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by shadowjack
Tue Oct 04, 2022 12:00 pm
Forum: Forum 1. From Questions About ISS & Search to Anything and Everything About International Teaching
Topic: What would I be most suited for? Middle East jobs
Replies: 4
Views: 10487

Re: What would I be most suited for? Middle East jobs

CELTA and DELTA won't do much at international schools. At a university level in Saudi, say, it would open doors.

Make Biology and English your main areas. As to negotiating salary - good schools won't negotiate. Bad schools will, but once you are there you'll realize why they did, and regret it. Think that you are responsible for the students returning any of the textbooks issued them, and if not returned, you will pay for them. Or being told to change grades. Or having parents talk to the principal and all of a sudden you are reassigned to teaching Science 6 and 7.
by shadowjack
Tue Oct 04, 2022 11:52 am
Forum: Forum 1. From Questions About ISS & Search to Anything and Everything About International Teaching
Topic: Hong Kong: Exodus & Hiring
Replies: 23
Views: 28976

Re: Hong Kong: Exodus & Hiring

Ntmya5 - IB is underpinned by standards. Many schools use AERO standards for their main curricula (except PE, Music, Art, and Languages) where they choose the standards they want to use. AERO is Common Core light - so you shouldn't be nervous about 'common core' schools - just saying. What standards do you link to in your IB planner? Please tell me you link to standards....
by shadowjack
Wed Aug 10, 2022 9:43 am
Forum: Forum 1. From Questions About ISS & Search to Anything and Everything About International Teaching
Topic: Update From a Recuirter Regarding China
Replies: 22
Views: 37415

Re: Update From a Recuirter Regarding China

Folks I know hired in January through March. Dependents range form kids to spouses. All are in and in China now. Things have changed and procedures more relaxed and less -.
by shadowjack
Thu Aug 04, 2022 3:10 pm
Forum: Forum 1. From Questions About ISS & Search to Anything and Everything About International Teaching
Topic: Update From a Recuirter Regarding China
Replies: 22
Views: 37415

Re: Update From a Recuirter Regarding China

Three families I know travelling or just travelled to China. All in. Reduced quarantine. Three different regions. Three different schools. Things are changing.
by shadowjack
Mon Jun 06, 2022 1:15 pm
Forum: Forum 1. From Questions About ISS & Search to Anything and Everything About International Teaching
Topic: Salary Expectations 10 years experience Middle East
Replies: 8
Views: 9568

Re: Salary Expectations 10 years experience Middle East

The usual bonus is 1/2 months salary for every year of service. In the old days, it used to be one month's salary for every year of service. I think one or two GCC states still have this, but most moved to 1/2 month per year.

Some schools also have a retirement plan in addition to the mandated legal gratuity.
by shadowjack
Mon May 16, 2022 9:41 am
Forum: Forum 1. From Questions About ISS & Search to Anything and Everything About International Teaching
Topic: Healthcare in Retirement
Replies: 14
Views: 36246

Re: Healthcare in Retirement

Marry a foreign national from a rational country and get your citizenship...
by shadowjack
Thu May 05, 2022 9:19 am
Forum: Forum 1. From Questions About ISS & Search to Anything and Everything About International Teaching
Topic: When to announce a departure
Replies: 13
Views: 19871

Re: When to announce a departure

@PG if the entirety of the Oct/Nov deadline is so that departing teachers could participate in recruiting fairs, then you are dead wrong. We have these deadlines so that we can take timely action to recruit and hire the best candidates available - something that isn't always possible in February/March. Maybe it's FOMO, or maybe it's just sound strategy. LOL

@Heliotrope

I usually let my directors know in August I am going to look and how seriously I am looking. Some years it's just looking. Other years, the right job pops up and away I go. But like you, I have never been ignored once my decision has been made.
by shadowjack
Wed May 04, 2022 2:59 pm
Forum: Forum 1. From Questions About ISS & Search to Anything and Everything About International Teaching
Topic: When to announce a departure
Replies: 13
Views: 19871

Re: When to announce a departure

"The entirety of the Oct/Nov intent deadline is so that the IT can participate in IE recruiting. Absent that, any such requirement becomes one of convenience (what do you need their help with)."

LOL that is laughable. The entirety of the Oct/Nov intent deadline everything to do with the school having a chance to get organized for recruiting season and attract/hire the best possible candidates.
by shadowjack
Sun Apr 24, 2022 3:35 pm
Forum: Forum 1. From Questions About ISS & Search to Anything and Everything About International Teaching
Topic: Obtaining a BEd vs. PGCE
Replies: 14
Views: 15634

Re: Obtaining a BEd vs. PGCE

I know folk who think the ‘top’ international school is something other than what it really is. To use your words - it’s all relative!
by shadowjack
Thu Apr 21, 2022 1:31 pm
Forum: Forum 1. From Questions About ISS & Search to Anything and Everything About International Teaching
Topic: Obtaining a BEd vs. PGCE
Replies: 14
Views: 15634

Re: Obtaining a BEd vs. PGCE

@PG there is reference to a school the OP would work at. No mention of 'upper tier' given. ;-)
by shadowjack
Fri Apr 08, 2022 12:43 pm
Forum: Forum 1. From Questions About ISS & Search to Anything and Everything About International Teaching
Topic: Vietnam
Replies: 3
Views: 5448

Re: Vietnam

Google schools and apply directly.
by shadowjack
Thu Apr 07, 2022 7:37 am
Forum: Forum 1. From Questions About ISS & Search to Anything and Everything About International Teaching
Topic: Obtaining a BEd vs. PGCE
Replies: 14
Views: 15634

Re: Obtaining a BEd vs. PGCE

@PG - the arts is the Faculty of Arts, which includes subjects such as Geography, Literature, History, Linguistics, and more. The job market for teachers in Canada is not moribund and more and more of my friends are at the point where they are retiring in the next 3-5 years. Many of them are teachers in the social sciences/Arts.
by shadowjack
Wed Apr 06, 2022 4:11 pm
Forum: Forum 1. From Questions About ISS & Search to Anything and Everything About International Teaching
Topic: Obtaining a BEd vs. PGCE
Replies: 14
Views: 15634

Re: Obtaining a BEd vs. PGCE

Do two years domestic in Canada. Go overseas. Depending on your teaching area, you will be in greater or lesser demand.Choose your schools wisely. They don't have to be all the tier 1s that people mention, but should be reputable. It will take more than two years domestically to get to a good private school - but the same time internationally would be an asset.
by shadowjack
Tue Apr 05, 2022 6:03 am
Forum: Forum 1. From Questions About ISS & Search to Anything and Everything About International Teaching
Topic: Obtaining a BEd vs. PGCE
Replies: 14
Views: 15634

Re: Obtaining a BEd vs. PGCE

If you are in Canada, do the BEd. But that would never get you into a top Canadian private school as a new teacher. It is simply the entry point. Do two years domestic teaching in Canada. THEN go overseas. You can go to the UK with your BEd (been there done that) and can convert it easily into QTS given your two years experience in Canada. If you are hoping to get into a good UK school, public or government, plan on being in the UK awhile, because the only ones which will hire you are schools in Serious Weakness (special measures schools cannot hire OTTs - overseas trained teachers) or bargepole schools (as in, "I wouldn't touch that school with a bargepole").

Going overseas and being a TA while doing a PGCE online will limit you in some countries which do not recognize online degrees. It also doesn't guarantee immediate hire at the school you are a TA at.

Good luck with whatever you choose.