{"id":422,"date":"2011-05-21T21:34:52","date_gmt":"2011-05-21T21:34:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/internationalschoolcommunity.com\/blog\/?p=422"},"modified":"2012-02-26T21:35:29","modified_gmt":"2012-02-26T21:35:29","slug":"great-website-the-international-school-teacher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/internationalschoolcommunity.com\/blog\/great-website-the-international-school-teacher\/","title":{"rendered":"Great website \u2013 The International School Teacher"},"content":{"rendered":"

My friend told me about this relatively new website back in November 2010.\u00a0 It is called The International School Teacher<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

It is a forum\/social networking\/information gathering website designed for the international school teaching community.<\/p>\n

Parts of the website<\/a> I like:<\/p>\n

International Schools<\/a>
\nHow can one increase their chances of getting a job?<\/strong>
\nGet married\u2026 and to someone who\u2019s not only good looking, but also teaches! No really, if you happen to be what is referred to as a teaching couple, then you are indeed much more marketable. If a professional club were to sign a striker and get a defender in the mix\u2026 Schools do indeed kill two birds with one stone when hiring couples. Also, for many schools in cities where housing is an issue, they simply can\u2019t afford to provide single teachers with their own housing.<\/em><\/p>\n

As much as I don\u2019t like to constantly hear people and schools say this, it just might actually be true.\u00a0 A school does \u201csave\u201d money by hiring a teaching couple, and they do kill two birds with one stone.\u00a0 I don\u2019t really believe though that married couples are more \u201cstable\u201d\u00a0 I\u2019ve seen many couples leave after 2 years (even 1 year one time) at schools I\u2019ve worked at.\u00a0 One reason they leave early is because they find out their salary is sometimes not covering all their expenses (I\u2019m referring to a school on the Mediterranean for example).\u00a0 Sometimes, one member of the couple is not completely satisfied working at the school because the school really wanted to only hire their partner and have placed the other member in a position they don\u2019t 100% enjoy or find fulfilling.<\/p>\n

What you really love about your host country
\n<\/a>I really appreciate this section because it highlights the positive aspects of our lives as international school teachers, something International School Community strives to do as well.\u00a0 No matter where you are living in the world, there are always things that you enjoy and reminding yourself of those things is a very good idea sometimes (especially when you go through all the different stages of culture shock).\u00a0 Here is an excerpt of one of the member\u2019s reasons for why they like living in Cyprus:<\/p>\n

– I can drive forty minutes from my house in one direction and be in the beach. I can drive forty minutes in another and be in snow.<\/em>
\n– Large, luscious lemon trees in my yard<\/em>
\n– Ottoman, Greco-Roman, and Venetian architecture<\/em><\/p>\n

Check out the rest of the website here<\/a>.
\n<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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