Thanks! So you are saying in your opinion the setting, a country you would want to live in and learn about is more important than the offer/school or at least should be something you strongly consider maybe equally.

I'm new to this but I think I would agree, kind of sounds like common sense, of course you want to like where you work and have a balance between work and enjoying where you live.

I guess there are a lot of factors to consider when making such a big decision.

I wonder if I would be better off getting more experience and waiting until next year when jobs in countries I am very interested in open up...... it must be awful to have to work two years far from home if you dislike the country, but again good experience for the next job!

For a new person with limited experience ( two years) what are the best/easiest locations to look for jobs ( which areas seem to be willing to take on new teachers)? From reading posts, I'm guessing places like East Asia want lots of experience..
Any suggestions about schools/countries that are a good first placement that offer a good experience and good standard of living?
Where was your first assignment abroad?

It seems like most American schools in South America follow the US school calendar for the most part but is their a recruiting season for international schools that follow the in-country school calendar? If so when would that be? Are there job postings lets say... in June for them?

I found some interesting schools in Chile and Argentina that do not have any postings but follow in country calendars.. I'm wondering if maybe they post at a different time.

Thanks for your thoughts!
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Nikkor
Did you check out the International School of Vienna in Austria? I know someone who worked there and really liked the school and the package looks great, they seem to have a biology and counselor opening, you should check it out!

Yes it is frustrating... I do understand they are busy at this time of the year though.... but what I really want to know is do you think it is OK to e-mail again???? A lot of the schools that I am interested in are going to fairs I can't attend so I had two thoughts..
1..... Email them before those fairs checking to see if they got the e-mail and see if they had any questions or would like any additional info...

2...... Email them after the fairs they attended if the job was still open.

So far I sent most schools an e-mail with the info they requested and about two weeks later a just checking to see if you got everything email... if I have heard nothing and won't be at one of their fairs should I just stop trying to contact them? Is it worth giving it another shot or is that too desperate sounding?

I heard that too, about administrators being busy, some of the schools I am interested in aren't attending the fair I am, and I can't attend more than one because of money and work. Do you think contacting the schools again is a good idea or will they eventually get to my information if they are interested?

Hello,
This is my first year trying to look for a job in an international school. I would really like to be in Latin America. I am registered with Search and TIE.. So I have been e-mailing schools directly and through Search for counselor positions and either no one answers or I get a "you don't have the right experience for the job"

I have worked in a public school for 2 years as a school psychologist and all through grad school (part time) I taught ELL plus I have been volunteering abroad for the past 5 summers in schools, shelters, NGOs in Latin America.

So any tips on how to get schools interested in me?

If a school says they are not interested and the job is still open months down the road is it OK to re-contact and try to sell my self again?

If a school doesn't answer my e-mails and I follow up once should I quit emailing, I hate to be a pest or seem like a stalker.

Does the fact that I am a school psych not a counselor hurt me? I do groups and individual counseling a lot currently, I'm looking at counselor jobs because there just aren't many school psych jobs out there right now.

I'm registered for the Cambridge fair but I wonder if it is worth going without having made prior contacts.

Maybe next years once I have 3 years of experience I'd have a better shot???
Any tips or advice would really be appreciated.

Thanks!