Thanks PsyGuy, that's really helpful. I teach elementary, which is quite broad anyway. This 'open' masters allows me to specialise in education anyway, so I would effectively be doing a Masters in Ed. Hopefully these 'small but growing schools' would accept that.

I will certainly look at your recommendation too.

Thanks again.

HI everybody,

I hope you are all doing well and COVID is not ruining your next or current placement plans too much.

I have quite an unusual question that I was wondering you could help me with.

I started off teaching in British IS, but have since moved to IB schools on the Search database. Many of them mention that with a Masters, there is a significant pay rise.

As I have 60 Masters credits from my PGCE (Uk teaching qualification) I am able to transfer it, thus reducing the price and time needed to do the Masters. But I've had my credit transfer rejected for a 'Masters of Education' at a reputable university as the time I did my PGCE was over six years ago. They have instead recommend me to apply for a credit transfer for an 'Open Masters,' (which has a ten year window) which will lead to an MA or MSc depending on which route I will take. Naturally I will choose the education option (out of another three options).

So my question is, do international schools give you a pay rise if you have 'any' type of masters, or is it only specifically a 'Masters of Education?'

Thanks so much for your thoughts.

Hi PsyGuy,

It happened over a month ago, and was very sudden. I got a good resignation package etc, but there was no way I could have asked to stay until July, they basically just asked me to leave. They have said they will ghost the last few months though, so it just looked like I was working there for one year. I'm now just going to apply for jobs for next August, and travel for a while, but I was just wondering how employable I still am?

Like I said, if this means having to go back and teach at home for a few years I am up for that, but would prefer not to.

Hi everyone,

I'm kind of pulling my hair out here, and wondering if there is any advice someone can give me, or if there is someone who has been in a similar situation.

I've been teaching for five years, three of which have been spent teaching internationally. This was my second contract and I was due to finish in July 2020, but the school asked me to leave for strange, almost unwarranted reasons (it feels like one of the principals was just trying to get rid of me), but have promised to give me good references and to say that I resigned. There's not much I feel like I can do as they have me bent over a barrel, and I need the reference.

I've already had a number of interviews for January, but am understandably a little shaken and rusty and didn't interview too well. I've been getting a few interview offers on Search, but I'm kind of still holding out.

I really don't want to go back and teach in my home country, as I love the life that international teaching offers me, but understand that if that is what I have to do then I will do it.

I was just wondering if anyone has any advice on what to do over this? Any words of what I should say in an interview? Has anyone else ever 'broken' contract and got back into a good school?

A little about me: I'm single, and in a desirable section of education (i.e. not many teachers for those roles).

Anyway, thanks for listening.