Dr. Barbara Spilchuk - Advice for International Teachers

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Important Note: Dr. Spilchuk makes every effort to disguise the identities of teachers she helps. Still, most teachers are hesitant to have their stories posted on ISR for fear of retaliation. Dr. Spilchuk only shares teachers stories with permission form the teacher involved. For this reason she does not post a column every month.
Columns 2011
November	Would You Sacrafice Your Overseas Career? (This column appears on the ISR Blog)
June	Reneging on My Contract
May	No Teacher Should Have to Go Through This (Member only article)
April April	Evacuated From Libya With No Support My Contract Prevents Changing Schools
March March	Old Guys Looking for Positions Still Waiting for the Actual Contract Details!
January	Interview With Dr. Spilchuk - Advice for Job Seekers
Columns 2010
December Novmber	Dr. Spilchuk is working with situations that will be published once resolved. Some teachers do request their stories not be told on ISR.
October	Thanks For What You Do
September	To Cut and Run or Stick it Out?
August	Retiring into International Education
Columns 2009
October	Should I be paid while waiting for my visa?
September	My experience at my overseas school was the most difficult of my professional career
August	Educator breaks contract and asks about chances of finding an international teaching position in the future.
July	When should the pay period begin?
April	International Education can re-ignite that desire to learn more about learning. Unfortunately, for reasons outside the learning experience, frequently it does not.
March	Recruiter Tells Father it's Difficult to Visit Daughter at Gulf International School Kuwait
February	Breaking-Up Overseas
January	Dr. Spilchuk is currently working with situations that will be published once resolved.
Columns 2008
December	TIE (The International Educator) Adopts New Policy & Reverses Blackballing of Teacher Who Broke Contract in Sudan
November	International School Stuttgart Accused of Unethical Conduct by Educator
October	Teacher Subjected to Incredible Ordeal at Gulf International School Kuwait
September	I've Been Fired - Can You Help?
August	How Can I Contribute to the Success of International Education
July	My Lebanese School Blackballed Me In The U.S Dr. Spilchuk to Present ISR Cases at Paris International Education Conference
June	Dear ISR Readers - A note from Dr. Spilchuk
February - May	Dr. Spilchuk is currently working with situations that will be published once resolved.
January	Should I go to the conference and accept a position while waiting to hear from the school I really want to hear from
Columns 2007
December	Major recruiting agency offers advice to teachers on breaking contracts
November	Sudan holds teacher for naming teddy bear "Mohammed".
October	I was unfairly dismissed because of my race. They gave me a 24 hour notice
September	Director of Al-Bayan Bilingual, Dr. Brian McCauly, Expresses Concerns About ISR Web Site.
August #2	Emotions Flair Over Kuwaiti Schools
August	An Administrator and a Teacher with Opposite Opinions about Kuwait Incident.
July	Should I Be Concerned About My Own Job Safety
June	Is Accepting a Position by eMail Legally Binding?
May	My Kids are Not Happy at Abu Dhabi International School
April	Please Help Me Choose a Good School
February	Should I Reveal My Health Condition?
January	What Happens if You Resign in Kuwait?
Columns 2006
December	Should We Tell Our School We're Breaking Contract?
November	My School Has Been Shafting Foreign Teachers
August	Vicious Gossip, Intolerance, and Clique-Building
July	Blamed for Something I Did Not Do.
June	Teachers that Don't Show Up
May	Picking the Right School from a Distance
April	Short Money on Your Paycheck?
March	A Stalking Situation.
February	Mental Health
January	Black Balling.
December	Resigning your position
Major Cases not listed above
June 2007	Detained in Kuwait Katherine Phillips had been barred from leaving Kuwait by a powerful parent who put a retaliatory travel ban on her.
August 2007	School Breaks Verbal Promise. Teacher Looses Job
September 2007	Unfairly Fired in Mexico City Ann Infante, school counselor, barred from school & office by school administration.
Articles
...	Moving On is a Difficult Road to Walk