Centre, contact them at english@access.nsw.edu.au
• Embassy CES, contact enquiries@embassyces.com
• IH Queensland, contact them at admin@inqld.com or adminbrisbane@inqld.com

Australian Working Opportunities
You'll have to be a qualified teacher or enrolled in a programme that leads to qualified teacher status in order to participate in most of these programmes, BUNAC is the exception to the rule. Information about verifying overseas qualifications can be found at the Department of Immigration and Citizenship as well as the Teacher Registration Authority.

• AEUJ has exchanges between Japan and Australia.
• BUNAC gets work visas for its participants.
• DECS places teachers in Australia.
• DET places teachers in western Australia.
• LECT offers exchanges between Canada and Australia. You can find more LECT links here.
• Colorado Teaching Exchange has exchanges for Colorado teachers.
• ITF has teaching programmes for teachers who want to go to Victoria, Australia.
• Queensland government has useful information.
• South Australian Education Department offers exchanges with the United States of America, Canada, Japan, the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Germany, France, Switzerland and Denmark.
• South Australian Teachers' Exchange places teachers in southern Australia.

New Zealand: Useful Information
BUNAC  offers a working holiday visa for those that qualify. New Zealand Immigration allows those with passports from . . .

• Argentina
• Belgium
• Brazil
• Canada
• Chile
• China
• the Czech Republic
• Denmark
• Estonia
• Finland
• France
• Germany
• Hong Kong
• Ireland
• Italy
• Japan
• Korea
• Malaysia
• Malta
• Mexico
• the Netherlands
• Norway
• Peru
• Singapore
• Slovenia
• Spain
• Sweden
• Taiwan
• Thailand
• the UK
• the USA
• Uruguay. 

New Zealand Language Schools

• English Schools has lists of English schools around New Zealand.
• English New Zealand has lists of English schools around New Zealand. 
• TESOL ANZ has useful information for TEFL teachers.
• Buckswood St Nova Institute, contact info@novanz.com

New Zealand Working Opportunities
You'll have to be a qualified teacher or enrolled in a programme that leads to qualified teacher status in order to participate in most of these programmes, BUNAC is the exception to the rule. NZQA is a governmental agency that regulates schools.

• BUNAC gets work visas for its participants.
• Colorado Teaching Exchange has exchanges for Colorado teachers.
• Education Gazette has jobs
• Expat Forum has some useful info about Americans teaching in NZ.
• Teach NZ is a governmental website that has information on teaching in NZ.

International Schools Jobs

• Look at teaching at international schools for more info.

Short-term and Working Holiday Visas

• You can find more information in Short-term Jobs and Working Holiday Visas.

Volunteer

• You can find more info in Volunteer Opportunities for Teachers.

World

• You can find more info in Worldwide Opportunities for Teachers. 

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