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[smurfetta]

What the pp said is a great idea if you are looking for a year's break from your school district.

I also know of certified teachers that are working at universities in Korea teaching teachers. They love it! So, that may be something to look into.

[Zero]

So, to tttompatz and others: I have heard that international schools do not like to hire people who have too many dependents, and that they like to hire teaching couples. Specifically, I've heard that the ration should not exceed one dependent per teacher, so therefore, a single parent could have either one kid or one spouse, and a teaching couple could have a maximum of two kids. This rule of thumb is what has prevented me from making the effort to become a certified teacher and try international schools.

My question is, given that China seems to have high demand, do you think the rule is applied strictly there? Could one get away with more dependents in China than in other places, at an international school?

[smurfetta]

Yup, I think teaching couples are favoured when it comes to hiring. There are lots of posts about this on the forums of internationalschoolsreview and tes.co.uk.

I think if you have a spouse and one child then I think you won't have too many problems. Maybe adding one more child into the mix won't present too much of an issue. A lot of schools won't offer free tuition to the third child and some won't even offer it to the second child.

I've read that it all depends on what subjects you can offer. If you can teach a shortage subject then I think schools will be more willing to hire you with a bigger family.

Check out QSI schools- I've heard that they are more family friendly.


As for China- I was offered a position there and I have two dependents. So, I think China is a possibility.

[deniserita]

[deniserita]

meant to say I am not used to researching universities, not I am not used to researching schools. I feel that researching schools is all I have been doing since January!

[Nemodot]

Hi I think several factors are against the op

1. Started too late - nov dec last year was the time to look!

2. Increased unemployment of teachers in uk (USA no idea?) and the middle east crisis forcing out teachers from there has increased supply of teachers. Demand has slowed due to bad recession. So harder to get a job

3. Seems to be slight pref for uk qualified teachers (just my impression maybe) but again considering above factors

4. In sever economic times schools prefer less experienced and hence cheaper teachers. Younger teachers can also be made to work harder!

Also I read that most teachers get a job the second year of looking as it takes experience, timing, good cv and luck to get a job!

[tttompatz]

[naturegirl321]

I think being married or with a partner could work against you as well. For example, if one person hates it, they'd pressure the other to leave. Just speaking from experience. I hated it and left, went back, still hated and and told my husband he could leave with me or I'd sign the divorce papers. He came, then left, then came back again.

It's hard being married and living abroad, because often, one person will like a place more than the other. As it is, we're already looking to live in a couple years, but the only issue is that we don't know where to go.

[fladude]

[Zero]