Does IB experience/workshop training guarantee a job?
Does IB experience/workshop training guarantee a job?
So many IB schools say in their ad’s “IB experience preferredâ€
Not really
Nothing guarantees you an interview. Competitiveness and marketability are really on a continuum. The more marketable you are, the more likely you are to apply at more competitive schools, which will have a hiring pool of candidates at the same level of marketability as yourself. We could speak in generalities (Tier 1 schools want 2 years, elite schools want 5 years, etc), and it could easily be argued that if you have a masters, certification, and 5 years IB experience, and you apply at some third tier school in the middle east you will at least get an interview.
IB workshops dont count for much when in comes to marketability. What schools want is EXPERIENCE, not training. Just as taking teacher education courses dont make a good teacher without experience, so IB training courses dont equal IB experience. Two years experience is the minimum, but at the top schools its just that a minimum, many teachers you will be competing with will have more (and their experience is likely to be international school experience). I wouldn't say that makes you a hot commodity, but again it depends what region your looking at and what you teach, some fields are much harder to fill then others.
Typically, teachers get IB experience by starting at a tier 2 school in a region such as asia (China, S. Korea, etc). Then after their 2 years they move on to better schools and positions, working their way to the dream position/post they want.
PYP is tough, a lot of people have primary certification/qualifications, and schools tend to save primary positions for teaching couples. The PYP workshops have some value, depending how new you are too teaching. MYP workshops are usually a joke, Dip workshops can be a toss up, depending how familiar you are with the IBO overall.
IB workshops dont count for much when in comes to marketability. What schools want is EXPERIENCE, not training. Just as taking teacher education courses dont make a good teacher without experience, so IB training courses dont equal IB experience. Two years experience is the minimum, but at the top schools its just that a minimum, many teachers you will be competing with will have more (and their experience is likely to be international school experience). I wouldn't say that makes you a hot commodity, but again it depends what region your looking at and what you teach, some fields are much harder to fill then others.
Typically, teachers get IB experience by starting at a tier 2 school in a region such as asia (China, S. Korea, etc). Then after their 2 years they move on to better schools and positions, working their way to the dream position/post they want.
PYP is tough, a lot of people have primary certification/qualifications, and schools tend to save primary positions for teaching couples. The PYP workshops have some value, depending how new you are too teaching. MYP workshops are usually a joke, Dip workshops can be a toss up, depending how familiar you are with the IBO overall.