by Rachael Roberts | Feb 19, 2025 | Assertiveness, ELT business, Saying no
Most people would describe themselves as busy. So, if your time is already pretty much taken up, what are your reasons for saying yes when someone asks you to do something more? Let’s look at whether they’re the right reasons for saying yes. And if not, what really...
by Rachael Roberts | Jan 5, 2025 | ELT business, Niche
Many people assume that the only option for a freelance teacher trainer is to work for bigger organisations such as a publisher, or the British Council, or as a trainer on CELTA/DELTA or the Trinity courses. But there’s plenty of scope for starting your own business...
by Rachael Roberts | Dec 16, 2024 | ELT business, marketing, motivation
Unbelievably this marks the end of my fifth full year of business (I actually started partway through 2019), and so this will be my fifth annual review and writing of a blog post looking back at the last year.I’ve learnt SO much over the last five years, and this blog...
by Rachael Roberts | Sep 1, 2024 | ELT business, Niche
As the number of independent online teachers continues to grow exponentially, more and more teachers are finding themselves mainly teaching one-to-one. Yet they’ve probably never actually been trained in how to do this. As a result, teachers can easily...
by Rachael Roberts | Aug 6, 2024 | Burnout, Business, ELT business, Freelance
When people go freelance they often worry about not getting enough work, clients or students. But the problem I see far more often isn’t difficulty getting freelance clients, but being completely overloaded and under-charging for your time. Instead, you really want to...
by Rachael Roberts | Jun 20, 2024 | Burnout, ELT business, Money mindset
When I started working with language teaching professionals as a coach, my focus was on stress management and burnout. But after a while I realised that it wasn’t possible to manage stress and burnout without solving the major problems that were causing it. Most...
