About International Schooling: The Teacher’s Guide
If you’ve every dreamed of an international adventure, funded by a career as a teacher, this book is for you.
Practical and easy-to-access, this comprehensive guide provides insight into one of the biggest, and most exciting, career transitions and life adventures you might ever make.
Written in plain English by experienced international educators, the book covers:
What international schooling is, why it exists and what makes these schools different.
How to secure employment (and promotion).
Contracts, regulations, and qualification requirements.
The skills you need to teach internationally.
Third culture kids.
Global citizenship.
Safeguarding and wellbeing.
Culture and surviving culture shock.
Managing uncertainty for you and your family.
What to expect, what to avoid and how best to embrace the international adventure.
Whether you are new to this world or experienced, this insightful book introduces, examines and unpicks the highs, the lows, the perks and the pitfalls of international schooling.
For anyone aspiring to, new to, being recruited into, or currently enjoying international teaching, it is essential reading.
PRAISE FOR THE TEACHER’S GUIDE
“A vital companion to anyone’s international school journey.”
“A detailed career roadmap. A valuable investment for your future”
“Full of practical advice and guidance; lively and engaging”.
“I wish this book existed when I moved to international teaching; covers all of the burning questions everyone always asks”
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Author Bio:
Between them Dr Denry Machin and Dr Stephen Whitehead have more than 40 years of international educational experience. Denry was previously Head of Upper School at Harrow Bangkok and now works for the Harrow International group; Stephen was Asia Programme Director for Keele University’s international education programmes.
By no means an academic text (it’s actually fun to read!), ‘The Teacher’s Guide’ is the result of their many years spent teaching internationally and talking to, researching, and supporting, international schoolteachers. The experiences of these teachers are included in the book – their advice, the tears they’ve shed, and the highlights they’ve enjoyed, making the book highly practical and enchantingly personal.