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The Newbie Issue

Trying something new, whether it is a new activity we decide to bring into class or a new position we take on, is always challenging and requires a lot of courage and spirit. In this issue, Matthew Turner, Yitzha Sarwono, and our brave new blogger Ruthie Iida share their personal stories of being newbies – in integrating a deaf student into an oral communication class, in teacher training, and in becoming a student again.

Matthew Turner

Teaching a deaf learner: A new experience

Embracing CLIL as a teacher trainer

From Sensei To Student

The Unwinding Teacher Issue

For most of us this time of the year is a well-deserved holiday season. What do teachers do to clear their heads and unwind after a day, week, or whole semester of hard work? In this issue, Chris Mares, Aziz Soubai, and David Dodgson share with us their ways to restore energy.

Rewinding & Unwinding

The Unwinding Teacher

Aziz Soubai

Three ways to get your energy back

The Mentoring Issue

In this issue, Chuck Sandy, Theodora Papapanagiotou, and Angelos Bollas tell us inspirational stories about their own mentors, people who helped them to shape their beliefs and become the teachers and people that they are.

Co-Mentoring Our Way Back to The Basics

Networked Mentors

Mentor? Guide? Friend?

Reflective Practice II

In the second issue of the Blog devoted to Reflective Practice, Josette LeBlanc walks us through the process of setting up a reflective practice community, Matthew Noble shares a story of his creative experiment in reflection, and our new blogger Aziz Soubai offers a few practical ways to be a reflective teacher.

Forming and Sustaining a Reflective Practice Group

An Experiment in (Re)constructed Reflection