{"id":8757,"date":"2022-05-23T16:34:51","date_gmt":"2022-05-23T16:34:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/internationalschoolcommunity.com\/blog\/?p=8757"},"modified":"2022-05-23T16:36:54","modified_gmt":"2022-05-23T16:36:54","slug":"why-are-people-staying-at-or-leaving-your-international-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/internationalschoolcommunity.com\/blog\/why-are-people-staying-at-or-leaving-your-international-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Are People Staying at or Leaving Your International School?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

If you work at an international school, you know that your decision to stay or leave has already been decided by now. Teachers most likely have already decided whether they will stay for another year or two at their current school or move on back home or to another international school. \u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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At some international schools, 1\/4 or 1\/3 of their current teachers decide to let their school know that they will be moving on at the end of the school year. Though it is not the case necessarily at other international schools that have a lot of local hires (not necessarily on foreign-hired contracts). Those with lots of local hires generally tend to have teachers that want to stay there for longer periods of time because they have more ties to the local country (e.g. they are married to a local, etc.).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Regardless of the personal situation of the teacher, another big factor that guides a teacher’s decision to stay or leave is the school itself. For example, the school might be losing student numbers as of late. Fewer students mean less demand for all the teachers on the current staff roster, meaning some need to go whether they like it or not. Maybe even the school has decided to alter or eliminate the staff children benefit (to have them attend the school for free). And the list goes on…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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There are of course even other factors that come into play that affect this big decision that a number of teachers need to make each year. One of these factors is that the school has decided to move in a direction that doesn’t match your teaching philosophy anymore. Staying at a school that doesn’t match you and your teaching style can be a serious concern leading you to search for other positions in a school that better suit you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The biggest factor to stay or leave might just boil down to money, plain and simple. If the school isn’t meeting your needs financially anymore, there are many more that probably will.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So the question for you is why are YOU going to stay or leave your current school? It might be one of these reasons listed above or a combination of these and even other reasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Luckily, International School Community has a comment topic on our school profile pages related to this topic of staying or leaving, so you can stay the most informed as possible. There are a total of\u00a0477 comments<\/strong> (May 2022) that have been submitted by our veteran international school teachers in one of 67 comment topics called – “In general, why are people staying at or leaving this school?”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are a few of those submitted comments:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“People are staying because they are mostly not getting a better job anywhere else and people are leaving because of the rude behavior, less salary, false promises, promotion of wrong candidate, lack of resources and overloaded routine.” – Indus International School (Pune)<\/a>\u00a0(Pune, India) – 43 Total Comments<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Staying because the campus is nice, supply and PD budgets are generous, students are overall courteous and engaged, and because Berlin rocks. Leaving because salaries are too low, and some departments are more disorganized than others.” –\u00a0Berlin Brandenburg International School<\/a>\u00a0(Berlin, Germany) – 87 Comments<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Staying: Turnover is low. In my opinion, people are staying because the school climate is generally very positive – it is a happy place to work. The school has generally got its act together (curriculum, policies, etc) very well so there are structures in place to make teaching positive. It is a vibrant, stimulating place to work. Japan is a lovely place to live. Leaving: The cliche is single females find it harder to date in Tokyo and that could be a reason to leave. The school’s pay is OK and the school’s reputation is good and growing but the pay is not as great as some other big-name schools. People leave as they get the experience and then are drawn to the lure of $$. This is especially the case of teachers in their late 40’s looking for a pension.” – Tokyo International School<\/a>\u00a0(Tokyo, Japan) – 140 Total Comments<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“People stay a long time because the pay and benefits are great, the city is very livable, the cost of living is low and the classes are not too large.” – Anglo-American School of St. Petersburg<\/a> (St. Petersburg, Russia) – 38 Comments<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The overall package is hard to beat and the staff is not overworked. Combined with minimal classroom management requirements due to small class sizes, DISK really is a great place to work.” – Doshisha International School Kyoto<\/a>\u00a0(Kyoto, Japan) – 140 Comments<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“If you survive your first year most teachers stay on. The first year is a challenge, especially if you are late arriving (a common issue because of how long it takes to get a visa).” –\u00a0Tsinghua International School (Beijing)<\/a>\u00a0(Beijing, China) – 193 Comments<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If you work at an international school, you know that your decision to stay or leave has already been decided by now. 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