Hi,
Another option that solves part of the problem in your A option but without the expense of job fairs. Find a way to get your resume in front of relevant schools without the travel or individual applications. There are various organizations that help teachers find jobs worldwide where you only have to submit one 'application' and you get connected with all the schools where you fit.

Searchality.com is specific for international schools, though there are also country-specific companies in most of the major IS regions.

leipanga wrote:

> A) Try to find a job on my own, by researching and emailing schools
> directly. Obviously this saves the expense of an agency and fair, but may
> also put me at a disadvantage without a face-to-face interview. I'm also
> concerned that doing my own research may mean accidentally overlooking good
> schools.

Hi,
Related to a recent topic here https://internationalschoolsreview.com/ ... f=1&t=6981
it seems that international schools work on a wide range of calendars asking staff to re-sign a new contract or resign at almost any time of the academic year!

I'd love to hear from teachers in different countries: what are the deadlines for your school (no name), or your country more generally?

I have the sense that schools in Asia ask for this earlier (e.g. October-December) but in Europe later (Feb-March), Middle East /North America somewhere in the middle, and southern hemisphere obviously different too.

It helps to understand when the 'best' vacancies will be known about by the school, by country.

Thanks for your local expertise in answering this!