My hopes for this Blog

Beste Internationale Collega, I am a Dutch TCK, married to a TCK, raising two TCK's and in my 18th year of teaching and coaching in an International school setting. It is my personal opinion that we, as those who work with International students and colleagues could use some resources in creating world classrooms; be it in Physical Education, a Kindergarten class, or AP Biology.
In my opinion an International classroom is one that has empathy for everyone's International story not only for the TCK but also for the Army kid, the missionary kid, the teacher kid, the navy kid, etc, etc. A classroom that shows who teaches there and who learns there, Internationals. Staff meetings that facilitate awareness around the topic of working and living in a transient culture. In-service sessions that give us hands on opportunities to create toolboxes which will help us connect with our peers better, with our students better and with their parents better; because we are not the same as a school back home. I am generalizing here but we are in schools where mobility and transition impact our climate, our community, our enjoyment of life, our jobs, our students and ourselves all the time. I believe that by being more aware; it will help us be a community of support, ideas, care, empathy, understanding and a willingness to learn from each other; whether you are only starting the international journey now, or whether you have been in it for a long time.
I look forward to sharing your tried and tested tricks and advice right here on The TCK Teacher. Here's to making it a small world, together; by giving ourselves and our students a safe place to call "Home" away from "Home", your classroom, our International schools. Ilse

Monday, August 1, 2016

Bingo activity (SA)- can be used with any topic, in any classroom

I created this get to know you Bingo for my advisory group; however this could be used in any setting and you could add many more statements in order to have students find out things about the people in their class. 

 Each student gets a slip of paper with this bingo on it and a pencil. Have them go around the class and find someone who can answer yes to the statement. Have them talk and share about the statement. Make sure they write the students name down. It is okay to have more than one student for each statement, this helps to create more awareness and shows that you are actually not alone. 

Get to know you BINGO…….find someone who….

Moved house this summer
Struggles with jetlag
Has been at this school longer than 3 years
Has siblings
Can name 5 or more airlines
Is an only child
Speaks 2 or more languages fluently
Is new to this school
Has parents from different cultures
Likes Airplane food
You do not really know
Knows how to use chopsticks

Other statements:
 - Eats rice with a spoon
 - When travelling prefers using the whole in the ground toilet instead of a "sit down" toilet
 - Prefers warm water over ice water
 - Has never seen snow
- Does not know how to swim
- Parents travel for work all the time

Other types of Bingo:
- Transition bingo - focusing on moving on, saying goodbye, etc
- Cultural bingo - put names of international holidays, customs, foods, etc
- Etiquette bingo - slurps food to show cook it is enjoyable, gets told off for slurping food because it is not polite, shakes hands upon meeting someone, does not make physical contact because it is not polite, etc.
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