I get the economics of it pg, I guess I am just reacting to people like my sister in law's principal who was surprised and angry that the young female kid loving elementary school teachers she was hiring kept going off to have babies. I understand that we're the hired help, doesn't mean I have to enjoy it.

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Or, of course, feel free to post info here, I just thought some might prefer to share info in a less public way. :)

Can anyone who works or worked there (or at a similar qsi school...are there many others?) tell me how it works to have AP and IB offered alongside qsi curriculum and with their mastery approach?

We would love any firsthand qsi info from anyone, actually, but especially from teachers with kids and your experience of different locations. Thanks in advance.

Here's an email address, since there are no pms. Bobstherooster@yahoo.com

@ Trojan. Yeah, it is a permanent license but if I am out of the classroom for long enough, I will have to renew it with a few courses and an unpaid practicum. I am almost at that limit.

@ shadow jack. Thanks. Good advice. It is always funny to me how we are supposed to love spending time with children but it is a problem for some schools if those children are your own! I do like the idea of being in close proximity to the kids, and it is true, I have missed teaching.

@ psyguy. Thanks. I actually prefer middle schoolers in all their craziness anyway, so that would be ok by me.

Do international schools care about publishing stuff in journals? I'm collaborating right now on an article on a class I did with the local school...

Ok, and if I decide that I am stressing too much about the whole preschool thing and I do decide to throw myself out there full time, how big of an issue is it going to be that I have been stay at home mama for five years. Anything I can do this year to update myself? Online courses, etc? I am already going to be teaching a few things at the local school but I can't be a teacher here. No jobs opening and only one school.

Thanks, both of you. Hubby primarily is a math/ science guy. I know we are way more marketable if I turn back into math/science mama, I guess I was just hoping to have my cake and eat it too... ie start living overseas as a family but not have to put my 3 year old into full time preschool without me around. Do schools ever do part time for one of a teaching couple?

Oh, and yes, there is garbage around. India is not for the faint of heart. It is a bit of an assault on the senses, some good some bad.

Medical care is excellent in India if you have money to pay for it, which you will as a foreigner at an international school.

It has been a while since I lived in India and I lived in the south, but I found it to be a very safe place as a single woman. I was careful, but it wasn't ever a scary place for me. Lots of looking, comments, random touching from strange men in crowded places but it never went beyond annoying. For better or worse, western women are treated differently from Indian women in many situations.

If your husband has asthma, you probably want to rethink Delhi. Really terrible air pollution there.

Don't know about chennai as far as air pollution, but I really loved the south. I lived in Tamil Nadu and I found the people to be much more laid back than in the north and generally really friendly. The food is really different for up north; much more tomato, fish, coconut based.

We have three small children and I would go back to India in a heart beat if we could find an appropriate job there.

Been lurking for a while but I thought I would log on and see if anyone has any advice for me.

Our info:
Me: 7 years experience teaching middle and high school math and science (biology and physics) but not for last 5 years because of kids. B. Sc. Biology and B. Ed . Since babies I have been teaching little ones music and preschool and am working on my montessori age 3-6 year cert. I would like to stay in preschool until our youngest is at least in K.

Hubbie: 7 years teaching. Certified in high school chem, physics, math, and English. Masters in teaching.

Family: three kids, ages 6,4 and 2 (and done!)

Any advice on schools that are family friendly as far as hiring policies?

Our priorities are safety (politically mostly), lack of pollution, and an interesting international experience. We want to cover our costs and save a bit but getting rich isn't a primary goal, and we are pretty good at living simply. We have both lived and worked overseas, but not as a family.