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by tangchao
Thu Jan 18, 2024 2:08 pm
Forum: Forum 1. From Questions About ISS & Search to Anything and Everything About International Teaching
Topic: Search Associates - white people only?
Replies: 18
Views: 12965

Re: Search Associates - white people only?

Well we can see things haven't gone her way and she's immediately calling people racist. I'd avoid her like the plague.
by tangchao
Wed Jan 10, 2024 7:53 am
Forum: Forum 1. From Questions About ISS & Search to Anything and Everything About International Teaching
Topic: Search Associates - white people only?
Replies: 18
Views: 12965

Re: Search Associates - white people only?

Are you sure about your references? They are able to submit confidentially so they could have said something about you that they would not have said on an open reference.
by tangchao
Fri Feb 03, 2023 5:42 am
Forum: Forum 1. From Questions About ISS & Search to Anything and Everything About International Teaching
Topic: In Asia - Dont want to go back to the West - International School - Hlep
Replies: 6
Views: 5636

Re: In Asia - Dont want to go back to the West - International School - Hlep

Generally licensure from US/CAN/OZ/NZ/UK is good enough for international schools. If you get fully licensed in the US you can get QTS with England anyway.

They do typically want two years' experience in your home country though. This may be circumvented if you have maths or physics but I doubt it will be the case for business.
by tangchao
Tue Sep 13, 2022 3:58 am
Forum: Forum 1. From Questions About ISS & Search to Anything and Everything About International Teaching
Topic: American sacking culture
Replies: 34
Views: 46767

Re: American sacking culture

After I originally posted this, the school down the road just sacked the majority of their staff or else they had to give them permanency. Yes, it was an all-American school.
by tangchao
Wed Mar 09, 2022 4:49 am
Forum: Forum 2. Ask Recruiting Questions, Share Information. What's on Your Mind?
Topic: Package checkup for China
Replies: 5
Views: 15017

Re: Package checkup for China

That is almost precisely the same package I went out to China for about 15 years ago! The RMB has depreciated considerably since then.
by tangchao
Tue Feb 01, 2022 6:43 am
Forum: Forum 1. From Questions About ISS & Search to Anything and Everything About International Teaching
Topic: Teaching in the UK
Replies: 18
Views: 21044

Re: Teaching in the UK

Be careful!

Yes, there are good schools in the UK, but these are not the ones that will be interested in you. Jobs at the few good schools in the UK will be spoken for by local teachers. It is the problem schools that will simply not be able to fill their vacancies, and that is where you come in as a foreigner.

I started my career in one of these places. Let me tell you, I would not allow my dog in there.
by tangchao
Tue Nov 09, 2021 3:22 am
Forum: Forum 1. From Questions About ISS & Search to Anything and Everything About International Teaching
Topic: The only school *I* would consider working in...
Replies: 8
Views: 15270

The only school *I* would consider working in...

I see frequent comments from teachers here that go something like this: The only school *I* would consider working in in this country is (insert name of the elite first tier school in the country).

Is it really the case that there are teachers who have written the IB guide for physics and further mathematics here or do we have some people with some seriously inflated views of themselves?
by tangchao
Fri Apr 02, 2021 7:46 am
Forum: Forum 1. From Questions About ISS & Search to Anything and Everything About International Teaching
Topic: Teachers who ignore all the reviews and then post a review
Replies: 7
Views: 8383

Teachers who ignore all the reviews and then post a review

I just noticed another recent review about a school in Switzerland. The teacher wrote the 11th completely condemnatory review after leaving in disgust. I really wonder about such teachers. They themselves either read the reviews and ignored them or didn't read them in the first place. So either they write a review in order to discourage people such as themselves or they have finally found ISR only after moving countries and jobs.

I have never understood this mentality. What is with these people?
by tangchao
Mon Aug 17, 2020 3:22 am
Forum: Forum 1. From Questions About ISS & Search to Anything and Everything About International Teaching
Topic: High pay package IS?
Replies: 30
Views: 33544

Re: High pay package IS?

They can get native Chinese teachers for about 10% of your current salary, so I doubt you'll have much success.
by tangchao
Wed Mar 11, 2020 4:43 am
Forum: Forum 1. From Questions About ISS & Search to Anything and Everything About International Teaching
Topic: 45 years old. Life decisions. What would you do?
Replies: 3
Views: 11624

Re: 45 years old. Life decisions. What would you do?

Have the 12 years been in RoK? If so, you are only another eight years away from a pension. Option Three must be your best bet.

Also, I think coupling the Education Cert with the Kinesiology degree may only allow you to qualify as a PE teacher, and they are ten a penny.
by tangchao
Wed Mar 11, 2020 4:39 am
Forum: Forum 1. From Questions About ISS & Search to Anything and Everything About International Teaching
Topic: The Job Search is Not Going Well...
Replies: 13
Views: 28411

Re: The Job Search is Not Going Well...

I get your reasoning with including the TEFL job, but I doubt it will do you many favours in Thailand, or anywhere else. Schools may think that you expect to be paid for five years' experience instead of two.
by tangchao
Tue Feb 04, 2020 7:56 am
Forum: Forum 1. From Questions About ISS & Search to Anything and Everything About International Teaching
Topic: Bangkok & London 2020
Replies: 10
Views: 21155

Re: Bangkok & London 2020

General quality of schools at London was average. It seems to be getting worse lately.
by tangchao
Tue Feb 04, 2020 7:54 am
Forum: Forum 1. From Questions About ISS & Search to Anything and Everything About International Teaching
Topic: I wish I had known....
Replies: 6
Views: 14874

Re: I wish I had known....

You get a lot of attention early in your career because you are cheap, not because you are good.