Member Search Feature Update: What positions do our 1980+ International School Community members have? February 25, 2013After using the member profile search feature on the main homepage of International School Community, we found the following results: (updated from 12 August, 2012)
13 Activities Coordinators – (up 11) Want to get a job at an international school in one of these positions? Log-on to International School Community and start contacting our members to get answers to your questions. Many of our members definitely know about the life of an international school teacher at the school they currently work at and the schools they have worked at in the past. Check out all of our 1981 members here.
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Member Search Feature update #6: What positions do International School Community members have? August 12, 2012After using the member profile search feature on the main homepage of International School Community, we found the following results: (updated from 9 May, 2012)
2 Activities Coordinators – (up 2) Want to get a job at an international school in one of these positions? Log-on to International School Community and start contacting our members to get answers to your questions. Many of our members definitely know about the life of an international school teacher at the school they currently work at and the schools they have worked at in the past. Check out all of our 930 members here.
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International Teaching Predictions for 2012 #2: Middle East March 18, 2012#2: International Schools in Middle East
“The Arab Spring caused much uncertainty in the beginning of 2011 and it now feels like a distant memory in many ways. International schools in this region continue to grow and thrive, and state school reform projects in Abu Dhabi are continuing on but in a different way (more on this at the end). The Licensed Teacher programme in Abu Dhabi added new grades and has now expanded to include western Head Teachers to step into principal and vice principal roles. We expect this to continue strongly into next year and beyond. Very exciting! International schools in the UAE and Qatar in particular have never stopped hiring, and most feel cautiously optimistic enough to start expansion plans in 2012 and 2013. Because of the Arab spring, many teachers in the Middle East (especially UAE) decided to stay put last year so I expect a good amount of movement and when combined with natural growth it means lots of opportunities. Qatar in particular is one to watch as the Qataris continue to invest their considerable wealth into infrastructure and technology projects. This will continue to be a bright spot for the Middle East in the next few years which is one of the reasons the whole team visited it last month.
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is also looking to hire a number of teachers in both state schools, private state schools and international schools. Salaries are usually quite high in KSA and the cost of living is low, so the savings potential here is huge. For many teachers it is considered more of a hardship post, but for others it’s a down-payment on a house. It should be noted that South Africans are highly sought in KSA – there is an educational affinity here- opening up lots of options for degree educated South Africans who want to earn a large amount of money in a relatively small amount of time. After many years of schools saying ‘no thanks’ to South Africans, it’s nice to see this.
Now in the Middle East there is such a range of schools from really top notch schools to schools that we flatly refuse to work with, and it’s understandable how teachers can get confused. How can you tell? Certainly not by the school website. It’s amazing what you can discover with a school visit and feedback from teachers already placed. I would recommend that teachers interested in this region work closely with their consultant and understand both A. What schools will consider you based on your CV and personal situation and B. What you can expect at schools that will consider you.”
Taken from the “Teach the World with Teachanywhere” blog written by General Manager by Diane Jacoutot.   Currently (as of 18 March, 2012), on www.internationalschoolcommunity.com, we have 146 international schools listed in this region of the world. That makes this region rank #5 in terms of the regions of the world with the highest number of international schools listed on our website. According to the article and to what we see happening in our community, there are many new international schools being founded each year in the Middle East. The expat communities there seem to be growing and thus the need for more international schools is also growing.
Out of the 14 countries that we have listed in the Middle East, the top four countries with the highest number of international schools listed on International School Community are the following: 1. United Arab Emirates (39) 2. Qatar (20) 3. Kuwait (19) 4. Saudi Arabia (14) Some more facts about these Middle Eastern international schools:
• 53 teach the American Curriculum, 45 teach the U.K. curriculum and 7 teach the IPC curriculum. • 67 are less than 15 years old, 63 are between 16 and 50 years old and 16 are more than 51 years old. • 76 are For-profit schools and 70 are Non-profit schools. The following schools have had comments and information submitted on them: Bahrain Bayan School (12 Comments) Al Hekma International School (9 Comments) Naseem International School (Bahrain) (19 Comments) Ihsan Dogramaci Bilkent Erbil College (14 Comments) Amman Baccalaureate School (8 Comments) American International School of Kuwait (20 Comments)
American Bilingual School (14 Comments) American International School of Muscat (13 Comments) Al Batinah International School (9 Comments) Awsaj Institute of Education (11 Comments) Dhahran Ahliyya Schools (14 Comments) American Community School at Beirut (16 Comments) There are many more! Check out the rest of them here.
Many of our members currently work at international schools in the Middle East:
Falustein Shoman (Al Ittihad National Private School in Abu Dhabi) Adam Barash (American International School of Jeddah in Jeddah) Jane Evans (The International Academy (Amman) in Amman) Craig Delery (Universal American School in Dubai) Krista Wolfe (International School of Elite Education in Egypt) There are many more! Check out the rest of them here. If you are interested in working at an international school in the Middle East that one of our members currently works at, feel free to send these members a private message with the questions and concerns you would like first-hand account answers too. So, we will just have to wait and see then how the “International School Community” in the Middle East actually pans out for the year 2012.
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International School Community Newsletter v2012.03 – 03 March, 2012 March 3, 2012 v2012.03 – 3 March, 2012: We have had a surge of new members on International School Community this past month taking us over the 300 mark. With 67 new members joining, we are now at a total of 326 members! It is so interesting to look at the range of members that we have so far: veteran international school teachers, teachers new to the international school community, teachers who are thinking about getting into our community, retired international school teachers, international school parents, international school directors, etc. All premium members are able to send unlimited private messages to other members on our website to contact for information and also to network with if you have questions about what life at a specific international school he/she is currently working at or has worked at in the past. Go ahead then and send a private message to one of our members that is currently living in one of the many different cities around the world represented on our website. International School Community’s current members work at or have worked at over 115 international schools! Check out which schools here and start networking today! Our 320+ members have now also submitted over 3300+ comments and information on our 1120+ international school profile pages. To celebrate these recent milestones, you can now get 50% off of your next membership subscription by using this coupon code: MARCH3241. With the discount, you can renew your premium subscription for as little as 5 USD! Just go to your My Account page and click on “renew your subscription”. This offer will expire on 17 March, 2012.
Premium members also have unlimited access to our 1126 international school profile pages. On each school profile page there are 4 separate comment and information submission sections: School information, Benefits information, City information and Travel information.
There are many international schools profile pages getting updated all the time. In the international school community, it is important we share what we know to help others make better informed decisions when looking for employment at an international school. Thanks again for everyone’s support! For those of us in the Northern Hemisphere, enjoy the beginning of spring! From the staff at International School Community.
Recently updated schools with new comments and information:· 03 Mar Vilnius International School (6 new comments)
Vilnius, Lithuania “Age limit for hiring is 60. Often restrictions for non-EU dependents. This school posts vacancies on the Search website…”· 03 Mar The American International School – Salzburg (9 new comments) Salzburg, Austria “The school is located in the southern part of Salzburg very near the city’s greenbelt in a semi-rural setting but only 10 minutes from the city center…”· 03 Mar Highlands International School (11 new comments) La Paz, Bolivia “Hiring a maid is quite common here in La Paz and very inexpensive. The extra help can be nice, especially if you have a family…”· 01 Mar Hampton International School (13 new comments) Bangkok, Thailand “Because the school is very small, all teachers have more than one additional duty – right now, this tends to be a sore point among teaching staff but as numbers grow…” · 29 Feb Escuela International de Sampedrana (6 new comments) San Pedro Sula, Honduras “The school pays teachers in USD. With 3.5 percent taxes taken out , the monthly salary is around 1850 US…”(Click here for the last 40 schools to be updated with new comments) Recent blog entries:· TEN COMMANDMENTS OF RELOCATING OVERSEAS: #9 – Maintain a sense of humor, but most importantly be ready to laugh at yourself. · Great resource: ISAT – International Schools Association of Thailand · International schools that were founded in 1947 (New York, Cali, Medellin, Rome, and Sao Paolo) · Overview of an int’l school #4 – Makuhari International School · The Wonderful World of Int’l School Hiring Fairs: Lesson #6 – “Remember to research.” · Comments and information about hiring policies on International School Community #3 Recently added schools:
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Discussion Topic: Things I (an international school teacher) Have Not Done in a Year“After living abroad for so many years, I have forgotten all the things that you don’t do anymore. We used to have a different life, didn’t we? But now that you are living abroad, many of your routines have changed. Being that these changes have now become your new routines, you tend to forget about the things you used to do!Inspired by this blog entry by the Kirby Family, Things I Have Not Done in a Year, we invite our readers and members to discuss their list of things that they haven’t done in a year (or more for that matter). |
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This international school teacher’s insight about moving back to your home country after teaching and living in Hong Kong is something we can all relate to:“I think I wouldn’t be completely honest if I said I was happy to be moving back to Canada. There are many things I am looking forward to about going back, foremost among them, being closer to our family, but there are many things I am going to really miss about Hong Kong, especially my job. In early June I included an article in one of my posts that I wrote in 2005 about what I will miss about Hong Kong. I’ve learned there…”* If you are an international school teacher and would like your blog highlighted on International School Community contact us here. |
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New features on International School Community #3: Members List page and School profile page
March 1, 2012International School Community’s goal is to have a website where our members can find international school teachers in which to easily contact and network. Thus we are always working on improving the organization of our website and its features to better serve our members.
We have updated our Members List page to include a sorting feature. Now visitors and members are able to sort our 324 (03 March, 2012) members more effectively now. It is now possible to sort the list by Newest First, First Name, Last Name, Current School and By Location (also being able to sort these lists by Descending or Ascending order). Go ahead and try it out and start contacting our members and networking today. Who knows who you might find?!
We have also just completed two more updates to the school profile pages. Now there is a Youtube video that can be found sometimes on a school’s profile page. If there is one available, then it will show up under the map features.
The video shown will be related to the school, typically a review or overview of the school from the school itself.
The other update on the school profile page is the school’s Facebook feature. If the school has a Facebook page that they update with the news from their school, it will now show up on the school’s profile page on our website. The feature can be found under the Members of this School feature.
We now have 1126 (3 March, 2012) international school profile pages on our website. Sign-on to our website and check out the new video and facebook updates on these schools!
There are many more improvements to come so stay tuned!
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