Is time flying or is it more trudging along? The end is in sight on this term. Maybe now is a good time to stop and reflect. We might be tempted to reflect on how our school is doing, how our colleagues and our students are doing, and that's all important. But maybe now is a good time to think about ourselves, how are we doing? Like in the safety demos on aeroplanes, put on your oxygen mask before helping other people. If we don't look after ourselves, it's so much more difficult to take care of others.

The TEFLer is a fortnightly EFL teachers' companion, written by Simon Pearlman

How do you feel about your classes being observed? Does it make your stomach churn? Or maybe you're excited and interested in what might come out of it? So much depends on how it's presented to us and even the most experienced and confident teachers’ knees can turn to jelly at the mere thought of it.