Our school is refunding partial tuition and more or less taking it out of our salaries. And constantly asking us for fluff evidence of teaching to show the parents to justify the tuition. Very disappointing

If anything qualifies as a force majeure, this is it, and therefore doesn't count as "breaking contract." I don't think any reasonable person will hold it against you (now or if you need to reference it in future applications). Life is not easy abroad at the moment. Border closures are unpredictable...

The problem is the checks usually need to be recent, so getting them before you go is only good for your next job.

The Professional Education exam does require some study because the answers align to Florida's standards, and they intentionally make some of the wrong answers be more intuitive to what you think you should do in a certain scenario (the questions give a scenario and then your response to that scenar...

I'm in a similar situation. You're not alone. I'm also married and returning to the U.S. after next year, for a number of reasons: -Living on the fringes of society as an expat, not able to speak the language or participate fully in the community -Entire life at the whim of admin, highly risky any t...

It depends on your subject area. But I was in a low-demand subject area and got hired for 2017-18, with just some years of ESL experience (in my case it may have been more a matter of the school not discounting the ESL experience). I got a few interviews but nobody banging down my door, however did ...

I advise OP does his/her own research on the importance of regional accreditation as you are getting some false information here about programs being equivalent. If you are teaching in the United States, more than one state requires regional accreditation for purposes of salary scale. If this is a p...

Been in this situation. Agree with sid, start organizing things yourself. Couchsurfing or facebook expat groups are a start. You might be surprised how many likeminded people you find. Co-ed sports are good. Look for existing groups and events also

Do better than the teacher that came before you

To say it's all "for the kids" can be a catch all for any type of admin overreach, though. Frankly it would be a red flag to hear something like that in an interview. It's the teachers job to work with the kids, it's the admin's job to work with (and support) the teachers and parents and to a lesser...

I would recommend against it: -It's $600 -It's only 16 hours so you have plenty of time to do it if you actually get hired by a school, and a school should know this -It's definitely not worth the cost -It's not useful without context, e.g. in cat 1 you make a sample unit plan. Much more useful if y...

I would try to estimate when you will have the certificate, schools will want to know you have it for visa reasons. I just put the certificate as it would appear if I had it, and then 'expected March 2019' or whatever the case may be, in place of the date. Keep in mind it can be a slow process actua...

So much if not most of what you said was just plain factually wrong I'll let anyone making the mistake of listening to your advice figure it out on their own, because they would in short time.

I would advise against the previous poster's recommendation to commit felony tax fraud. ETFs are functionally almost identical to mutual funds and there are countless bond ETFs. In regards to "instruments" it seems this person has a fundamental misunderstanding of the term and it's not clear what is...

@PsyGuy We disagree on OP's potential. The current offer is outside the international school 'system,' there are plenty of administrators in this tier who don't know the rules and will see a U.S.-certified teacher with an M.A. and a year of teaching experience. I think the type of offer OP has curre...