Start Your International Teaching Career in the United Kingdom

Currently there is a shortage of experiencedlearning its eccentricities.
teachers to fill key jobs in the United Kingdom.Additionally, while you are in the UK acquiring the
This could be your opportunity to springboardexperience to launch yourself into international
your teaching career into the international schoolschool teaching, you can take advantage of the
sector.UK's proximity to Europe and the plethora of
If you are looking at getting yourself a teachinglow-cost airlines that have sprung up in recent
job abroad at an international school but have notyears.
yet been able to land a contract, you could sneakWhen you are ready to apply for your first
your way in through the back door.international school teaching position you will be
In nearly every country in the world you can findable to attend one or more of the job fairs run
an international school that offers the Britishby Search Associates and ECIS and held in
National Curriculum. All of these schools are lookingLondon each year. Many international schools
for teachers with recent experience teaching ininterested in employing educators with UK
the UK.experience attend these job fairs in London.
With recent experience teaching the BritishWhen I attended a job fair in London, after
examination courses for GCSE (Grade 9) andteaching in the UK for three years, I had 13
A-Levels (Grade 12), you will have a resume thatschools wanting to interview me. I could have got
recruiters for British schools will be verya teaching job in the United Arab Emirates,
interested in and they will be lining up to interviewGermany, Qatar, France, the Netherlands, China,
you. The same follows for elementary schoolHong Kong or Thailand. I chose Thailand and I've
teachers who are familiar with the key stages setbeen here for 3 years now.
out in the UK National Curriculum.You can check out what vacancies there are in
Search Associates, one of the largest recruitmentBritish schools right now by searching for jobs in
organisations dealing with international schoolsyour specialism on the TES Jobs website. This is
even has a separate branch that specialises inthe one stop shop for all vacancies in England. You
placing teachers with UK experience in Britishcan also find a definitive list of jobs in international
International schools.schools in their database as well!
I recently interviewed an American teacher whoFor visa requirements, check out the website for
launched her career in international schools after athe British Embassy in your country. If you are a
year spent teaching the British National Curriculumyoung teacher, make sure you look to see if the
at a grammar school just west of London. SinceUK offers working holiday visas to people in your
then she has gone on to teach in 3 internationalcountry, you can apply for one of those without
schools in 2 countries that offered the UKhaving to get a job first. If you already have a
curriculum. She has now spent more time teachingvisa you are going to be even more attractive to
the British curriculum than the American one sheschool principals!
originally trained for!Whether you're looking for a teaching job in the
Teaching in the UK has many benefits, it can be aUK or in an international school, The Complete
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