Thank you both, eion_padraig and mamava, for your information on South America. It seems to me that there are locations there, where it might be doable to get a position that would be right for me.

Again, thanks a lot for spending time to write and to share your thoughts and knowledge. It´s all very useful for me.

mamava, thank you for telling me about South America. Just out of curiosity – and to have a more precise picture: Do you pay fees at high school for your to children? Or is it part of your package?

A good idea, Thames Pirate, to contact music teachers at ISs here in Denmark. I think I´ll do that.
I know February is a bit late in the hiring season. I just wondered why I had seen these schools advertising at their own home pages and not at the one of Cois, and I was beginning to wonder slightly what I had been paying for. But it makes perfect sense that they want to save money, I hadn´t thought of that. It also makes it clear that in addition to keeping an eye on the homepage of the various agencies it is worthwhile to look at the homepages of the various schools.

Speaking of that – what are the experiences with unsolicited applications? Are they worth the effort in this particular business?

Thank you again for your replies.

Thanks a lot both of you for spending time to help me and for your thoughts that I find very useful.

As a matter of fact I have a fair amount of experience directing both ensembles (rock, soul, pop, latin and jazz music) and choir. So it seems from what is written that that could be helpful.

I am also an approved candidate at cois, and I know that my references there are quite good, but there hasn´t been many job openings there since I was approved there in late February – which is, by the way, funny since I have seen at least a handful of music teacher jobs on the websites of schools that are members of cois, but they don´t seem to announce them on the website of cois.

By the way, eion-padraig, when you mention the salaries in South America – is it hard to maintain a living on them with a family, or is it perhaps just that you will not be able to save any of the money you earn? Or perhaps somewhere in between? South America is a topic for me, as I speak the language and like what I know of it very much.

My conclusion at this moment I guess will be that I will continue applying, knowing that it might be difficult, but not impossible, to find a job that would suit me. Unfortunately I don´t have any network in this business, so I have to trust my qualifications. I will, as I wrote earlier, perhaps broaden my field of possible locations while there still are some places in the world where I´d rather stay at home and continue my life here than live there.

Thank you again, your answers have been very helpful. And any other contribution from you or someone else will of course be welcomed.

Thank you for your answer, eion_padraig. It has given me something to think about. Perhaps I should change my priorities regarding location and be more open.
In terms of curricula what do you think of the fact that i don´t know the American or British teaching systems? On most of the homepages of schools that I have read it seems to be more or less mandatory that you are familiar with them.

I would like to hear the opinions of people in this forum regarding my possibilities.
I am a Music teacher, graduated from The Danish Royal Academy, and I have worked for 20 years in the Danish educational system on a pre-conservatory level. My specialties are band instruction (rock, jazz, pop, salsa), rhythmical coordination and choir, but I also have a thorough knowledge of music theory and ear training.
I am 53 years old, and I speak and write English fluently (though not a native speaker, of course) and I also speak Spanish quite well.
I have two dependants – my nine-year-old son and my wife, who is a physiotherapist and would also like to work, if it is possible to get a job. We are all EU citizens.

My wife and I have talked for some time about moving abroad, and I would appreciate some opinions on what my chances are to get a position as a teacher at an IS.
I am a quite experienced teacher at a fairly high level, but naturally I don´t have any experience with IB or the national teaching systems like the American or the British ones that seem to be most used in International Schools.
We don´t want to go to China, Eastern Europe or the Middle East, but apart from that we are open to most locations.

Are there things I could do to improve my chances? For instance IB courses? Or isn´t it worth it when I don´t have IB teaching experience?