Sorry about the specifics.

We did not sign up for a recruiting agency, and since our contracts renew mid-April, we can't rely on a summer fair to find a job. We are instead applying directly to schools based on web advertised openings. We are using COIS, TIE online and simply searching schools in desired areas to find openings. Every school is cross-referenced using the pay side of ISR

As far as being willing to go anywhere, that may be where the problem lies. The locations we have applied to include East Asia (Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Korea) and we have looked at Europe but not found a school that fits our areas of licensure.

Does anyone have any suggestions to make our applications jump to the top of the pile? I have seen one person suggest calling the school directly, but that seems as though it would be unwelcome at worst, and uncomfortable at best.

Thanks again for all your help.

Is it time to give up hope for a teaching position this year?

My fiance and I applied to schools as a teaching couple (elementary and MS Science) and we haven't heard anything back. The time is coming for our teaching contracts to be renewed in Vermont, and we are wondering if there is any last push we can make to find an international position, or if we should just organize for next year.

Thoughts, suggestions? Anyone have a job for us?

We made a joint email address and a webpage with all of our information. The hard part now is finding a school with middle school science and elementary positions.

Thanks to both of you for the suggestions.

My fiance and I are a teaching couple looking to work abroad. Accessing the COIS, TIE online and also school websites, we have found some openings that match both our specialties. However, this begs the question:

Do we apply separately to each opening, or send the school one application package?

My thoughts are to create a joint email account that we can use for applications.

Any thoughts or experience with this?