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by PaulSiegel
Sun Feb 17, 2013 7:27 am
Forum: Forum 1. From Questions About ISS & Search to Anything and Everything About International Teaching
Topic: San Francisco (Search)!
Replies: 7
Views: 8227

I have had the same experience as Junglegym, although with less positive interest from schools. I've contacted 3 here, and seen zero return. I'm now wondering if that is because schools are at another conference. Sign-up is today, and I can hopefully nail somethings down.

I did have one early contact from Riyadh Schools, I am interested to see their presentation.
by PaulSiegel
Mon Jan 21, 2013 6:17 pm
Forum: Forum 1. From Questions About ISS & Search to Anything and Everything About International Teaching
Topic: Search San Francisco
Replies: 12
Views: 14943

Thanks for the cogent response Psyguy. Makes me a little more optimistic about San Fran.

@Junglegym: Sorry about the acronyms! MAT= Master of Arts in Teaching, basically a teaching certification and masters for those with an undergraduate degree in a content area. GA= the state of Georgia, it's where I live.
by PaulSiegel
Sun Jan 20, 2013 3:34 pm
Forum: Forum 1. From Questions About ISS & Search to Anything and Everything About International Teaching
Topic: Search San Francisco
Replies: 12
Views: 14943

Search San Fransisco

I'm attending the Search San Fran fair.

I dont know how competitive of a candidate I am (freshly minted MAT in English Ed., Certified in GA with no teaching experience), but I am trying to go into this with an open mind and willingness to consider a lot of diverse postings. San Fran maybe the leftovers, but I assume there will still be jobs and hirings. At least I hope so. Other than that I have no idea what this fiar will hold or what potential it has for hirings.

However, The more I read on here I the more I freak out. Thanks Psyguy!

Side bar:
I see the term first tier, second tier, and third tier terms bandied about with little regards to specific benchmarks. Can anyone provide specifics about what constitutes these seemingly arbitrary definitions? I think [u]any[/u] international school is probably better than teaching for a broke county system with a minium of 30 kids per class.

How 'bout this: at the end of the fair we can discuss the outcome over something liquid and drown our sorrows or toast our victories. Thoughts?