Is it just me or are there no jobs right now ?
Posted: Mon Sep 27, 2010 7:12 pm
Hi,
I was wondering if there are more teachers than available international teaching jobs out there ?
Here are some questions:
1) Are there less positions available ?
2) Are international schools offering contracts that offer less benefits than
in previous years ?
I keep reading on ISR reviews that schools are doing this more and more to their teachers.
3) Are there more and more poorly managed international schools out there ?
In the end, I am worried/stressed out.
Here I am debating whether to continue teaching overseas because it can be so so hard to know if one has chosen a "good" school.
It is tiring to pack several suitcases, fly half way around the world and risk landing in a school where the working environment may or may not be goodl. These days it seems like this is the risk one has to take.
I'm also feeling it is harder to find a good teaching position overseas as everyone wants (of course) to teach at the more reputable schools!
And it seems like there are less of them ?
Am I wrong ?
If I decide to stay permanently in the USA, the idea of teaching totally looses its appeal as I got into the profession in the 1st place because I enjoy being overseas! (Small class sizes, international community, culture, travel, etc...)
Maybe I got into this profession fort the wrong reasons (opportunity to travel, international setting) ?
The only fact I am certain of is that if I stay in the USA I will have to switch careers which probably means investing in college for more training (and at my age I am unsure I am motivated to do that!).
Arghhhhh- anybody else having questions/doubts about where the whole international school teaching profession is headed these days
and feeling caught in the middle between making the decision to stay in this career or move on ?
Just wondering if it's just me.....
I was wondering if there are more teachers than available international teaching jobs out there ?
Here are some questions:
1) Are there less positions available ?
2) Are international schools offering contracts that offer less benefits than
in previous years ?
I keep reading on ISR reviews that schools are doing this more and more to their teachers.
3) Are there more and more poorly managed international schools out there ?
In the end, I am worried/stressed out.
Here I am debating whether to continue teaching overseas because it can be so so hard to know if one has chosen a "good" school.
It is tiring to pack several suitcases, fly half way around the world and risk landing in a school where the working environment may or may not be goodl. These days it seems like this is the risk one has to take.
I'm also feeling it is harder to find a good teaching position overseas as everyone wants (of course) to teach at the more reputable schools!
And it seems like there are less of them ?
Am I wrong ?
If I decide to stay permanently in the USA, the idea of teaching totally looses its appeal as I got into the profession in the 1st place because I enjoy being overseas! (Small class sizes, international community, culture, travel, etc...)
Maybe I got into this profession fort the wrong reasons (opportunity to travel, international setting) ?
The only fact I am certain of is that if I stay in the USA I will have to switch careers which probably means investing in college for more training (and at my age I am unsure I am motivated to do that!).
Arghhhhh- anybody else having questions/doubts about where the whole international school teaching profession is headed these days
and feeling caught in the middle between making the decision to stay in this career or move on ?
Just wondering if it's just me.....