Thanks, Rudolph.

Can anybody else give their ideas?

Thanks to all.

Any other help anyone can offer?

And I speak pretty good Mandarin Chinese.

Give me some ideas, teachers.

ANOTHER IDEA:

Can I get people's opinion on my attending the London Fair. I am IB Math HL and I want to teach IB. While I really want to go back to Asia, maybe this fair is a good fit for me.

Any advice?

Thanks for any help.

Thanks to all for your replies.

Just to note, I posted during the winter that I went to the Search Cambridge fair and received NO interviews.

Should I just apply on my own and keep schools away from my Search file - maybe a poor reference is the cause of my lack of success at this fair?

I am a high school math teacher with 8 years of international experience - China and Malaysia - in IB HL and SL math as well as TOK. I want to return to Asia and work at a good school - doesn't have to be a great school.

I am undecided as to whether to attend the Search fair in Bangkok or Cambridge OR even fly myself over to Bangkok before the fair and travel around Asia and interview at schools directly - I would like to return to Malaysia but Thailand or Vietnam also interest me.

Any and all advice would be greatly appreciated.

Does anyone know any companies/organizations that place teachers as short/long term substitute teachers at various international schools? This might be a good way to get a foot in the door.

Thanks for any help.

Alexandru,

Can you send me a PM and tell me what the school is and what you teach?

Mathman,
Yes, I googled my name. Noting to note.

Aragon,
Thanks again.

Briz,
Thank you for your advice.

Gibwise,
Can you send me a PM and tell me the school? If not, I'll understand.

Thanks again to all for your help. This is truly a great site.

Aragon
I sent you a PM. Thanks for the information.

Seein' the World

The only other thing I can think of is that after my 6 tears in China I returned to teach at a U.S. public high school for 2 years then back to a Malaysian school for 2 years, then due to personal matters back to my present high school in the U.S.

SpedMaestro:

I would at least interview with a school in ANY country and work pretty much anywhere except Europe.


Shadowjack:

I am going to start in October, call in all administrators who can help, and make a push to get hired before the fair. If that does not work, it's Bangkok, since Asia is still my first choice of areas.

Anybody else have any other strategies?

Thanks for any and all help.

And I worked 6 years at the same school in China and 2 at the same school in Malaysia. I only left Malaysia due to a personal matter I had to attend to back in the U.S.

Shadowjack:

My fall back plan is to do another year here at my U.S. public school then go to the Bangkok Fair. I had the same idea that this might be a better fair for me. Any ideas what I can do if a reference hurt me?

Nomads:
I got along with all of my administrators I would have easily been rehired at their respective schools - they told me this during my last year - so I assume they gave at least good references. Is there any way I can know for sure and if there is a questionable reference is there anything I can do about it?


And I am single with no dependents.

Thanks to all who replied and will continue to reply.