{"id":371,"date":"2011-07-08T21:17:10","date_gmt":"2011-07-08T21:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/internationalschoolcommunity.com\/blog\/?p=371"},"modified":"2012-10-22T19:55:14","modified_gmt":"2012-10-22T19:55:14","slug":"survey-results-are-in-which-benefit-is-the-most-important-to-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/internationalschoolcommunity.com\/blog\/survey-results-are-in-which-benefit-is-the-most-important-to-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Survey results are in \u2013 Which benefit is the most important to you?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The survey results<\/a> are in, and it seems as if HOUSING and SALARY are the most important benefits for the teachers that voted.\u00a0 They both received the same amount of votes.<\/p>\n

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I have worked at an int\u2019l school where the housing wasn\u2019t included and I have also worked at a school when the housing was included.\u00a0 It definitely made a difference on how I spent my money in those cities.\u00a0 Rent usually accounts for a sizable portion of your salary.\u00a0 When that cost is not there, then of course you will have much more money to spend on travel and just \u201clivin\u2019 it up\u201d in the city you are in.\u00a0 It is nice to not have to worry about paying your rent.\u00a0 Sometimes the housing allowance does not cover the total cost of the rent, but still in that case it is more ideal than getting nothing to put towards the rent cost.\u00a0 Other times you can find a place under the amount of your housing allowance.\u00a0 In many countries the landlords can falsify the rent receipt documents to say that it costs more so that you can pocket the remainder of the housing allowance for yourself!<\/p>\n

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Yes, salary.\u00a0 We all want a higher salary.\u00a0 At some international schools the annual salary can be upwards of 100K USD (e.g. in some schools in Switzerland), but in other schools you salary can be much, much less.\u00a0 Usually it depends on the cost of living in the city though; which is usually the main factor in how the school decides the salary to give to its teachers.\u00a0 In some cities where the cost of living is low, you can save much more money even when your salary is also lower.\u00a0 You can\u2019t just look at a salary and make your decision whether or not to take the job.\u00a0 The other benefits for sure come into play.\u00a0 You must factor in the other benefits when looking at the salary amount.<\/p>\n

Luckily on International School Community<\/a> you can find detailed information about the salary and housing situation on a number of international schools right now!\u00a0 Go ahead and have a search through the hundreds of schools that have been updated recently<\/a> and check out their housing and salary information.\u00a0 Our members<\/a> are encouraged to submit comments and information about the salary and housing on the schools they have worked at.\u00a0 Just scroll down to check out the benefits section.\u00a0 It looks like this:<\/p>\n

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Too many benefits (or lack of benefits) to consider.\u00a0 The problem is though when you move back to your host country.\u00a0 Then you are most likely not going to get any of the benefits we get as international school teachers!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The survey results are in, and it seems as if HOUSING and SALARY are the most important benefits for the teachers that voted.\u00a0 They both received the same amount of votes. I have worked at an int\u2019l school where the housing wasn\u2019t included and I have also worked at a school when the housing was […]<\/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":[24],"tags":[61,801,802,32,33,241,361,803],"class_list":["post-371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-surveys","tag-benefits","tag-housing","tag-housing-allowance","tag-international-schools","tag-international-teaching","tag-salary","tag-survey","tag-survey-results"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2flVT-5Z","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":721,"url":"https:\/\/internationalschoolcommunity.com\/blog\/survey-results-are-in-how-much-does-your-school-pay-for-your-housing-benefits\/","url_meta":{"origin":371,"position":0},"title":"Survey results are in: How much does your school pay for your housing benefits?","author":"ISCommunity","date":"May 18, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"The survey results are in, and it seems as if most visitors and members of International School Community don't receive any housing allowance at all in their current placement at the international school at which they work.\u00a0 The survey also shows though that there are just about the same number\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Surveys"","block_context":{"text":"Surveys","link":"https:\/\/internationalschoolcommunity.com\/blog\/category\/surveys\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/internationalschoolcommunity.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/03\/screen-shot-2012-05-18-at-10-55-10-am.png?w=350&h=200&crop=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":553,"url":"https:\/\/internationalschoolcommunity.com\/blog\/new-survey-how-much-does-your-current-school-pay-for-your-housing-benefits\/","url_meta":{"origin":371,"position":1},"title":"New Survey: How much does your current school pay for your housing benefits?","author":"ISCommunity","date":"March 26, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"A new survey has arrived! 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