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by shadylane
Mon Nov 05, 2018 2:33 pm
Forum: Forum 1. From Questions About ISS & Search to Anything and Everything About International Teaching
Topic: Best school in Berlin?
Replies: 3
Views: 5577

Re: Best school in Berlin?

Not allowed to mention schools on the free side.
by shadylane
Mon Oct 29, 2018 12:18 pm
Forum: Forum 2. Ask Recruiting Questions, Share Information. What's on Your Mind?
Topic: Where was your first IS job?
Replies: 16
Views: 37150

Re: Where was your first IS job?

> Thank you for the response, shadylane. I'm not really sure what you mean; I'm
> familiar with the phrase "chewing the fat" meaning to have a conversation.
> Could you clarify how that is a stepping stone? You mention you have colleagues
> "from that time;" where was your first job? Thanks!

You're not allowed to mention schools on the public forum - so you have to hint. A practise well established on the TES forums. Elizamena has just mentioned one chain of schools too! Think of it a bit like a cryptic crossword puzzle, and you should work it out. :-)
by shadylane
Sun Oct 28, 2018 3:11 pm
Forum: Forum 2. Ask Recruiting Questions, Share Information. What's on Your Mind?
Topic: Where was your first IS job?
Replies: 16
Views: 37150

Re: Where was your first IS job?

To use the expression often used on the TES forums by a certain aquatic muddy creature currently residing in SE Europe, I chewed the fat.
While chewing the fat itself isn't to be recommended, I have quite a few ex-colleagues from that time now at IASAS or similar schools around the world. So it worked for them as an initial stepping stone.
by shadylane
Thu Jul 19, 2018 2:26 pm
Forum: Forum 2. Ask Recruiting Questions, Share Information. What's on Your Mind?
Topic: Red flags or paranoia?
Replies: 4
Views: 13294

Re: Red flags or paranoia?

Sounds like an idiot, but at this stage . . .

That said, try to chat to someone else on staff, and sign up and read the reviews on this site. Not just of the school, but of the director if he has any from previous schools. Also, the principal might be more normal, and you'd be working with them more directly anyway.
by shadylane
Thu Jun 21, 2018 8:08 am
Forum: Forum 1. From Questions About ISS & Search to Anything and Everything About International Teaching
Topic: Identifying Good Teachers Bad Teachers
Replies: 9
Views: 12686

Re: Identifying Good Teachers Bad Teachers

Lastname_Z wrote:
> I feel like at my school it doesn't happen enough and the consequence is that bad
> teachers can keep on being bad teachers

The issue I have with that, is how many of us are actually in a position or qualified to pass judgement on other teachers purely professionally? All you're likely to get for the most part is who likes who, and who has a similar philosophy to who.

The question is divisive.
by shadylane
Sat Mar 03, 2018 4:33 pm
Forum: Forum 1. From Questions About ISS & Search to Anything and Everything About International Teaching
Topic: Univ prof, want to teach secondary level. Please help
Replies: 32
Views: 39188

Re: Univ prof, want to teach secondary level. Please help

chilagringa wrote:
> That's interesting, shadylane, what do you think made the difference between the successful and unsuccessful ones?

From my limited observations there was a willingness to accept (or not) that the context had changed. Proper teacher certification and K to 12 experience also made a difference. These online courses do seem to tick a box, but don't seem very effective in doing what they are actually supposed to do. Train people to teach.
by shadylane
Sat Mar 03, 2018 2:01 pm
Forum: Forum 1. From Questions About ISS & Search to Anything and Everything About International Teaching
Topic: Univ prof, want to teach secondary level. Please help
Replies: 32
Views: 39188

Re: Univ prof, want to teach secondary level. Please help

TonyM wrote:
This whole discussion has caused me to reflect upon it,
> So, in conclusion I will admit that nothing has persuaded me to change my
> view, but I still value the discussion.

I think that the best way of putting it would be to say that while you teach a subject, K-12 teachers teach children. There is a different emphasis. Naturally as the students get older, this emphasis does shift, but even in Grade 11/12 there is a obligation to the whole child that simply doesn't exist at University level.

Now I have to say, that I have taught with University lecturers that have made the switch, and most have made outstanding educators. However, a few don't, and it's largely because they don't want to / can't acknowledge the difference between the two sectors.
by shadylane
Wed Feb 28, 2018 1:35 pm
Forum: Forum 1. From Questions About ISS & Search to Anything and Everything About International Teaching
Topic: Univ prof, want to teach secondary level. Please help
Replies: 32
Views: 39188

Re: Univ prof, want to teach secondary level. Please help

chiliverde wrote:
> I think you are vastly overestimating the importance of content knowledge
> in the PreK-12 field. Elite schools (and any school worth its salt), will
> want to know:
>
> How do you design lessons for students who are ELLs?
> How do you accommodate 5 ILPs and various other learning styles into your
> approach?
> Classroom. Management. You will be teaching children. Depending on where
> you teach, 10-90% of your students will have little to no initial interest
> in the subject you are teaching them; some of them may disrupt your lesson
> daily. Which does not mean they are incapable of learning. How do you put a
> respectful and logical behavior management system in place? How do you get
> them to invest in the material? At this level, you are responsible for the
> achievement of every student.
> Quality curriculum is skill, not content, based. How you do backwards
> design units with appropriate authentic assessments that allow for varied
> learning styles?
>
> If any of these are not things you have at least moderate experience with,
> then prepare to be challenged in the PreK-12 setting, and prepare to be
> overlooked in the hiring process by elite schools. Teaching is a craft. I
> may be an amazing cobbler, but that doesn't mean I can design and tailor
> clothes. I may kill it on the cello, but that doesn't mean the philharmonic
> will take me on to play the timpani.

Completely agree
by shadylane
Sun Feb 18, 2018 11:03 am
Forum: Forum 1. From Questions About ISS & Search to Anything and Everything About International Teaching
Topic: Search Fair Dubai
Replies: 11
Views: 12123

Re: Response

PsyGuy wrote:
> SA Dubai is a dump fair.

I increasingly get the impression that almost all fairs are now dump fairs.
by shadylane
Sun Jan 21, 2018 11:04 am
Forum: Forum 1. From Questions About ISS & Search to Anything and Everything About International Teaching
Topic: Bangkok Job Fair
Replies: 121
Views: 181896

Re: Bangkok Job Fair

I've always signed up for a fair, but have never been as have always been hired well before.

I find that the schools take you more seriously if they have a deadline to hire you by.
by shadylane
Thu May 25, 2017 4:15 pm
Forum: Forum 1. From Questions About ISS & Search to Anything and Everything About International Teaching
Topic: British and American International Schools
Replies: 13
Views: 21241

Re: British and American International Schools

IGCSEs and A levels aren't really comparable to your state mandated tests. A levels are roughly equivalent to your APs. IGCSEs replace your high school transcripts. As both are externally assessed there is no need for SAT or ACT style tests.

Ultimately students in the US system also get 'boiled down' to a grade. Usually a % that then gets converted - from my experience - on a 7 or 10 point scale to a letter grade. the only difference, in the main, is that it's usually teacher assessed, often based on some kind of agreed benchmarks - rather than externally assessed.

Where you will find agreement, and similar reactions to the US schools, are further down the school, in primary and middle school (KS3) - where government have imposed what we call SATs. (not the same as yours - they are/were government mandated tests for students in Grades 1 and 5 in English & Maths, and English, Maths and Science in Grade 8). There you will see news stories in the English press of headteachers resigning, or teachers just refusing to administer the tests. So I guess, not that different.
by shadylane
Wed May 24, 2017 1:00 pm
Forum: Forum 1. From Questions About ISS & Search to Anything and Everything About International Teaching
Topic: How much do you make tutoring???
Replies: 12
Views: 28381

Re: How much do you make tutoring???

Where I am it starts at about $40 to $50 per hour regardless of subject or age.

I've known DP/AP/SATs tutoring go up to about $100 per hour - although mainly for Maths / Sciences.