{"id":1522,"date":"2012-11-26T19:58:47","date_gmt":"2012-11-26T19:58:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/internationalschoolcommunity.com\/blog\/?p=1522"},"modified":"2012-12-30T20:00:23","modified_gmt":"2012-12-30T20:00:23","slug":"new-survey-which-international-school-teacher-conference-do-you-prefer-to-go-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/internationalschoolcommunity.com\/blog\/new-survey-which-international-school-teacher-conference-do-you-prefer-to-go-to\/","title":{"rendered":"New Survey: Which international school teacher conference do you prefer to go to?"},"content":{"rendered":"

A new survey has arrived!<\/p>\n

Topic:\u00a0\u00a0Which international school teacher conference do you prefer to go to?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Most international schools will offer some benefits to their teachers. \u00a0If you are lucky, your school will offer a benefit that gives you a set amount of money each year to use on a professional development event of your choice. \u00a0Many of those international schools will also let you now roll-over your unused PD money into the following year, up to three years worth in total if you need to. \u00a0Knowing that going to and attending an international school teacher conference can be quite expensive (e.g. registration costs, flight, hotel, meals, taxi rides, etc.), it is good to know that your school will either pay for you to go to them (all expenses paid) or that you can use your own PD money to go to them (hopefully all expenses paid as well).<\/p>\n

If you have the money and the school you work at is open to where you use your PD money, the question then is…where should you go? \u00a0 There are a nice handful of conferences that international school teachers can go to (EARCOS, ECIS, AASSA, MAIS, AISA, IB, etc.). \u00a0They also pretty much offer the same style of conference: a variety of guest speakers show up to inspire the attendees somehow (professionals in education or in topics related to education), and then there are different workshops led by international school teachers themselves (sharing a new strategy, research, best-practice techniques, etc.). \u00a0Is there one of these conferences that is better than the others?\u00a0 We are not for sure. \u00a0Mostly teachers just go to the one that is closest to their school.<\/p>\n

One thing that does seem for sure is that it seems as if the numbers of attendees at international school conferences is lower than normal as of late (e.g. the ECIS Conference in Nice this year). \u00a0There are also less companies signed up to be exhibitors as well. \u00a0Some participants at ECIS this year were saying that just a few years back there were 1000s more attendees that showed up. \u00a0They also were surmising that because there are so many international school teacher conferences nowadays, there just isn\u2019t enough time and money for all the exhibitors to go to them\u2026and the same goes for the teachers and administrators.<\/p>\n

Did you know that some international schools (mostly for-profit ones) will grant you the money to attend a PD event (if it directly relates to the benefit of the school) only if you plan on staying for another two years? \u00a0If you decide to leave the school before that two-year deadline, then you must pay back all the money that you used to go to that PD event! \u00a0Hopefully there aren\u2019t too many international schools out there that do that to their teachers still. \u00a0It is so important that international school teachers are treated as professionals in the field of education. \u00a0As professionals, we need to stay up-to-date with current trends and practices, as well as what current research is saying about how to be an effective teacher. \u00a0Additionally, it is\u00a0vitally\u00a0important for international school teachers to be at these events so that they can network with others that also work in the international school community<\/a>. Networking can maybe lead to a future job at another international school for you, but it also can help you do the things you need to do in your current placement. \u00a0Why do the job by yourself when there are most likely other international school teachers that also need to do that same job? \u00a0Two heads are better than one, no? \u00a0Then you can share the load and work together on different projects that are of interest to both of you.<\/p>\n

So, which international school teacher conference do you prefer to go to?\u00a0 Go to the\u00a0homepage<\/a>\u00a0of International School Community and submit your vote today!\u00a0 You can check out the latest voting results\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

From the staff at International School Community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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