Great answers, thanks. I suppose I'll see what the school asks us to do if we close. So far, they just had us prepare worksheets. Interesting to see what other schools are doing. It'd be interesting to get a chance to use one of those platforms.

How is it working for the little kids? My current school is discussing online learning as school closure seems to become inevitable. How are schools handling it for the lower elementary and kindies?

Thanks everyone for all the advice. I started applying directly and aligned my cover letter like a few of you suggested. It seemed to work - I've gotten three offers since January. Unfortunately, none of the offers were particularly better than where I'm at, so I declined them. At this point it seems really likely I will stay another year at my current school but that's better than moving countries for something that's really the same as I currently have.

Thank you both for responding and your helpful advice.

For the cover letter, I've changed it to be more specific to the school's job post. So I essentially wrote about what they want (project-based learning for example) and my experience with it. Is that correct? Or should it be more philosophical?

Would it be better to include details about my spouse in the cover letter, or just have a general letter from him in the documents section on my ISS profile?

At the moment I'm applying for schools in Asia and Europe. I'm not particularly interested in China though, and the savings in South America seemed low compared to my current job.

Hello everyone!
I am a teacher working internationally abroad. This is my fifth year of teaching. I've taught the past three years at a small American international school, and another two at a Singaporean international school.

Throughout the past month or so I've applied for fifteen different positions using ISS-Schrole. So far, two of them rejected my application and three closed the positions. The rest I haven't had any response from.

I strongly prefer working with younger kids, so I'm only applying for K3-G2 positions. Still, the last time I was looking for a position I found my current one rather easily. It's a lower-tier school but that doesn't particularly bother me. So far I've applied for a mix of schools, including a new one opening next year.

Is this response rate normal? Or is it because I'm doing something wrong with my CV/Cover letter? I do have a trailing spouse - but would that affect the response rate this much?