abroad in education

Hey, Everybody! Welcome back to (A)Broad in Education!

I've been on a long hiatus while completing my dissertation, but I'm finally back with another amazing season! In Season 4, I'm focusing on relationships abroad! It's a topic that seems to pique the interest of so many who aspire to know what it's really like living abroad. I bring forward the voices of eight Black American women who share their stories about internationalizing their marriages, ridding themselves of excess relational baggage, and even the baecation that turned into a staycation!

This is definitely a season you don't want to miss! 
 
(A)Broad in Education is produced by Tiffany Lachelle Smith, Music by Reallionaire Jream. You can access Lady Justice on his Post Cards Album. Music from Epidemic Sound.

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How did there come to be so few African American educators in the US PK-12 system? In 1950, half of all Black professionals in the United States (US) were teachers, compared to less than a quarter of white professionals (Cole, 1986). Yet, according to the National Center of Educational Statistics, of the 3.8 million teachers in the US teaching profession during the 2017/18 school year, African American teachers only represented 250,000. African American teachers are entering the education system, but factors contributing to why we leave are at the center of many educational scholars' research agendas.   

In partnership with the Community of Scholars Program (COSP) at the University of Minnesota, in this episode, listen as Tiffany Lachelle takes you through her attrition story. She reveals details about her decision, and the decision of some other African American teachers in the United Arab Emirates, to leave the US  PK-12 profession for teaching opportunities abroad. The full transcript of this episode can be found on SPARK.

Part 1: Introduction
Dubai to Amsterdam
Part 2: Study Abroad as an Identity (Re)formation-2:47 
Part 3: Research Question and the Background of Black American Teachers- 6:08
Part 4: Black American Expatriates- James Baldwin-  8:50
Amsterdam to Detroit
Part 5: Background of the International School Market- 14:06
Part 6: Safety as a Factor to Remain in the United Arab Emirates- 20:00
Detroit to St. Louis
Part 7: Podcasting  as Storytelling: Where are the Teacher Conversations? - 23:20
Part 8: Significant Layovers between Departures and Arrivals - I'm Home- 28:30


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(A)Broad in Education is produced by Tiffany Lachelle Smith, Editing by Layne Bower, Music by Reallionaire Jream. You can access Lady Justice on his Post Cards Album on Sound Cloud. Music by Pixabay and Epedimic Sound. 

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SHOW NOTES:
Tiffany is joined by Kevin Simpson, the founder of the Association of International Educators and Leaders of Color (AIELOC) and KDSL Global, to discuss his experience abroad, the importance of diversity in international school leadership, and holding international teacher recruitment organizations accountable.

RESOURCES:
Link to KDSL Global website: http://kdslglobal.com
Link to AIELOC website: http://aieloc.org
SOCIAL MEDIA HANDLES:
KDSL Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KDSLGlobal/
KDSL Global Twitter: https://twitter.com/GlobalKdsl
Kevin's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-simpson-kdslglobal/

(A)Broad in Education is produced by Tiffany Lachelle Smith, Editing by Layne Bower, Music by Reallionaire Jream. You can access Lady Justice on his Post Cards Album on Sound Cloud. Music by Pixabay

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In the previous episode, I shared a story about my recent personal experience in a romance scam with Kevin G. I received several responses from personal stories to those who simply wanted to express support. Thank you.

In this week’s episode, rather than focusing on how to avoid a romance scam, I came together with K.D. Caldwell, the author of the book When Swiping Right Went Wrong to discuss the “how and why” as it relates to both of us finding ourselves entangled within similar situations— romance scams initiated over dating apps. 

BRIEF BIO:
K.D. Caldwell (she, her, hers) is a New York based counselor, academic advisor, and business owner. Featured on multiple news outlets and at your nearest event with her Photobooth business, writing a novel was always on her bucket list. With her latest book When Swiping Right Went Wrong that dream became a reality. When not absorbed in the latest gripping page-turning book, K.D. loves cooking, working on her businesses, and traveling the world.

PURCHASE THE BOOK:
https://www.amazon.com/K-D-Caldwell/dp/1646201728/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1L2FWMS4XR91A&dchild=1&keywords=when+swiping+right+went+wrong&qid=1594492209&sprefix=when+swiping+%2Caps%2C328&sr=8-1

https://www.writersrepublic.com/bookshop/when-swiping-right-went-wrong

https://www.walmart.com/ip/When-Swiping-Right-Went-Wrong-How-I-Almost-Lost-Everything-in-the-Blink-of-an-Eye-Paperback-9781646201723/754948960

SOCIAL MEDIA HANDLES: IG: @KerellewithaK
 
(A)Broad in Education is produced by Tiffany Lachelle Smith, Music by Reallionaire Jream. You can access Lady Justice on his Post Cards Album on Sound Cloud. Music by Pixabay. 
 
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SHOW NOTES:
Have you heard any stories about romance scams abroad?
Want to hear mine?

This week's episode was inspired by an article in Travel Noire. Kesi Irvin shared a story about being in love in Kenya and discovering that it was all a lie. I felt empowered through her story to share my own. After you listen to this episode, if you're interested in learning more about romance scams, search "romance scam stories" on Youtube.

RESOURCES:
Dubai Romance Scams: How to Stay Safe and Verify in the UAE. https://www.wymoo.com/blog/dubai-romance-scams-how-to-stay-safe/

Online Romance Scams Are Fleecing More Americans. https://www.forbes.com/sites/dianahembree/2017/06/20/romance-scam-crimes-on-the-rise/#267101225ec1

Romance Scams: Scam Busters and Dating Site Reviews. https://www.romancescams.org

Travel Noire: I fell in Love in Kenya and it was a lie. https://travelnoire.com/fell-love-in-kenya-all-a-lie 

(A)Broad in Education is produced by Tiffany Lachelle Smith, Music by Reallionaire Jream. You can access Lady Justice on his Post Cards Album on Sound Cloud. Music from Pixabay.com.
 
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SHOW NOTES:
Because of my experience teaching abroad, I’ve been approached by many people interested in tips for navigating the international school market. There are many recruitment agencies and resources out there so I’ve developed a series of themed episodes called The Aspiring EDpat Toolkit. Through conversations with EDperts, experts who provide details and resources about education abroad, these episodes are where you want a pen and paper handy because there is a lot of useful information shared.

This week’s episode is with International School Services (ISS) a nonprofit organization well known in the international school market. I spoke with Laura Light, the director of global recruitment, Dana Specker Watts, the director of research development, and Joanna Lombartni, a recent employee at ISS, to discuss the benefits that ISS offers to assist with searching for opportunities within educational occupations abroad. They also shared a bit about their personal experiences within teaching abroad. Without further delay, please enjoy my conversation.     

RESOURCES:
https://www.iss.edu

SOCIAL MEDIA HANDLES:
@ISScommunity

(A)Broad in Education is produced by Tiffany Lachelle Smith, Music by Reallionaire Jream. You can access Lady Justice on his Post Cards Album on Sound Cloud. Music by Pixabay. 
 
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Before you listen to this episode, if you haven’t had a chance, go back and listen to Episode 39, an interview with TK McLennon about her idea to curate the book TrailBlasian: Black Women Living in East Asia. In that episode, TK and I talk a bit about her life and how the idea of the book came to fruition. The previous episode provides more context to this week’s episode, an interview with Kenya Evans, who authored one of the chapters in the book. Kenya is from Wisconsin and she talks about her past and present journey of being an international educator and discovering ways to begin and continue her journey as an EDpat. Without further delay, here is my conversation with Kenya Evans.

BRIEF BIO:
Kenya (she, her, hers) is a Milwaukee-bred writer turned world-traveling ESL teacher who loves to do the dougie and nene when she’s not breaking down phonics. Her career began in nonprofit marketing. Since then, she’s flown the coop, in 2013, to move to South Korea. She has also lived and taught in Saudi Arabia and currently lives in Colombia. Seven years and 30 plus countries later, she has learned a lot about herself, people, and the world.

RESOURCES:
EPIK: http://www.epik.go.kr/index.do
Qkids: http://teacher.qkids.net/ref?code=DAYHNK
VIPKID: https://www.vipkidteachers.com/mkt/landing/personal?referralToken=f12c90497e9ee78cc4fc7a0adafa23a2&refereeId=2084927


SOCIAL MEDIA HANDLES:
Twitter: @thatwriterkenya
IG: @contentwriterkenya
Website: msha.ke/contentwriterkenya

(A)Broad in Education is produced by Tiffany Lachelle Smith, Music by Reallionaire Jream. You can access Lady Justice on his Post Cards Album on Sound Cloud. Music by Pixabay. 
 
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SHOW NOTES:
This week’s episode is an episode swap with Carl Hill, the host of The Black Expat Podcast, along with his business partner Patrick, co-host of Six-Packs with Expats. In this episode, we mimicked somewhat of a modern-day version of James Baldwin and Margarette Mead’s discussion called A Rap on Race, which I briefly shared a snippet of in Episode 5 with Brian Cadogan. Rather than discussing race generally, we hone in on the notion of the blue passport privilege and our own interpretations of what it means to be Black and Abroad specifically from Carl and Patrick’s Taiwanese perspectives, and in the UAE, from my perspective. Without further delay, please enjoy my conversation with Carl and Patrick.

RESOURCES:
Margaret Mead and James Baldwin, A Rap on Race 1971 Youtube: https://youtu.be/3WNO6f7rjE0
Travel Noire: Here’s Why You Should Be Following These 5 Black Expat Podcasts. https://travelnoire.com/follow-these-5-black-expat-podcasts
The Black Expat: Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-black-expat/id1273596975
The Unexpected Perspective (Novel) http://store.bookbaby.com/book/The-Unexpected-Perspective
Haven Fundraiser - http://bit.ly/2ZcPycN

BRIEF BIO:
Carl (he, his) is a Chicago native whose passion for travel and new experiences began in college while studying abroad in Beijing. After graduation and with a degree in Chinese and Sociology from DePauw University, Carl moved to Taipei, Taiwan and has been living, working, and traveling since. During his ten years in Taiwan he visited more than 50 countries and is now the owner of the first and only Black-owned bar and art studio in Taichung, Taiwan.

SOCIAL MEDIA HANDLES:
www.facebook.com/ArtsAndCraftsBar
IG: @artsandcraftsbar and @theblack_expat
Twitter: @TheBlack_Expat

(A)Broad in Education is produced by Tiffany Lachelle Smith, Music by Reallionaire Jream. You can access Lady Justice on his Post Cards Album on Sound Cloud. Music from Pixabay.com.
 
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SHOW NOTES:
In this episode, Carla, an EDpat from Brooklyn, NY, discusses her experience living in Paris, Liberia and other countries in Africa and Asia.
Listen as she (un)packs her experience!

(A)Broad in Education is produced by Tiffany Lachelle Smith, Music by Reallionaire Jream. You can access Lady Justice on his Post Cards Album on Sound Cloud.

Want to continue this conversation with other EDpats? Search (A)Broad in Education on Facebook and join us in the EDpat Lounge. 

SOCIAL MEDIA HANDLES:
Carla Whyte~ Instagram: cam_newtondaley

In this solo mini-episode, Tiffany Lachelle travels back to Morocco to reflect on an interesting birthday experience. Listen, as she shares a story that began as a harmless birthday celebration and later stemmed into a valuable life lesson: Don’t Talk to Nobody Outside of the Crew!

(A)Broad in Education is produced by Tiffany Lachelle Smith, Music by Reallionaire Jream. You can access Lady Justice on his Post Cards Album on Sound Cloud. 
 
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SHOW NOTES:
One of my top five strengths from Strengths Finder is connectedness. However, the way that this strength shows up in my life, looks completely different from the way that it shows up in Darielle's!
Darielle, this week's podcast guest, is an EDpat who works as a primary school teacher in Ras Al Khaimah, UAE. She previously worked in Atlanta, Georgia and in South Korea before landing in the Arabian desert. Listen to Darielle as she (un)packs her EDpat journey in this episode.

(A)Broad in Education is produced by Tiffany Lachelle Smith, Music by Reallionaire Jream. You can access Lady Justice on his Post Cards Album on Sound Cloud.

Want to continue this conversation with other EDpats? Search (A)Broad in Education on Facebook and join us in the EDpat Lounge. 

Social Media Handles
Instagram: usumthnelse
Facebook: Darielle Jordan Day

The first question that many Black women ask before traveling or moving abroad is, “what hair care products will I need to bring with me?” In this solo mini-episode, Tiffany mentally travels back to Morocco to reflect on the complexity of taking care of her hair while abroad. While Tiffany was prepared with hair-care products, she found herself unprepared for the change of environment. After a self-diagnosis of scalp psoriasis, she had no choice but to get a little creative in order to overcome her hair issues abroad.

(A)Broad in Education is produced by Tiffany Lachelle Smith, Music by Reallionaire Jream. You can access Lady Justice on his Post Cards Album on Sound Cloud. 

So you’ve heard of soul mates, right? What about virtual soul mates? It wasn’t until the end of our conversation when Jasmine and I pieced together that we were Pisces sisters. The spiritual tune throughout this conversation was surreal. Jasmine, a San Diego native, has a plethora of international experiences inclusive of a medical mission to the Kingdom of Swaziland, studying dance in Brazil, and teaching in South Korea. Her international experiences have come full circle and she currently works in a study abroad center at a university in California. Listen to EDpat Jasmine as she (un)packs her journey in this episode.

(A)Broad in Education is produced by Tiffany Lachelle Smith, Music by Reallionaire Jream. You can access Lady Justice on his Post Cards Album on Sound Cloud. 

In this mini-episode, Tiffany reflected on an experience that she described as being "Black and (a)broad" during her vacation to China. Excited about her visit to the Great Wall, she found herself under the demonizing gaze toward Black bodies in Beijing.

(A)Broad in Education is produced by Tiffany Lachelle Smith, Music by Reallionaire Jream. You can access Lady Justice on his Post Cards Album on Sound Cloud. 
 
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If one more person mentions Amanda Bates, I’m going to social media stalk her and reach out to her myself… which is exactly what I did for this episode! Amanda is an amazing and intelligent woman who identifies as a Third Culture Kid. Growing up in both Cameroon and the United States, she discovered many internal gems, which impacted her career. Her love for cross-cultural encounters inspired her strong interest to "blacken up" study abroad resources. Seeing that there were few to none, she developed The Black Expat- an online platform that centers conversations, resources, and real life experiences from Black Expats that engage globally. You do not want to miss this episode!

SHOW NOTES: The Black Expat: https://www.theblackexpat.com
The Black Expat Hub: https://www.theblackexpat.com/join-us/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theblackexpat/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/theblackexpat?lang=en

In this mini-episode, Tiffany reflects on an unfortunate topic that impacts students and teachers domestically and internationally: inappropriate student/teacher relationships. Inspired from a conversation with her younger niece, Tiffany traveled back to Morocco to reflect on an experience when she had to report an inappropriate incident concerning a colleague. She specifically focuses on space and how expectations that fit one space could be completely different for another.


(A)Broad in Education is produced by Tiffany Lachelle Smith, Music by Reallionaire Jream. You can access Lady Justice on his Post Cards Album on Sound Cloud. 
 
Want to continue this conversation with other EDpats? Search (A)Broad in Education on Facebook and join us in the EDpat Lounge.  

Open the dictionary and look for the word resilient. Next to it, you will find a photo of Brei. Brei and I met in Casablanca, Morocco around 2012. Her EDpat journey started in South Korea then paved to Morocco, then to back to the states, then to Saudi Arabia, and now back in the states. We were in Dallas, Texas during my 2018 birthday for this amazing conversation. You want to be part of this conversation as she (un)packs her international journey with us! 

In this solo mini episode, Tiffany travels back to Morocco to reflect on two experiences which she defines as “attempted muggery.” Describing Morocco as a “silent” country because she did not understand French or Arabic, she found herself policing her movement and paying close attention to how she navigated the space.

How do I describe Christina? Imagine a group of people sitting around a fire having a great conversation. Christina is talking… everyone is quiet… glued into every word that comes from her mouth. Poised and articulate with a hint of genuine authenticity- that’s Christina! I met Christina her when I visited a friend in Kuwait City, Kuwait. She worked in Kuwait as a counselor before moving to Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. In this episode, she checks in from the Netherlands while she was on a seven-day tour of universities in Holland. Listen to her amazing story about her EDpat journey.  

In this solo episode, Tiffany speaks about study abroad and how it impacted the trajectory of her international career as a teacher. She shares several resources to encourage study abroad, specifically for those who may need a little nudge to get out there and explore the world.