I concur...live your life and don't care whether you get a job or not. Either just stay in your current one or study for a year

Perhaps you need to examine your application package. I keep mine brief. As far as I'm concerned, if you have the qualifications they need, they can interview you to determine fit. If they have to decode your qualifications through some long winded letter and cluttered cv, do not expect any one to bother. The interview is the time to show you have done your research. Otherwise you will be spending hours of research on things that may not matter.

This also applies to schools which require a large application package. Target your response to what is relevant, and most aligned to a schools philosophy and you will be more successful.

I get personal responses from the head abou 40% of the time either for an interview or to tell me the position is filled or to ask for specific information.
At a fair, I get interviews for almost every school with a relevant position for me. In demand subject helps.

Then they find I'm not particularly charming......:P

I'm basing this on some of the job applications I have seen in the past. They're so bad, they are a joke. For those still in college, get advice from the career counselor on how to write your letters and format your cv. That was some of the most invaluable advice I got from my years in uni.

Perhaps you need to examine your application package. I keep mine brief. As far as I'm concerned, if you have the qualifications they need, they can interview you to determine fit. If they have to decode your qualifications through some long winded letter and cluttered cv, do not expect any one to bother. The interview is the time to show you have done your research. Otherwise you will be spending hours of research on things that may not matter.

This also applies to schools which require a large application package. Target your response to what is relevant, and most aligned to a schools philosophy and you will be more successful.

I get personal responses from the head abou 40% of the time either for an interview or to tell me the position is filled or to ask for specific information.
At a fair, I get interviews for almost every school with a relevant position for me. In demand subject helps.

Then they find I'm not particularly charming......:P

I'm basing this on some of the job applications I have seen in the past. They're so bad, they are a joke. For those still in college, get advice from the career counselor on how to write your letters and format your cv. That was some of the most invaluable advice I got from my years in uni.

Let me guess briz...it's the job I got myself fired from to avoid paying for stuff. Do they have a road on the way through the banana plantation?

Taxation is determined by the tax treaty signed between your country and the host country. In absence, it will be local rates or whatever is determined by the host government. Some countries have tax arrangements that exempt certain professionals from tax. Teaching is usually one. Don't like paying more tax than me...well blame your government....

The stories coming out of newton seem to be getting worse. I recall the debacle with flights and new hires.

Shouldn't they be more worried about their terrorist neighbours that pretend to live regular lives after 4 or more generations in the US.......

Somebody clearly hasn't paid attention to which neighborhoods in Malaysia have been cleared out of stray dogs in the past decade....hint hint, factory with large Vietnamese workforce nearby

Philosophy is an IB subject, if you could offer a second subject, it will give a school flexibility for subject choice which is always good for students...

Unlike the USA which likes collecting registration money for a 'license' many countries require you to be an active teacher there to be licensed. If you did your degree there, lived there etc, the board will give you a letter explaining their position. That's legally enough to by pass the requirement for active certification, and practically enough if you've been doing your PD.

Having said that, I feel PD at my last school made me stupider and more cynical....so maybe more PD is not a good thing....

I've heard worse things about the school, find a new job....You probably will be soon anyway

Just get a math certification even though you suck at it. Why should the next generation be any better at it......

Well I got my z visa within days of getting the papers, now getting the residency papers.

It should be standard for the top candidate to be interviewed by the teacher they are replacing.

Then we know
a) school has confidence that they are not crap
b) more details about the actual job you will have

I personally won't bash a school if I was in this position, though I would encourage research on particular topics. Quite frankly, one less competitor if they take a job I don't want.

I had enough talking to cheerleaders, and quite frankly after seeing their IB results, know they are just full of shit.

From talking to friends and family over the year, it seems that teachers are one of the only jobs that have a salary scale in the private sector. I think it is the only professional job with one. Sure fresh graduates start on the same scale, but things change once talent has been identified (or ruled out).

Negotiation is supposed to be part of a professionals final pay. That's how the employer will know what skills they bring to the job since they are paying for it. Some things mean less to others. Some will prefer larger rent allowances and less flight allowances. Opting for no health insurance etc.

Quite frankly, I will opt for a flight allowance for the year to use as I want. Not restricted to only summer travel. Why the he'll do I want to see 2 winters a year(Australia)