Advice To My Younger Teacher Self

[@effiesavvaidis2797]

Hi Jo I'm 57 and have been teaching for 40 years (it's a long story 😂😂) What I would say to my younger self is not to take things personally. Meaning that you're allowed to make mistakes even as a teacher. Don't let that affect you mentally. Keep on learning as it's a lifelong journey. Use humour as a way of connecting, it works wonders. Cheers Effie

[@elttraining]

@@effiesavvaidis2797 That’s great advice for life, not only teaching! How did you start teaching when you were 14??!!!

[@effiesavvaidis2797]

@elttraining not 14 but 17 but either way, way too soon. We left Australia went to Greece and because I spoke English with an 'accent' I was asked to do a bit of speaking with one or two classes. Those one/two classes became much much more and lots of studying and 'stress' later I have been teaching English and wouldn't change it for anything.

[@elttraining]

@@effiesavvaidis2797 haha- maths was never my strong suit… but I still like your advice!

[@WorldofColor-ng5yc]

I'm 57 and have just started as a TEFL teacher. My advice to self is "I should have paid more attention in my English lessons! But more seriously, I'm grateful for people like yourself, Jo, who provide the value of their experience on KZbin, it's been a real help, just to get me started.

[@elttraining]

@@WorldofColor-ng5yc so pleased that my material has been useful and also great to hear about you doing something different in a life. It’s never too late to have a new adventure!

[@marinaterrosi885]

1. Keep experimenting in class 2. Invest in yourself 3. Widen your experience I would embrace all of them, but perhaps it's not too late. I'll turn 50 in a few months and some years ago I got a Celta certificate.

[@elttraining]

@@marinaterrosi885 it’s definitely never too late! I only started my PhD when I was 50, at 57 I moved to Australia, I’m planning on LOTS more adventures, too!

[@mehmet.albyrk]

Really great

[@arsalanacademy909]

Love your videos, Jo.

[@victoria-lx3ej]

thank you for the advice ❤❤

[@JKHdnxscga]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@eugeniamasiiwa566]

Celta is a bit expensive do they offer scholarships as well???

[@elttraining]

@@eugeniamasiiwa566 not to my knowledge..,