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Stepping Beyond Teaching: Exploring Writing as a Career

Watch a recording of this webinar with George Chilton, looking at going beyond teaching into a career in materials writing

About the webinar

Sometimes it can be hard to see beyond the classroom walls. But there are exciting opportunities to explore and a number of ways to diversify your TEFL career.

Many teachers go on to become bloggers, editors, coursebook writers and publishers. Some simply do so to supplement their income, others find a new full-time occupation.

The question is, is writing the pathway for you? In this webinar, George Chilton, former ESL teacher, SLB member and Creative Director at Hubbub Labs talks about making the career shift from teaching to writing. He goes into how to grow your experience, test the waters and blaze a trail that both excites and challenges you.

Top takeaways:

We’ll explore your first steps, how to develop your skills, the types of work available (from materials design to professional blogging), and finding the right work for you.

Recorded on 21 July 2022

Watch a recording of the webinar below

About the speaker

George Chilton is originally from the UK, but has spent the past decade living in South Korea, Colombia and Spain. He started out as a teacher, before beginning his own lesson sharing blog Designer Lessons.

From there George became a materials writer and then a full-time editor at Wall Street English. He later co-founded a language services cooperative in Barcelona and later went on to become a managing editor in a Public Relations firm.

He is now the co-owner and Creative Director of Hubbub Labs, a Content Marketing agency for startups and education companies.

 

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Comments

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sun, 07/24/2022 - 21:25

Hi,

You can see the webinar recording at the top of this page, hope you find it interesting!

Anne 

Teaching English team

Submitted by Ayyesha on Fri, 07/22/2022 - 09:35

Happy to join your webiner

Submitted by drmunro on Thu, 07/21/2022 - 23:49

I was hoping to join this webinar live, but 4 AM on a workday just wasn't going to happen for me! I'm currently wrapping up one phase of my career and embarking on another, and writing is something I've had in mind for quite a while. It would be nice to have something to show for 30 years of teaching ESL!

Submitted by drmunro on Thu, 07/21/2022 - 23:13

I was really hoping to participate in the live webinar, but unfortunately getting up at 4:00 AM just wasn't realistic. I am making a bit of a career shift right now, and writing is something I've been considering for quite some time. Will there be more webinars on this topic in the future?

Hi,

 

You can see the webinar recording at the top of this page, hope it's useful, and good luck with making a career change!

Anne 

Teaching English team

Submitted by Data Ram Karki on Thu, 07/21/2022 - 17:48

I did not get certificate.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 07/21/2022 - 20:22

Hi Data Ram Karki,

Participants in our live webinar will get an email within 24 hours or so which will give you the instructions to download the certificate. Hope you found the webinar useful!

Anne

TeachingEnglish team

Submitted by Manpreet on Thu, 07/21/2022 - 16:18

Where is link for certificate plz?

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 07/21/2022 - 20:21

Hi Manpreet,

Participants in our live webinar will get an email within 24 hours or so which will give you the instructions to download the certificate. hope you found the webinar useful!

Anne

TeachingEnglish team

Submitted by Auwal Mukhtar Ahmad on Wed, 07/20/2022 - 22:18

I'm truely interested to participate in this webner

Submitted by Meresa on Wed, 07/20/2022 - 17:15

I want to participate foe thebfirst time in such webinars. So i will try

Submitted by DoctorMohamed on Wed, 07/20/2022 - 13:30

I want to participate in in this webinar .I'm very interested

Submitted by Salome Achieng… on Wed, 07/20/2022 - 09:38

More than glad to be part of this webinar

Submitted by titti on Wed, 07/20/2022 - 06:01

I am happy to join the webinar and learn useful and interesting things from experts like you

Submitted by SaharAbdalla on Tue, 07/19/2022 - 22:54

Please where is the link

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 07/26/2022 - 11:46

Hi,

You can see the webinar recording at the top of this page, hope you find it interesting!

Anne 

Teaching English team

Submitted by Nayyer Hassan on Tue, 07/19/2022 - 20:30

I am excited to attend such informative webinars

Submitted by Guerline Mardi on Tue, 07/19/2022 - 19:47

I'm so excited 🤗🤗

Submitted by Malonga on Tue, 07/19/2022 - 11:21

Am eager to learn from all.
A teacher is a lifelong learner.

Submitted by Mentor Kovaçi on Mon, 07/18/2022 - 21:19

Good luck

Submitted by Profesor JC on Mon, 07/18/2022 - 16:59

I hope to participate and learn as much as I can. Ineeally need to keep in touch with the language teaching speciality with professional like you.

Submitted by Khadija Mnif on Mon, 07/18/2022 - 14:21

Thanks

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