Courtney Bailey's TEFL Articles
Courtney Bailey
Courtney Bailey is 36 years old and originally from, San Diego, California. She is a mother of four, school-aged children. Courtney worked as a middle school Spanish teacher before taking a leap of faith to jet-set with her kids to teach English as a foreign language in Izmir, Turkey.
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New TEFL Posts from Courtney Bailey
At the Mercy of Circumstance: Quarantined Abroad with Four Young Children
Courtney Bailey talks about how her dream of a lavish life teaching English abroad in Turkey turned into being stuck inside with her four young children.
A Life of Design Rather than a Life of Default - Teaching in Turkey with Four Children
ITA alumna Courtney Bailey talks about how at 35, she moved abroad to teach English in Turkey with her four school-aged children.
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