Actually, we aren't more interested in an EU school. We are leaning towards Asia, and our Search Advisor told us to try our luck at London since Bangkok was closed at the time. There are quite a few Asian schools at the fair.

My wife and I are attending the London fair. We have been researching and applying a lot of schools going to this fair (and many that are not, obviously), but I know that we are at a disadvantage. We have already told our current school that we would not be returning, so we are both pretty anxious...particularly Mrs. Cdn). What sort of a shot do we have? I've listed some of the pluses and minuses as I see them.

(+) We are a couple
(+) No children
(+) We have two years of experience in an international/western setting
(-) We ONLY have two years experience
(+) Both Ontario certified (her for KG - 10, and I am for 4-10 with 11-12 pending)
(?) Both have AQs in Special Ed
(-) No IB, American, or British experience (...but we want to learn and get into IB or American - it seems like a lot of American schools also have IB)
(-) Exp. is in MS/HS English and Lower Elementary (...if only because I feel these are not high priority positions)
(+) We are open to almost anyway


I read through Shadowjack's post, and I loved the detail. However, I can already feel the chest constriction that goes with not getting any interviews OR offers of any kind. Again...What sort of shot do we have?

DC Girl (or anyone else) - Are you able to provide examples of some of the questions they asked? I've seen another list posted on here before, but I'm curious about ones that were recently asked...and what made them particularly difficult.

More great stuff. If I feel up to it I will post about SA London. You've established a level of helpfulness and interest that might be hard to follow!

Another great post.

My wife and I are attending our first fair shortly (SA - London), and I'm intently reading your tips and tricks. We have never done anything like this before, and it is a bit nerve racking. Mostly, because it is sink or swim for next year (we are happy to have the experience of our current school, but we are ready to move on). We had some early bites (before the winter break), but nothing since then.

Thanks again.

This is great. Thanks for the updates.

When I was moving to SK I was told to bring a lot of things, but in the end they weren't really necessary. Everything you could need is easily available there, and it is often a lot cheaper.

For whatever reason, though, one thing I struggled with was a plain bed set. I eventually settled on a lightish purple comforter and pillow cases, but it took me a while to find even that. A lot of what was available when I was there was cute to the extreme (crazy colours and characters). That goes for a lot of Korea though. Cute is in overdrive.

Oh, and shoes. If you or your husband have trouble finding shoes at home (like I do) you will have great difficulty in SK. There is a shop in Itaewon, Seoul, that sells large shoes, though. Mostly basketball shoes.

Thanks for the reassurance Albert.

They have a position posting that reads: Elementary School Homeroom Teachers as part of a Teaching Couple

What does this mean exactly? I haven't seen an ad like this before. I assume they only want teaching couples to apply, but I could be wrong. If I am right, what would the reasoning be for that particular position?

Thoughts?

Inman. That's for the tips. Despite it being the weekend, I might send an email off today.

[quote="PsyGuy"] If you didnt hear back from them, you probably missed the window and they moved someone else up the list.[/quote]

Honestly, I can't believe that part to be true. It was literally an hour after they sent the request e-mail that I responded.

My wife and I were contacted by a top school requesting an interview. We sent them back an email saying that we were still interested (they asked) and we gave them our availability for a Skype meeting (pretty open). That was several days ago, and we have yet to hear anything else. Is this common? I'm sure they are very busy people, but we are getting anxious (we would love to work there).