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[Big Worm]

Going to echo the above. Only known one person teaching ib business with an mba. Didnt get mba to teach, had to teach cuz couldnt get a job after graduating (recession). Money better spent on Med.

[spiral78]

[LarssonCrew]

I came from a business world, floated into teaching, now I plan to stay for several years and then probably revert back.

Like I said, because I have made enough contacts through business English teaching, then the MBA is just because some companies require it.

Beside, I believe that I should spend 10% of my income in a year studying something, whether it be an MBA, badminton classes, language classes etc.

[plumpy nut]

For a real International School:

A PGCE or License, depending on what country your from.

5 years experience teaching in your field in your country.

Those are the typical minimum requirements. Maybe someone knows of some real international schools that require less, however you might be stuck in a not so nice locality with no chance to moving to a better locality. For some of the really nice International Schools in really good locations, it's also a matter of luck, when you become qualified to be considered for a position. It would be best to enroll in a Masters program that includes licensing, that is if you are American.

[timothypfox]

My 2 cents worth are that the master's programs you propose sponsored by the Peace Corps programs sound way too expensive. If you are looking at an MA in TESOL (which I assume you are because you are on this forum), consider low to zero cost MA programs offered through Teach for America or a big city program such as the NYC Teaching Fellows.

I was once in the market for international school work, but finally settled on teaching a at private high school in Japan. If you go through a website such as tieonline though, you can see international schools listed with the job requirements and duties and rough salary idea.