Victoria W. posted an article on Teach in London - Dec 11, 2009, 10:30 am
What do you think? Would you use this in your teaching? If you would like to become one of our outstanding teachers or teaching assistants in London, just apply through our website. Also,...
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Victoria W. posted an article on Teach in London - Dec 9, 2009, 12:35 pm
I have to be honest, most of the cover letters I read are exactly the same. I spend less than 30 seconds skim-reading them and skip ahead to the resume or CV.  But this one made me stop, read it ...
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Victoria W. posted an article on Teach in London - Dec 8, 2009, 5:54 pm
Siobhan Curious over at Classroom as Microcosm has kindly nominated this blog for the 2009 Edublog Award - Best Corporate Blog.  Thanks so much Siobhan! I really appreciate it. Voting begins...
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Victoria W. posted an article on Teach in London - Dec 8, 2009, 11:38 am
If you’d like to know a bit more about me, my ebook and why I write these blogs, please see Marsha Moore’s blog today. She interviews me about living in London, what I do now and how I wrote my eb...
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Victoria W. posted an article on Teach in London - Dec 7, 2009, 12:29 pm
I am taking a year out from the university job fairs.  This might mean forever, but for now, I see it as one year off from the career fairs. Normally, I send one of our teacher-turned-recru...
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Victoria W. posted an article on Teach in London - Dec 6, 2009, 10:26 am
The Edublog Awards are into their 6th year of celebrating amazing education bloggers, so I figure I better get in my nominations.  You have until Tuesday, November 8th to nominate (you ...
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Victoria W. posted an article on Teach in London - Dec 4, 2009, 10:24 am
Thanks to Ron Hamilton for the above photo of some of our fabulous teachers at Stone Henge.  The winners of the Marsha Moore Book Contest are: Lindsay, Bryn and Kirbie! Congratulations la...
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Victoria W. posted an article on Teach in London - Dec 2, 2009, 11:08 am
Yesterday was one of my best days with Classroom Canada ever. Every time I checked my email, I received more great news.  Every time I answered the phone, I was so excited to speak with the...
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Victoria W. posted an article on Teach in London - Nov 30, 2009, 12:43 pm
Marsha Moore is the author of 24 Hours - London">24 Hours London, a new book all about what you can do in London, hour by hour.  She's a former teacher and recruiter as well as a fabulous blo...
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Victoria W. posted an article on Teach in London - Nov 27, 2009, 11:09 am
Today's Coffee Time interview is with Kirbie from New Brunswick, a primary teacher, fellow blogger and fabulous teacher.  Enjoy! Coffee Time with Kirbie Name: Kirbie Silliker ...
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Victoria W. posted an article on Teach in London - Nov 25, 2009, 10:15 am
Make an on-line slide show at www.OneTrueMedia.com  I just made the above photo montage for our Classroom Canada teachers and teaching assistants.  What do you think?  I'm co...
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Victoria W. posted an article on Teach in London - Nov 23, 2009, 11:24 am
... the male-teachers?) BangersNMash -  Shannon is a new teacher and she's doing exceptionally well in our schools.  She has an upbeat, ... Bryn is a teaching assistant, a swing d...
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Victoria W. posted an article on Teach in London - Nov 20, 2009, 10:32 am
We are not alone. There are others just like us.  Teaching, writing, reading, reflecting, researching, blogging. Educarnival is a blogger's paradise, where education bloggers submit...
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Victoria W. posted an article on Teach in London - Nov 18, 2009, 1:33 pm
Now that most of our teachers for the 2009/2010 academic year are settled into life and teaching in London, it's time to look ahead to next year.  We are currently arranging interviews with t...
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Victoria W. posted an article on Teach in London - Nov 16, 2009, 11:09 am
Regular readers of this blog will know that I often talk about "being positive" and that teachers who move to London to teach and keep that positive attitude strong do exceptionally well in our school...
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Victoria W. posted an article on Teach in London - Nov 13, 2009, 9:49 am
I'm back in our Canadian office after a couple of weeks in London with our teachers and teaching assistants.  It was a whirlwind tour to say the least, but I loved every minute of it.  ...
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Victoria W. posted an article on Teach in London - Nov 11, 2009, 5:17 pm
It's a holiday here in British Columbia for Remembrance Day, but I think the rest of Canada is still hard at work.  The UK calls the 11th of November "Armistice Day", and I believe the USA st...
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Victoria W. posted an article on Teach in London - Nov 9, 2009, 12:34 pm
Wow.  The Classroom Canada PD week has come and gone. It all happened so quickly! Here are some photos from Friday night's London Scavenger Hunt - my favourite event that takes our teach...
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Victoria W. posted an article on Teach in London - Nov 6, 2009, 7:22 am
Classroom Canada held 2 professional development workshops this week for our new arrivals in London: Primary & Secondary Teaching on Wednesday night and SEN Teaching on Thursday night. We had eve...
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Victoria W. posted an article on Teach in London - Nov 4, 2009, 7:25 am
How amazing our the Classroom Canada teachers & teaching assistants in London?  Absolutely outstanding! On Monday, we had our Run with Richard, a 5km jogging tour of our local area around Ce...
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Victoria W. posted an article on Teach in London - Nov 2, 2009, 8:10 am
I'm sitting here in the London office, gazing out the window at a sunny sky and thinking of the incredible people I've met through Classroom Canada.  I am the luckiest woman on earth!&nbs...
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Victoria W. posted an article on Teach in London - Oct 26, 2009, 11:35 am
I'm heading out to London tomorrow and madly packing all of the amazing prizes for the Classroom Canada London Scavenger Hunt.  It's madness! It's mayhem! Here is the list o...
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Victoria W. posted an article on Teach in London - Oct 23, 2009, 2:08 pm
I love the video above. It's circulating on facebook with quite a few of the Classroom Canada teachers and I am excited to share it with you here.  Wanda Sykes shows us how we can deal with h...
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Victoria W. posted an article on Teach in London - Oct 20, 2009, 3:02 pm
I'm hitting the road again folks! First, I'm heading off to London to do our PD and Socials Week (Nov 2-6th) and I can't even tell you how excited I am to see all our teachers and tea...
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Victoria W. posted an article on Teach in London - Oct 19, 2009, 1:15 pm
Who is successful in their teaching in London?  I've said it a million times, and I'll say it again: the most successful teachers and TA's are positive thinkers.  They see e...
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Victoria W. posted an article on Teach in London - Oct 16, 2009, 11:18 am
First off, congrats to Eric and Joyet for landing full-time teaching contracts with us in London.  Well done!  Eric is teaching in secondary, and Joyet in primary, and I just know they'r...
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Victoria W. posted an article on Teach in London - Oct 14, 2009, 11:59 am
I'm excited to share with you our Updated List of Workshops and Socials coming up during the week of November 2nd-6th in London, England with Classroom London and Classroom Canada. Monday, No...
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Victoria W. posted an article on Teach in London - Oct 12, 2009, 8:03 pm
Happy Canadian Thanksgiving everyone! Thanks to Shannon for completing this Coffee Time interview in time to share it with you all today. Comment - Like

Victoria W. posted an article on Teach in London - Oct 9, 2009, 10:27 am
I try to cut teachers and teaching assistants a lot of slack when they apply for jobs with Classroom Canada in London.  If their cover letter is written to "Timeplan" by mistake, I understand tha...
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Victoria W. posted an article on Teach in London - Oct 7, 2009, 10:31 am
To follow on from Monday's post about the job situation for secondary teachers in London, here's how you can improve your chances of landing that perfect teaching job in London. Attend th...
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Victoria W. posted an article on Teach in London - Oct 5, 2009, 10:59 am
*Please read the comments section of this particular blog post as there is a good discussion and update on this post* What's happening in London with Secondary teacher jobs? Well, it's a ...
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Victoria W. posted an article on Teach in London - Oct 2, 2009, 9:20 am
I've been away participating in my own professional development for the past week and a half and let me tell you - my inbox is jam-packed with applications from teachers and teaching assistants wh...
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Victoria W. posted an article on Teach in London - Sep 17, 2009, 9:21 pm
I am so excited to share the news with you! My colleagues in London have started a blog for Classroom London, partly inspired by this little blog of mine.  I love it when more people join th...
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Victoria W. posted an article on Teach in London - Sep 16, 2009, 12:28 pm
We all know that children need enough sleep to learn in school.  We tell parents that all the time, and we always know when students have been up too late at night to concentrate in class, k...
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Victoria W. posted an article on Teach in London - Sep 14, 2009, 12:03 pm
I've written a few posts about supply teaching (aka TOC, daily supply, substitute teaching, relief teaching, cover teaching) in London schools and how to survive and succeed. Most teachers wh...
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Victoria W. posted an article on Teach in London - Sep 11, 2009, 11:29 am
My colleagues in London, who are mostly teachers themselves, have been sending me emails all week to rave about how amazing the Classroom Canada teachers are.  It's a bit of a frantic time fo...
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Victoria W. posted an article on Teach in London - Sep 9, 2009, 10:55 am
We have our Fabulous Flexible 15 in London, ready and eager to teach any subject, any time. They're mostly experienced teachers, so they don't have the panic that a first year teacher has, bu...
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Victoria W. posted an article on Teach in London - Sep 7, 2009, 11:32 am
According to Judy Friedberg, of the Guardian, "Teaching assistants do not boost pupils' progress, though they do help to reduce teachers' stress levels and improve classroom discipline, resear...
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Victoria W. posted an article on Teach in London - Sep 4, 2009, 11:33 am
Every year, Classroom Canada and Classroom London join forces to help our new teachers adjust to life in London with a week of professional development sessions. We offer these sessions after the fir...
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Victoria W. posted an article on Teach in London - Sep 2, 2009, 12:09 pm
I was inspired by Siobhan Curious' piece today to write this particular blog post. Siobhan has been a guest blogger over at Sarah Ebner's School Gate blog and finished the series today with a...
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Victoria W. posted an article on Teach in London - Aug 31, 2009, 9:22 am
... teachers who arrived last week to start teaching in London, England. I select these teachers based on their experience ... September). I will focus here on the new arrivals instead. They get...
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Victoria W. posted an article on Teach in London - Aug 28, 2009, 9:47 am
Over the summer months, my colleagues in London have shorter hours, and I get the luxury of sleeping in til about 8am as a result. It's been glorious. Well, those days are over and the madness of...
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Victoria W. posted an article on Teach in London - Aug 26, 2009, 12:16 pm
One of the things I love about teaching in the UK is that the schools are really keen on multiple intelligences and theVAK approach. VAK stands for Visual, Auditory & Kinesthetic and it simply means t...
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Victoria W. posted an article on Teach in London - Aug 24, 2009, 2:15 pm
I love it when teachers send me emails to share great resources. Here's one I just received today: Hi Victoria, Here is a Teachers TV video that I watched today. It described some of the positive...
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Victoria W. posted an article on Teach in London - Aug 21, 2009, 12:18 pm
I was inspired to write this post after reading Mr. D's post on "I Want to Teach Forever." He shares 20 cheap ways to decorate your classroom today. But for Classroom Canada, as Canadian (and a h...
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Victoria W. posted an article on Teach in London - Aug 19, 2009, 3:38 pm

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Victoria W. posted an article on Teach in London - Aug 17, 2009, 12:28 pm
Last week, I told you that I started another blog to help Canadians & Americans move to the UK on top of writing this blog. I wondered how I would find the time to keep up with both blogs. Over the ...
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Victoria W. posted an article on Teach in London - Aug 14, 2009, 4:13 pm
I might just be crazy, but I started a second blog to help Canadians & Americans move to the UK. It's called "Canadians & Americans in the UK" and it will be very similar to this blog, but with...
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Victoria W. posted an article on Teach in London - Aug 13, 2009, 1:34 pm
The above photo is circulating around Facebook today so I thought I'd share it with you as a good example of what not to do. As teachers, this is particularly important. You might have to click o...
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Victoria W. posted an article on Teach in London - Aug 12, 2009, 10:54 am
I had a lovely vacation from Classroom Canada and am back to helping teachers move to London to teach and travel. I have more than 300 emails in my inbox (!) so this post will be short & sweet. Thank...
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