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by sangster2
Fri Mar 08, 2013 11:00 am
Forum: Forum 1. From Questions About ISS & Search to Anything and Everything About International Teaching
Topic: Prem International School, Chiang Mai
Replies: 7
Views: 19508

I had a friend who worked there and visited the campus. At the time, some of the single teachers rented apartments in town. They stayed on campus most of the week and then stayed in their apartment on the weekend. This was a few years back though.
by sangster2
Fri Mar 08, 2013 10:36 am
Forum: Forum 1. From Questions About ISS & Search to Anything and Everything About International Teaching
Topic: Beijing National Day School
Replies: 4
Views: 5064

I have a friend there who likes it. She is in the IB section.
by sangster2
Fri Feb 22, 2013 9:21 am
Forum: Forum 1. From Questions About ISS & Search to Anything and Everything About International Teaching
Topic: Resume question
Replies: 15
Views: 18230

My spouse actually was put on a higher step on the pay scale because of his other work experience.
by sangster2
Sat Jan 26, 2013 3:30 am
Forum: Forum 1. From Questions About ISS & Search to Anything and Everything About International Teaching
Topic: Dress codes
Replies: 15
Views: 19340

I was in a school which had a written dress code for men and women. If you have that, stating what is appropriate then I don't think anyone would complain.
by sangster2
Fri Jan 25, 2013 7:35 am
Forum: Forum 1. From Questions About ISS & Search to Anything and Everything About International Teaching
Topic: Dress codes
Replies: 15
Views: 19340

Well, it is because as long as the males look presentable that's all that matters. I mean, girls are just there to look pretty right. This is one of the few times when I think discrimination goes in the woman's favor.
by sangster2
Fri Jan 25, 2013 2:20 am
Forum: Forum 1. From Questions About ISS & Search to Anything and Everything About International Teaching
Topic: Dress codes
Replies: 15
Views: 19340

In Spain we could wear shorts.
by sangster2
Fri Jan 25, 2013 2:01 am
Forum: Forum 1. From Questions About ISS & Search to Anything and Everything About International Teaching
Topic: Returning to UK teaching
Replies: 3
Views: 5779

You should post this question on the TES forum as you get more UK teachers there.

http://community.tes.co.uk/forums/64.aspx

There is a thread on this topic there already.
by sangster2
Sat Jan 12, 2013 5:55 am
Forum: Forum 1. From Questions About ISS & Search to Anything and Everything About International Teaching
Topic: Bangkok Job Fair
Replies: 121
Views: 183569

Luck I think really. We got into one a few years ago, just because it seemed we were the perfect match in terms of subjects and one of our references said something that made us stand out to the director. We hadn't even applied to the school, they asked us for an interview. I know we were just lucky at the time.

Most of the teachers just move from one top tier school to another, it's just like the schools exchange teachers each year. If you say you are moving to Bangkok, they just think ISB? It's like there are no other schools.

Some of the teachers I work with aren't anything special either but they know how to sell themselves.
by sangster2
Sat Jan 12, 2013 5:38 am
Forum: Forum 1. From Questions About ISS & Search to Anything and Everything About International Teaching
Topic: ISS Bangkok
Replies: 2
Views: 4647

ISS Bangkok

How was that fair? Were schools offering jobs?
by sangster2
Sat Jan 12, 2013 2:46 am
Forum: Forum 1. From Questions About ISS & Search to Anything and Everything About International Teaching
Topic: Bangkok Job Fair
Replies: 121
Views: 183569

I am so happy you got a job. I was nervous too when you called up the hotel room and had a tear in my eye when you signed contracts.

I will be going to London in a few weeks and needed the happy ending to boost my morale.
by sangster2
Sat Jan 12, 2013 12:50 am
Forum: Forum 1. From Questions About ISS & Search to Anything and Everything About International Teaching
Topic: Casablanca American School
Replies: 1
Views: 3794

Casablanca American School

I have been reading the reviews on this school and it sounds crazy.

Is this really happening? A known felon teaching the kids and open racism?

Lots of people seem upset about the racism but nothing is being done about it. You know we always ask how did Hilter manage to do what he did? Weren't there any good people around? I have always wondered what I would do in those circumstances. Probably like these people I wouldn't do anything?

What is really going on there?
by sangster2
Fri Jan 11, 2013 3:15 am
Forum: Forum 1. From Questions About ISS & Search to Anything and Everything About International Teaching
Topic: How goes Bangkok?
Replies: 24
Views: 29182

From what I have heard Concordian is a good tier 2 school and is not trying to become a tier 1 school. You might not get paid as well as somewhere like JIS or IS Beijing but you probably work half as hard.

I have not worked at the school though.
by sangster2
Fri Jan 11, 2013 3:03 am
Forum: Forum 1. From Questions About ISS & Search to Anything and Everything About International Teaching
Topic: Big hand for Shadowjack
Replies: 7
Views: 10695

Keep those posts coming. They are appreciated.

I have been to fairs before and would not have been able to give such good reports after the long and emotion filled days.

Thank you.
by sangster2
Wed Jan 09, 2013 12:15 pm
Forum: Forum 1. From Questions About ISS & Search to Anything and Everything About International Teaching
Topic: Nassau, Bahamas
Replies: 3
Views: 11280

I agree with Whatnow. You will need a car in Nassau. Buses don't go to many areas and they stop running about 7pm.

It is an expensive island and the salaries in SAS and Queens which I think are the ones advertising aren't that good. If you are single it will be hard.

If you worked at Lyford Cay then you get a housing allowance on top of your salary which was $1000 a month the last time I heard so the money ended up being pretty good. Most teachers from Lyford Cay rent small apartments on the beach, outside the gated community. These can range from studios to bigger, for what they were they weren't value for money but they were okay. I didn't hear people complain about them. They better value than the places in the East where SAS and Queens are. If you did live out that side it would be about 30min drive against traffic to work.

I had single friends who worked as SAS and although they had complained about money being tight, nearly all of them said they did save a bit in the end.
by sangster2
Sat Jan 05, 2013 2:28 am
Forum: Forum 1. From Questions About ISS & Search to Anything and Everything About International Teaching
Topic: What if I don't want to interview?
Replies: 8
Views: 11160

Well, it isn't a matter of so many offers for interviews that you turn some down. Last time I got a request for an interview with a school in Islamabad. I have heard that the school is very good but that is not somewhere I would go.