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[jeh]

Are there many opportunities for TESOL work in International Schools? I contacted ISS with this question and they said there are. However, I did a random check for TESOL-related positions in several countries and I only found one opening. Can someone touch on this question please? Thank you.

[Glenski]

Whatever you find will probably require that you have a teaching license from your home country plus experience there. That's how it is in Japan, anyway.

[spiral78]

There are jobs, but openings are rare. Competition for international school positions is fierce, and serious qualifications and local connections are often needed to land them. There's much less turnover in international schools than in the majority of the TEFL/TESL market.

[naturegirl321]

International schools are difficult to get into. Here's a list that might help

International Schools / List of Schools
www.bulter.nl/universities/index.asp List of Universities
www.worldwide.edu Worldwide Education
www.nics.org/openings.php Network of Christian Schools Int'l
www.cobisec.org/ Council of British Independent Schools in the EC
www.state.gov/m/a/os List of American International schools
www.bisw.org/ British International Schools Worldwide
www.acsi.org Association of Christian Schools International
www.ibo.org International Baccalaureate Organisation
www.isbi.com/ Independent Schools of the British Isle
www.moveandstay.com Selected Schools, children of Executives
www.internationaleducationmedia.com Unis and Schools Worldwide
www.aassa.com/htm/schools.htm Association of Am Schools in SA
http://aoshs.wichita.edu/SchoolsByCountry.html Am Overseas Schools
www.iie.org Institute of International Education

[Justin Trullinger]

I don't know how common this is in other places, but here in Quito, several of the best known international schools also have EFL departments/programs that are open to the public.

It's a little weird, because they trade on the name (which is well known, and expensive) of the school, but basically operate as separate entities.

Pay scale tends to have nothing to do with what the "regular teachers" get. Nor does training or requirements.

In most cases, the EFL program operates entirely apart from the international school, though it may share an office, and makes a point of sharing a name.

THe biggest advantage of this is that it allows for misleading advertising. For example- one working locally says, on all its EFL publicity "80% of (Institution name) teachers have Masters degrees or beyond." Which is true- but 100% of the teachers with these qualifications are in the high school. The EFL department is mostly unqualified, and under paid...


Best,
Justin