International Teacher Recruitment

By EDUVAC/The Education Weekly staff reporter

Jobs in International Schools offer a career pathway towards improving your self-confidence and growing your personal and professional development as a teacher.

Your job search and the qualifications needed to teach in an International School will vary from country to country, but it is likely that your skills as a New Zealand trained teacher will be highly sought after if you are a native English speaker.

Student’s work ethics vary from country to country, but children at International Schools are generally eager to learn and learn English at school.

English is the language of international business and many of the students studying at International Schools will likely go on to further their education at one of the prestigious universities around the world.

Teaching positions are usually from one to two years, with some sort of job renewal by negotiation. Jobs are often tied to a Work Permit, or Residency Visa. Employment packages often include airfares and travelling expenses to the destination, insurance, and some contracts offer accommodation for the teacher and sometimes spouse and children.

School vacancies for the Northern hemisphere are commonly advertised in New Zealand from October through to March the following year, with a starting date somewhere between late July to early September.

Teacher recruitment agencies, which specialise in finding teachers for international schools, will assist a teacher with New Zealand teacher qualifications to find a career path that fits with their current teaching skills and lifestyle choices.

The teacher recruitment agency can help with the job search to find a teaching job and both the teacher recruitment agency and the school, often facilitate some form of training course, or teacher training to develop your teaching career.

For more information about teaching in an offshore destination please contact the advertising school directly, or contact one of the teacher recruitment agencies advertising international vacancies in the jobs section of the EDUVAC website.