[quote=jessiejames post_id=62622 time=1642430288 user_id=179245]
does a Tier 1 school necessarily equate to a top salary?
[/quote]

Usually, yes. There's no real other objective way to measure them.

As for your comment, "I was recently offered a job by a school I have often seen in lists of top schools on here. . .I was very surprised that the package offered was less than many other schools in the same city.". That's because admin have been known to use this site to talk up their school. Take what you read on here with a large pinch of salt.

secondplace wrote:
> With regards to travel I meant from one country to another.


And where I am, it even affects travel within the country. You can't take public transport without being vaccinated.

Stricter rules for the unvaccinated are being introduced around the world. In terms of travel, access to local amenities and shops, and increasingly vaccine mandates for people working in healthcare and education. As an international teacher working in China, I would imagine that you might want / need some kind of vaccination certificate that's valid both in China and around the world. Until mutual recognition kicks in, that'll probably mean getting both a 'western' vaccine and a Chinese one.

Whisight97 wrote:
> It seems to me that to become a teacher in Singapore, you have to go
> through fire and water.

If by going through fire and water, you mean being a qualified teacher, then I guess so.

PsyGuy wrote:

> 1st 2yr: Third tier IS in the LCSA,
> 3rd 2yr: Floater third tier IS in China

What is the LCSA, and what is a 'floater' third tier? Sounds revolting.

@sid What about 3-3-4-3. Is that much better than 2-2-2-2 ?

Heliotrope wrote:

> hypothetical teacher B with a CV with
> seven schools where they stayed 2/2/2/2/2/2/2 years, assuming all references are
> equally positive.



hypothetical teacher B may not even make it to the checking references stage.

dockabros wrote:
> Hi Psyguy
>
> Looks like it is shaking out pretty much how I predicted back in 2020
> regarding British teachers in the EU.
>
>
> https://www.internationalschoolsreview. ... f=2&t=2649

Proving Psyguy wrong is never very hard. Getting him to admit it, however, can be quite the challenge. Good luck !

Make sure it's US/Canadian. Anything British is an old fashioned waste of space.

tangchao wrote:
> I see frequent comments from teachers here that go something like this: The
> only school *I* would consider working in in this country is (insert name
> of the elite first tier school in the country).
>
> Is it really the case that there are teachers who have written the IB guide
> for physics and further mathematics here or do we have some people with
> some seriously inflated views of themselves?


No, it's probably more about the country and the quality of school. I (for example) have no real wish to live in China as I value the health of my lungs. I might be coaxed over there by an exceedingly large salary. Admittedly the kind of schools that pay those kind of salaries may have no wish to employ me, but nontheless, the only schools that would take me to China would be one that offered a ridiculously generous package. (I'm probably never going to China).

chemteacher101 wrote:
> You are free to believe your message did not have a racist connotation. I
> am free to believe it did.


It did. He may not have meant it when he typed it, but it definitely did.

On a slight tangent, I work with some fabulous teachers from Africa. No idea where they got their certification (or even if they are certified).

Like others, I'd be happy with 1 and 2.

3 is a red flag.

Saying that, if they went through Search Associates, they'd have access to 2 and 4 anyway.

Illiane_Blues wrote:
> Some bosses will keep pushing ideas that are clearly not working just
> because they came up with it.


Or because they're writing a paper on it for their doctorate . . .

Heliotrope wrote:
while when in different thread you tried to
> argue that a teaching couple could save 100K in Germany on a (highly
> unlikely) combined salary 104,400 leaving them with 4,400 for housing and
> food.

104400 usd would work out as around 3700 eur per month take home.

There are some schools in Germany that would start a fully experienced teacher with a Phd on more than that.

How does he know so much about Vatican library practices ?

The subjects you teach will matter, as will the popularity of the location / school.

However, yes - British schools do tend to prefer those with recent UK experience.