Teaching Across Borders

The international option is an exciting opportunity for MT students to complete Semester 4 of the program while living overseas and being affiliated with a school or university in another country. We invite you to explore the many different possibilities, to enrich your understanding and teaching ability through learning of another culture with a deliberate focused study.

• Are you well suited to an experience that calls for persons to be self-motivated, adaptable, and hardworking?

• Do you enjoy solving problems and encountering new people and events?

• Can you make the best of what you encounter and of what the circumstances offer you?

What sorts of qualities are needed? Consider the following:

Open-mindedness
Tolerance for differences and ambiguity
Patience
Flexibility/Adaptability
Curiosity
Motivation
Strong sense of self
Sense of humour
Warmth in human relationships

Guidelines

Opportunities

Process

More information Teaching Across Borders Brochure (pdf)