Teach Middle East Magazine Apr - Jun 2020 Issue 3 Volume 7 - Page 35

Educators who create content
SORCHA COYLE
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who share their knowledge with
my members. In fact, the majority
of the experts are full-time expat
teachers themselves!
M
y name is Sorcha Coyle,
and I’m an Irish teacher,
who has been teaching
in the Gulf for the last
eight years. I moved to the region
in 2012 because I wanted a secure
teaching career that allowed me
to save and travel! In the UK, I was
fed up of surviving paycheck-to-
paycheck while teaching in Ireland
did not offer any long-term security,
so the Middle East seemed like a
wonderful option!
I am an English Teacher and
the Language and Literacy Co-
ordinator at Rashid School for
Boys in Dubai. The name of my
podcast is Empowering Expat
Teachers Podcast. I started my
podcast in 2016/2017 when I
moved to Dubai.
The mission of Empowering Expat
Teachers is to empower future
and current expat teachers to
lead personally, professionally and
financially rewarding lives. To do
this, I interview a variety of experts
I used to do on average, one – two
episodes every month, but as I
teach full-time, I do not publish
as often. However, from March
2020 onwards, I plan to return
to recording and uploading one
every month! The podcast can
be found at https://sorchacoyle.
com/podcasts/.
In the next five years, I hope to have
a more regular posting schedule,
which will include interviews with
expat teachers outside the Middle
East, especially those working in
Asia, Africa and Europe.
I wish to start creating more
content to support expat teachers
in the Middle East, such as
those working in the Ministry of
Education/ government schools.
Finally, I also hope to have more
podcast episodes on how to save
more money in order to truly
support future and current expat
teachers in becoming financially
empowered.
In addition to creating and
publishing
regular
articles
and blog posts on: https://
sorchacoyle.com/blog/,
I
also
record and upload videos onto
my Youtube channel- https://
w w w.y o u t u b e . c o m /c h a n n e l /
Class Time
Expat teachers are a fountain of
knowledge, but many of us only
share it with our students and
colleagues. By creating public and
easily-accessible content, we can
enrich countless educators’ lives
across the world.
People can also find me:
•
on
my
website:
sorchacoyle.com/
https://
• on the Empowering Expat
Teachers Youtube channel: https://
w w w.y o u t u b e . c o m /c h a n n e l /
UC3M9UaILmigpG_2NMne9ANg
• on the Empowering Expat
Teachers Facebook group: https://
w w w. f a c e b o o k . c o m /g r o u p s /
empoweringexpatteachers/
My three greatest wishes:
5 5 I wish that more schools would
incorporate aspects of the
Finnish education system, with
its well-paid teachers, plenty of
break time, and less emphasis
on homework and tests.
5 5 In the future, I hope that
teachers have more autonomy
and more involvement in
planning the curriculum
5 5 My final wish is that both
student well-being and teacher
well-being are prioritised in
schools.
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