In Your Own Backyard: Keeping Relevance Post-Hiring Season
Now that the hiring season is almost coming to a close, we can re-group and re-think how our current faculty and staff are faring in our school environments…
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Should I Stay or Should I Go? Considerations Before Signing a New Contract
You’ve updated your CV, attended the job fair, and you’re ready to sign on the dotted line…
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A Recruiter's Interview Toolbox
During the interview process, there are some approaches we may want to hold on to, some we need to avoid doing, and others we may want to move towards…
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Do You Have the DEIJ Support You Need During Recruitment Season?
Ideas and thoughts that might help educators of color as they navigate recruitment season in the international school system…
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Teaching Overseas: Are you Qualified?
Teachers who are looking for a change of pace, or just feel like they are getting into a dull routine, might want to consider teaching overseas. Many teachers wonder if they are qualified because they may never have worked, taught, or even traveled abroad, and concerns about language requirements consistently surface.
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Teaching Overseas – Does Age Matter?
According to a recent survey released by The International Educator (TIE), which asked about hiring restrictions at international schools, over 65% of the 176 school heads interviewed reported that their school’s host country does not have age restrictions for issuing a work visa. Of the 28% of respondents who did report restrictions by their host country, the mandatory cut-off was almost equally split between ages 60 and 65.
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To Be or Not To Be? Encouraging Risk-Taking on 24-May-23
Risk-taking is a way to be better prepared for the future and is key to making the most of what we have in the present…Laos
How Did We Get Here? The Dangers of Watering Down Curriculum for Multilingual Students on 10-May-23
We have the privilege and power to teach and advocate in a way that undoes some of the wrong in our world: reflect on biases, determine gaps, and collaboratively plan…Korea
Within and Without: Facilitating Students’ Authentic Exploration on 10-May-23
Course content can act as a bridge between a student’s inner emotional world and their developing conceptual understanding of the real world…Malaysia
The Interview Question Men Rarely Get Asked: Female Leadership and Family Life on 10-May-23
Has pursuing a leadership pathway been impacted by, or influenced women’s decisions about, raising a family…Thailand