Thanks!

Hi,

I have found in the last months quite a few job offers in different subjects "labelled" as tentative.

Do they always the same thing? A teacher that may not be returning to the school next year? Or there may be other reasons?

Thanks for your comments.

I know some people who work there. Very good salaries even for Luxembourg (minimum salary in the country is some 1700€ month). I've read in the newspapers (!) recently that they were even paying a bonus to the teachers.

Few students per class from countries all over the world, mainly businessmen's sons. If you are looking for a really multicultural place to teach that is one place to aim for.

Regarding the quality of life in the city: if you like calm, quiet place to raise a family this is the country. If you are into nature there are amazing places in the surroundings.

Beware that reting a house may be very expensive (+1000 €/month) which explains the number of commuters living in France, Belgium or Germany.

And Paris, Brussels are two hours away by car, Frankfurt, Zurich, London, Copenhague... are less than one ahour away by plane.

Language should not be a problem. Most people speak two or three languages. Official languages are French and German (plus Luxembourgish) but almost everybody speaks English. There is a huge expat community in the city.

I would not mind retiring in that school.

Thanks again!

Thanks for the answers. Yes, I do have a EU passport, so no problems with that.

What I meant about the references is that, probably the director of my school does not have anything special (good or bad) to say about me. I was evaluated twice by Deputy Directors that have already left the school. So, I can only imagine a very "aseptic" letter or comment when requested saying something like "He teaches here and has been doing it for nine years". That is why I wonder up to what point such references are important.

Dear all,

After nine years working abroad in an international school I will be going back home in 2013. However, I am considering the possibility of looking for a position somewhere else in another IS.

I am aware that it is not going to be easy for a number of reasons:

(a) the subject I teach, Spanish as a Foreign Language, is not the one with most openings every year,

(b) I am interested in only a few places where the competition is nothing but fierce: Switzerland, a couple of schools in Singapore, Doha and Abu Dhabi, and perhaps a few in Japan.


I have a few questions and would appreciate any help

- When I told a colleage of mine about all this she told me that we had an additional problem: we were "expensive" to hire because of our c.v.: international experience (+10 years), Ph.D. Is it really so? Shouldn't it be an advantage?

- Can you get an invitation to the London fair (January) through Ibo.org or is only through Search Associates or ISS? Is there any difference in your options?

- Our school has more than 300 teachers. The Administration probably does not even know I work here. Up to what point may be determinant what my present employer says about me?

- Is it a good idea to send an unrequested c.v. to s school?

Thanks in advance