Managing in TEFL is a companion for language school leaders written by Simon Pearlman.

We're a few weeks into the academic year, we're getting a feel about how the teaching team are doing. There are a few teething troubles, there always are, they'll mostly sort themselves out, won’t they?. A couple of teachers look a bit out of sorts, how can we approach this? How can we help?

The TEFLer is a fortnightly companion for teachers of English, written by Simon Pearlman.

The initial adrenaline of the new academic year has probably faded somewhat and many of us are left with a feeling of overwhelm; too many students to remember, too many classes to plan and not enough time for us. Is this it for the rest of the year? What can we do about it? How can we help our students and ourselves have a better time of it? Read on for ideas about how to help ourselves more.