@martalin

Thank you for the link to the post.

I'm planning on the 2017-2018 school year. My fellowship is through the end of the 16-17 school year, so I'm committed to my current school until then. I'll also likely apply for a Fullbright for 2017-2018 as well.

Thank you all for the thoughtful responses!

Hi all,

I've been a member at ISR for a couple of years and have read hundreds of threads in my process researching about international teaching. Now that I have a few years of stateside teaching under my belt, I'm hoping I can get some advice about being a first time international teacher.


My background:
Masters of Education
Senior English Teacher (I've taught AP Literature for five years)
7 years of teaching experience at an urban charter school
Head debate coach for 6 years
English Department Chair
AP Reader for two years
Stanford University Teacher Fellow

My "drawbacks":
Minimal international travel (only two short international trips)
Test scores - I teach at an urban school and so my test scores are not as high as a teacher who's worked at a non-urban public school or private school
I work at one of the top charter schools in my state, but I've only worked with an urban population - I have no experience in private schools, either attending or teaching.


Here are my questions:
1) Are there schools/regions that tend to hire new international teachers? Are there any schools that absolutely wouldn't hire a first time international teacher?
2) I'd prefer to live in South/Central America or Europe - would be a competitive candidate with no international teaching experience? Especially at a school that provides a reasonable salary?
3) Is it really affordable to live on one salary outside of Asia and the Middle East? How do you make it work?
4) Any advice that you have for a first-timer?

I recognize this is a long post and I've asked some pretty broad questions, so thank you for reading! Any advice would be helpful!