Hi,

My post was supposed to be an addition to the thread on "who's had interviews" I am a bit of a veteran teacher, and my interview was with one of the bigger schools in Europe. I had a two other interview requests with schools/locations that did not feel like a good fit, so I politely declined.

With all of this being said, many schools still have not posted openings, so there is not too much to worry about at this point. I am prepared to have to go to Bangkok.

I'm elementary (single) and I had an interview last week. I'm still waiting to hear something!! It's torture.

I am wondering if we (myself included!) are maybe getting a little carried away with expecting responses so soon? I know times are changing, but we have to remember...IT'S ONLY OCTOBER.

I am going to at least keep telling myself that! ;-)

I sent the letters of reference. One of the letters was from my director at my past school, so I already had the letter. The other was from my current principal.

Now here is the dumb thing; both of these individuals also wrote me confidential references on Search, so yea, it's redundant. I guess I could have sent in a letter from another administrator who didn't write me a confidential reference, but I didn't think of that.

This makes no sense to me either. I agree that the confidential one are the ones that should matter the most.

No, I don't think so! I am elementary......;-) I haven't heard anything either.

I've applied to four so far. I am in touch with the director at my top choice, but they've posted no jobs so far. @cherry-Did you hear anything from Warsaw? They have a lot of openings, but I received no response yet. I need to send more apps this weekend. I have gotten my previous jobs on Skype as well, but am also registered for Bangkok, and prepared to go.

Schools in Korea hire over those over 60. I think there is a blog on this website about this particular issue??

@heyteach;

What does your friend think of that MEF school? I just activated my Tieonline account and the principal contacted me for this position, but I am not available until the next school year. Maybe I would look into it in the future. I love Istanbul!

Christy

I took the Intro to PYP course on line this summer, and am very glad I did. Though I do not work at a PYP school, I am recruiting this year and thought it would be a good idea to get an overall idea of what it is all about, just in case I interview for positions using the PYP. I thought the course was good, the participants were helpful, the course load reasonable, and I learned a lot. I would recommend it.

Hagwons are centers where students go after school or on the weekends to learn or practice a variety of skills. Their 'teachers' do not have to be certified, and are often recent college grads from North America. I work in Korea and many of my students go to Hagwons. A lot of it is 'kill and drill', though children can attend hagwons for just about everything; art, tennis, science, etc. I think they do more harm then good, but that is just my opinion. I have a lot of stressed out 3rd grade students who spend many hours in hagwons.

So I'm reading The poor Teacher and now I get it! I feel I was very naive about the hidden costs of actively managed funds before reading this book. My question is: can I transfer my money out of American Funds into Vanguard without paying some sort of cost? The book kind of leads me to believe that yes I can. I'm not ready to discuss thus yet with my financial advisor because it is very clear to me that I need to dump him so I'm asking here.

[quote="Lagringa"]Singapore American School (is that top tier enough for you?) uses it and has even brought Columbia TC reps to run workshops there. It's a big emphasis. Not sure offhand of any schools in Europe using it but I'm not familiar with most European schools.[/quote]

Yes, that is definitely top tier enough for me! :-) I know many amazing schools are going the way of RR/RW, and I am looking to add to the list. Thanks!

'their own'. End of the school year and my brains a bit fried!

It was a typo. I meant 'housing allowance'. I have never heard of a salary allowance, so I have no idea why I wrote that twice! Weird.

I worked at ASB for 6 years. They did find me a place to live before I moved there, but all deposits and rents came out of my own paycheck. My friends who are still at ASB pay everything on there own.

I interviewed at a school in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria. The first question the director asked me was if I knew WHERE Las Palmas was located. I said yes, it is on the island of Gran Canaria. She said that she was just checking because the year before they hired a teacher who thought she accepted a job on mainland Spain, not an island off of Africa. I thought that was sort of random and funny.