When we launched Isca earlier this month, we expected international teachers to ask about salaries, benefits, housing, leadership, savings potential, and school culture.
And many of you did exactly that.
Questions like:
- “What do teachers say about ISB Bangkok?”
- “Which school in Bangkok has the best savings potential?”
- “What are the pros and cons of teaching at ISKL in Malaysia?”
- “How much can teachers save in Singapore?”
- “Tell me about the American School of Dubai.”
These are the kinds of questions Isca is already becoming very good at answering.
But something else happened too…
Members immediately started stress-testing Isca in ways we didn’t fully expect.
Some of you unintentionally misspelled school names:
- “international school seyvhelles”
- “copenhaegen international skool”
- “international skool of luzern and zug”
…and surprisingly, Isca often still figured it out correctly.
Others started using abbreviations:
- “ISZL Switzerland”
- “ISKL Malaysia”
- “AISVN”
Again, Isca often succeeded.
That’s actually been incredibly helpful for us.
Every strange typo, abbreviation, unclear question, and failed response is teaching us how real international educators naturally search for information. In many ways, our members are training Isca to think more like an international teacher.
And the improvements are already happening quickly.
Over the last few weeks alone, we’ve improved:
- abbreviation handling
- typo recognition
- school matching accuracy
- city/country disambiguation
- vacancy searches
- follow-up clarification prompts
The most important thing we’ve learned so far?
The more specific your question is, the better Isca performs.
For example, instead of:
❌ “ISKL”
Try:
✅ “What are the pros and cons of teaching at ISKL in Malaysia?”
Instead of:
❌ “jobs japan”
Try:
✅ “Are there any international school jobs in Japan right now?”
And instead of:
❌ “best school?”
Try:
✅ “Which schools in Bangkok have the best savings potential for teaching couples?”
This is still just the beginning.
Isca has already analyzed over 55,000 ISC member comments and reviews, but the real magic is happening right now — as thousands of international educators collectively teach her how our community actually talks, searches, compares, complains, and researches schools.
Keep testing her.
Honestly… some of you are far more creative at breaking AI than we expected. 😅
— Ron
Founder of ISC