Week in Review

💁Did you set your clock ahead ONE HOUR?

Daylight Savings Time Begins😏

Colossians 3:8   But now rid yourselves [completely] of all these things: anger, rage, malice, slander, and obscene (abusive, filthy, vulgar) language from your mouth.

These things mentioned in Colossians are stuff that weighs a person down, hard.  Unfortunately, these are the items that live in the emotions and stay there, they come out at the worst possible times.  They also cause a situation to become worse if they are not dealt with or they just cause pain.  So take some time this week and remove them from (or at least find the cause) your life.

Online Working Tips:

I teach online about 6-9 hours a day as an independent contractor.   In addition, I write,  write curriculum, design instruction and write non-fiction which means I spend a lot of time sitting and in front of a computer.   One of the problems that developed right away was weight gain!  It doesn’t help that I have a hypothyroid that I take medication to control, plus a few other side effects courtesy of cancer treatment.  Prior to my career change, I was a brick and mortar teacher in a public school.  At least there I was walking around and not sitting all day and the refrigerator was not a few steps away.
There are five things that you need to do if you spend a lot of time at home, working online:

1. Get up and move
2. Drink plenty of water
3. Meet with people in a live environment
4. Get plenty of sleep
5. Move away from the Computer

Source: EdNews Daily (2017) Education meet Innovation.5 Ways Online Teacher Can Manage Stress http://www.ednewsdaily.com/5-ways-online-teachers-can-manage-stress/

March Events

(more events at The Teacher's Corner: https://www.theteacherscorner.net/calendars/march.php)

National Pi Day
National Woman History Month
St. Patrick’s Day
World International Prayer
Good Friday

Contract Online Teacher

I have officially started making my living online!!.  I am very excited and nervous about the situation. In the next 60 days I need to renew my teaching certification and attain my TESOL certification so that I can continue with this job!  For a very long time I have wanted to make my living online.
The whole purpose is to make a living, but as long as I have a stable Internet connection I can work out of our mountain cabin and our travel trailer.

There are so, so many people who do this . . work online, remote, virtual position where they make the same kind of money that they did when they got up, dressed etc. . and drive to work .  I don't want to do that anymore.  I do want to teach, design instruction, develop curriculum and write . . . all online. However, I have to make sure the internet connection is stable wherever I am.  This weekend i will be checking out the internet connection at the cabin.  The next step is to check out the connection on the RV.  I will have to purchase a internet enhancer!

Technology is great!  However, I am learning one thing about teaching online, the world becomes a WHOLE lot closer.  I teach and work with people who are learning English who are 14 hours ahead of me. I have applied for jobs where the time is local or 1 hour behind me or two hours ahead of me.
I knew this to be true or rather had an idea when I studied online, my study partner (assigned by our teacher) what 7 hours ahead of me.  That was interesting!  Anyway, I will continue because I am getting up at 4:30 to teach online at 5:30.

In the meantime I will could really get used to this . .  working at home.  My schedule is set . . by me. The housekeeping is done, no one listens while I talk on the phone. No students interrupt, because my classes last 45 minutes.

The situation doesn't mean I am completely on my own, I still have to plan, teach, be evaluated, and will eventually get paid, for teaching online.  Also, I do need to dress professionally and keep a clean background.