I currently work in Southern California as a staff developement specialist, with 24 year experience in education. New teachers here are required to report to work up to a week early for inservice training. This is part of their contract and do not recieve extra salary. My husband and I are moving to our first international teaching job and were asked to report to work a few days early. I always thought that this was the norm. I am surprised that people would expect to get paid extra.

My husband and I will be teaching at QSI Phuket beginning in Aug. The director has been very helpful in answering all of our questions.

We were wondering if any teachers who are there right now would be available to answer some of our questions....like what type of technology do you have in your classroom, availability of school suppiles, how is the library, internet connection etc.

How is life in Phuket? Where do you live? Shop? Eat? Do you have a car? How do you like it?

Thanks for all the great advice and suggestions. We are busy sending e-mails and preparing our resumes for the upcoming fair.

Thanks again everyone!!

My husband and I are attending one of the upcoming winter job fairs. It's our first one and we are excited, but nervous at the same time. We are hoping to land jobs in South America. Our subject areas are math and history.

Should I create a packet with our resumes, etc. to distribute, even though our info is on the recruiter website?

What type of questions do you suggest we ask the head of the school?

Wear a suit?

What about the social hours that are planned in the evening? Do you go? What do you wear? Do the heads of schools ever discuss job placement at that time?

Anything specific we should know about interviewing with school in Latin America?
Any suggestions would be great.
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Stirdaddy, How is it going in Bucaramanga? Colombia? Do you like the school? Was it fairly represented by the director at the fair?

About the AASSA fair, How many interviews did you have over the weekend? Did you have to make a decision and sign a contract then and there? Where were some of the other teachers hired? Sorry to have so many questions....

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Is anyone planning on attending the AASSA fair in Atlanta?

Has anyone been to this fair before? Do you remember if any Colombian schools were represented?

Also, did lots of candidates get jobs?

Thanks