3 years ago

For me, it was difficult to put my finger on. I suppose it was the culture/climate of the school and their way of doing things. Everything seemed to be about 10 years behind in best practice and teaching methodology (like suddenly Smartboards were new and differentiation had just been discovered). I think it had to do with the fact that many teachers never left there so it became a rather stagnant place (not a high turnover) and complaceny in the way of doing things. Then, when a lot of new teachers came in, it suddenly went into high gear to try and catch up. It became very frantic. Anyway, that's just my two cents.

I used to work there and overall, an okay school. There were some good things about the school but some things I really didn't like about it. There are some good people there and great for families (especially for HS kids). Package was good but money isn't everything. My friends who are still there complain that they keep piling on layers of work without ever taking anything off.

Malaysia was a bit challenging to live in (very conservative muslim laws). You defintely need a car to get by there so the inital setup is quite costly.

Avoid all financial advisors and put 30-40K a year in broad-based index funds for 20 years (mixture of stocks and bonds) and you will be able to retire with a nest egg of 1.3-1.8 million. If you can get the school to contribute a portion of this, even better.

We were offered an interview this year but turned them down. Decent school but couldn't take the bible thumping and living in a smog filled city was not something we wanted.

My wife and I have had a couple of interviews and going to accept a job in the next week at our first choice of schools. We are both experienced international teachers with no dependents which I think helps.

A lot of it is luck and having the right combination of jobs come up to the right schools at the right time.

We are no longer going to the Jan job fairs. Good luck to everyone!

Depends on the school. I have gotten some benefits (before I was married) from my non-teaching partner as a dependent. But this was only a small increase in housing allowance. She couldn't get a visa or health insurance (I paid for a premium on this)

I think we have applied to 8 or so and still nothing but automated responses
:(

We are both very experienced international teachers with great refs and creds too.

I think we have applied to 8 or so and still nothing but automated responses
:(

We are both very experienced international teachers with great refs and creds too.