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Hi Everyone,

I am new to the circuit and am looking in SE Asia. I like the weather and cultures. I am, however, targeting a couple schools, including ISB. Particularly because my daughter is entering Kindergarten and I like what I see in terms of the program and activities. My questions is-- how do I get noticed? I have been a Literacy Coach/Reading Specialist for 11 years, with a couple years of direct classroom experience in 1st and 6th grades. I am a Harvard grade and a National Board Certified teacher. I have a husband, a school aged daughter and a baby son. My husband doesn't teach, but his profession allows a lot of mobility.

ISB being one of the top schools, and with me having dependents and pretty good credentials, how do I get noticed? I saw a learning support job that I may be qualified for if the focus is literacy.

Thanks.

[quote="literacylady"]Hi Everyone,

I am new to the circuit and am looking in SE Asia. I like the weather and cultures. I am, however, targeting a couple schools, including ISB. Particularly because my daughter is entering Kindergarten and I like what I see in terms of the program and activities. My questions is-- how do I get noticed? I have been a Literacy Coach/Reading Specialist for 11 years, with a couple years of direct classroom experience in 1st and 6th grades. I am a Harvard grade and a National Board Certified teacher. I have a husband, a school aged daughter and a baby son. My husband doesn't teach, but his profession allows a lot of mobility.

ISB being one of the top schools, and with me having dependents and pretty good credentials, how do I get noticed? I saw a learning support job that I may be qualified for if the focus is literacy.

Thanks.[/quote]

Just for the sake of clarity, are you talking about Bangkok or Beijing?

What Harvard "grade" are you?

Learning Support is typically what you would call Special ed. Literacy is typically out of the ESOL department.

Im going to assume you mean Harvard grad. You dont have any IB experience, and my impression is youve been out of the classroom for a while? Add that to your dependents (you basically have 2 dependents and a trailing spouse).

First, I understand you want to give your daughter a first rate international education, but you dont just "walk into" one the global elite schools. it just doesnt happen.

Your going to be a hard cell, because you don't have a common or in demand teaching field. You will also be expensive because of your family. OK so I'd play up the Harvard angle, schools like to market on two things: the pedigree of their faculty (and Harvard is just the right kind of school), or on how Caucasian their faculty is. Its going to be a hard uphill path though.

I'm going to assume you meant "hard sell."

You would assume correctly, but I didnt graduate from H-a-r-v-a-r-d.