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

World Map Mural Activity (SA)



Activity: - Map on the wall
A visual of where everyone in the class is from.
Pick one wall in the classroom and paint, or stick, or draw a world map.
Then have students write their name down in:
  1. all the countries that they have lived
  2. the country they were born in
  3. the country they go to for the summer
  4. the country they lived the longest.
If you have more than 1 class in your classroom. Give each class a color that they write their name with. Or if you want to use the above statements give each statement or question a color. Or give each student their own color. Make sure to create a legend somewhere on the wall so that everyone coming into the classroom knows what the colours stand for. 







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