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- Fri Feb 17, 2012 4:25 pm
- Forum: Forum 1. From Questions About ISS & Search to Anything and Everything About International Teaching
- Topic: "Blacklisted"
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- Fri Jan 27, 2012 4:14 pm
- Forum: Forum 1. From Questions About ISS & Search to Anything and Everything About International Teaching
- Topic: Where are the countries most in demand?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 8461
Thanks!
Great! Thanks for your help! :)
- Fri Jan 27, 2012 3:17 pm
- Forum: Forum 1. From Questions About ISS & Search to Anything and Everything About International Teaching
- Topic: Do you think we have a chance as international teachers?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 19741
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Good luck to you and yours! Are you going to the UNI fair?
- Fri Jan 27, 2012 2:43 pm
- Forum: Forum 1. From Questions About ISS & Search to Anything and Everything About International Teaching
- Topic: Do you think we have a chance as international teachers?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 19741
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I'm new to the international teaching scene myself, but have been doing a ton of research--reading blogs, reading old postings on here, etc.
From what you stated, it sounds like you and your husband have a good chance at getting a job. You both sound well-rounded and you both have many years of experience. With both of your backgrounds in Spanish, you might also be able to teach that subject which would probably help your chances. I'm also guessing that if you applied to teach in a Spanish-speaking country, that you both would be highly desirable.
Again, I really am not basing this on anything but my own research. That said, I recommend searching this forum for similar conversations. It seems like every-other posting on here is titled "what are my chances?????!!!!!" If you search the forum and read the responses others have received, it might help to allay your fears.
From what you stated, it sounds like you and your husband have a good chance at getting a job. You both sound well-rounded and you both have many years of experience. With both of your backgrounds in Spanish, you might also be able to teach that subject which would probably help your chances. I'm also guessing that if you applied to teach in a Spanish-speaking country, that you both would be highly desirable.
Again, I really am not basing this on anything but my own research. That said, I recommend searching this forum for similar conversations. It seems like every-other posting on here is titled "what are my chances?????!!!!!" If you search the forum and read the responses others have received, it might help to allay your fears.
- Fri Jan 27, 2012 2:36 pm
- Forum: Forum 1. From Questions About ISS & Search to Anything and Everything About International Teaching
- Topic: Where are the countries most in demand?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 8461
Our experience--
If it will help to better understand our situation, here are our stats:
Me:
Certified in secondary English/Lang. Arts
MA in Communication Studies
1 year at a High School in Colorado--experience teaching AP English
1 year at a hagwon in Busan, South Korea
3 years teaching Public Speaking at the university level
Him:
Certified in secondary English/Lang. Arts
Student teaching at 9-10th grade level
1 year at a hagwon in Busan, South Korea
Working on a secondary endorsement in Industrial Arts (tech. ed)--will be completed this summer
Me:
Certified in secondary English/Lang. Arts
MA in Communication Studies
1 year at a High School in Colorado--experience teaching AP English
1 year at a hagwon in Busan, South Korea
3 years teaching Public Speaking at the university level
Him:
Certified in secondary English/Lang. Arts
Student teaching at 9-10th grade level
1 year at a hagwon in Busan, South Korea
Working on a secondary endorsement in Industrial Arts (tech. ed)--will be completed this summer
- Fri Jan 27, 2012 2:33 pm
- Forum: Forum 1. From Questions About ISS & Search to Anything and Everything About International Teaching
- Topic: Where are the countries most in demand?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 8461
Where are the countries most in demand?
This will probably sound dumb, but my fiance and I are attending the UNI fair and the advice we've heard from everyone is "be flexible" about where you go. We're both fairly inexperienced teachers (especially the fiance--he's only got student teaching experience and a year at a hagwon in Korea--so basically, no experience) and recognize that we can't be picky.
My question, however, is what are the countries most in demand? Our top choice of places to live is anywhere in South or Central America. We want to learn Spanish! Not just top tier schools, of course, but a a lower-level school where we can get our feet in the door. And not just "safe" countries--Colombia, El Salvador, and Honduras are high on our list of places we'd like to live.
So--for someone who is new to the international teaching scene--where are the areas of the world most in demand? Where is the competition the fiercest? I'm guessing Eastern and Western Europe, but I really don't know..
My question, however, is what are the countries most in demand? Our top choice of places to live is anywhere in South or Central America. We want to learn Spanish! Not just top tier schools, of course, but a a lower-level school where we can get our feet in the door. And not just "safe" countries--Colombia, El Salvador, and Honduras are high on our list of places we'd like to live.
So--for someone who is new to the international teaching scene--where are the areas of the world most in demand? Where is the competition the fiercest? I'm guessing Eastern and Western Europe, but I really don't know..