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<\/a><\/p>\nSince moving on from India, 39 year old Charles, now works with Taaleem Edison Learning in partnership with the Abu Dhabi Education Council, as a Science Consultant for local schools. This has been an excellent move which has allowed him to consolidate his teaching experience \u2013 experience that has spanned several countries.\u00a0 Prior to his current post, Charles was teaching at the International School Aamby<\/a> in India and, since leaving Australia as a qualified teacher in 2001, has also taught at an international school in Turkey. \u201cThis whole international teaching experience has definitely been a positive move for me,\u201d he says. \u201cYou just learn so much by moving out of your comfort zone. I\u2019ve learnt five languages at various levels, travelled to about 100 countries, taught a whole mix of national and international curricula, and have done things I\u2019d never thought I\u2019d do before I left Australia,\u201d \u00a0explains Charles. \u201cI\u2019ve got so much more confidence because I\u2019ve not been placed in one education system for an extended period of time, and, as for teaching in India, that experience definitely helped me to calm down. Life happens at a much calmer pace there; things always get done but everything is so much more chilled.\u201d<\/p>\n Charles taught Science and IT at the International School Aamby which involved working with a wide range of curricula including the IPC, CPC, IGCSE and IB. \u201cI really enjoyed the blending of different curricula as it helped me to crystallize in my mind how children learn best. This definitely benefitted my career,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n As with most international schools, the intake of students at Aamby was a mix of local children and expatriate children and, as with all international schools, every child was learning through the medium of English. As for teaching colleagues, Charles worked alongside UK, American, Indian and other Australian teachers. \u201cIt\u2019s a great atmosphere,\u201d he says. \u201cInternational school teachers are all very supportive of each other. And the children are fantastic. Their behaviour is excellent. You never need to raise your voice. I spend most of my time teaching rather than managing behaviour and that makes such a difference academically and on a personal level too.\u201d<\/p>\n Charles is one of over 260,000 English-speaking teachers now teaching internationally and many more are heading that way thanks to the significant growth in international schools. In the last year alone, over 500 new English-speaking international schools were opened across the globe, taking the total number of international schools worldwide to 5,700. This is anticipated to grow to 8,000 international schools within five years according to data provided by ISC Research, the organisation that analyses developments in the international schools market.<\/p>\n \u201cRecruiters from international schools are looking for qualified teachers from countries such as Australia, New Zealand, Great Britain, South Africa and Canada,\u201d says Andrew Wigford, Director of Teachers International Consultancy (TIC), an organisation that specialises in international school recruitment. The reason why: \u201cEnglish is the language of choice for international schools wherever they may be in the world. So if you\u2019re an English-speaking teacher and have a few years teaching experience, you can literally work anywhere in the world,\u201d says Andrew.<\/p>\n Charles was helped by Teachers International Consultancy to find his job and offers this advice to other teachers considering working in an international school: \u201cDo your homework. Make sure it\u2019s somewhere you\u2019d like to live for a while. Research the school and the contract they offer. Ask as many questions as you can before you make the decision; it\u2019s important to know exactly what you\u2019re getting in to. Use all resources available to you including friends, recommendations, the internet and specialist organisations. You also need to very flexible and accommodating to changes along the way. TIC provided me with a lot of insight and guidance that I couldn\u2019t get anywhere else. They helped to match me with the right job and, before my interview, spoke to the school about me and that was all so important. It was much better than applying independently.\u201d<\/p>\n As for home in Sydney, Charles says he does miss it and he does miss his family and friends. \u201cThe internet can sometimes be patchy and communication can be a bit of an issue, but I wouldn\u2019t have missed these opportunities for anything,\u201d he says. \u201cThere\u2019s a whole world out there and the options now for me are tremendous. This experience has opened up many new doors and when I\u2019m ready, I\u2019ll head back home. But not for a while!\u201d<\/p>\n For more advice about international teaching opportunities, visit the Teachers International Consultancy website at www.findteachingjobsoverseas.co.uk<\/a> and to search for the international school that meets your search criteria and to gather information and read comments about various international schools around the world, visit the International School Community website at www.internationalschoolcommunity.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Teaching from Australia to Abu Dhabi Charles Tripolone is explaining the rains: \u201cIn my first few months in India, back in 2008, we had 5 \u00bd metres in 4 months!\u201d \u00a0he says. \u201cThat\u2019s quite a contrast to the millimetres of rainfall that we normally measure in Australia.\u201d He goes on: \u201cIn 2009 the monsoons were […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[12],"tags":[609,467,29,30,184,33,218,2150,104,154],"class_list":["post-241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-highlighted-articles","tag-agency","tag-finding-a-job-overseas","tag-international-school","tag-international-school-community","tag-international-school-teachers","tag-international-teaching","tag-recruitment","tag-teachers-international-consultancy-tic","tag-teaching-overseas","tag-tic"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2flVT-3T","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":567,"url":"https:\/\/internationalschoolcommunity.com\/blog\/teachers-international-consultancy-free-webinar-gives-advice-you-need-for-teaching-overseas\/","url_meta":{"origin":241,"position":0},"title":"Teachers International Consultancy: Free webinar gives advice you need for teaching overseas","author":"ISCommunity","date":"March 31, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"\u201cDo you want to find out more about the opportunities available for teaching in international schools? 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