Do you work as a teacher? Or are you keen to start this career? Apply to teach abroad! Whether you want to teach in the UK, or are open to the idea of working abroad on the other side of the world, you can find positions in most countries.
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Global Work & Travel
Get internationally accredited, teach English at a local school, fund your travels further. Our Teach trips give you the chance to take part in a 3-4 week class-based TEFL or TESOL course where you’ll learn how to teach English to foreign students. Popular destinations include: Thailand, Costa Rica, Spain, South Korea, Vietnam, Japan and Argentina.
BELL Beyond
BELL Beyond specialises in creative, engaging and innovative language summer camps and theatre performances throughout Italy! BELL are recruiting fun, enthusiastic and energetic individuals to work as tutors for summer!
Choices International
Choices International provide exciting residential summer camps for children from all over the world aged 9 to 17. Jobs are available in London, Manchester, Dublin, Madrid, Majorca and Alicante. Positions include centre manager, director of studies, coordinator of activities, English language teachers, Spanish language teachers, activities leaders and administration assistant.
Top Reasons to Teach
Teaching’s a career that can provide you with a rewarding job, and can really take you to places all around the world. Here are some of the benefits of this job:
• Do something different and challenge yourself
• Live abroad learning more about other educational systems
• Make new friends from all over the world
• Improve your language skills
• Integrate into different cultures and societies
• Travel and see new places
• Help others learn and feel accomplishment in impacting someone’s education
• Some companies pay for flights, accommodation, transfers and cultural activities
• Salaries in selected destinations can be very high
Subjects
You can find work teaching all the most important subjects, including:
• Languages
• Maths
• Science
• Design and technology
• History
• Geography
• Art and design
• Music
• Sports and physical education (PE), including swimming
• IT and computing
• Languages
How to Get a Teaching Job Abroad
You can find teaching jobs with international schools, government programs, universities, language colleges or by giving private lessons. The easiest way to get hired is to search vacancies and apply online.
Best Places to Work
You can find international teaching jobs all over the world, Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Oceania and the Americas. Where you go really depends on your personal interest, or job/employer you apply with.
Top Reasons to Become a Teacher
In the UK, when Labour under Tony Blair marched into Downing Street in the 1990’s crying ‘Education, Education, Education’ and the Teacher Training Agency encouraged the public to ‘use our heads’ and become teachers, the teaching profession has seen thousands of people answer the call and reposition the profession – in all its forms – as one of the most popular career destinations for newly qualified graduates and career changers alike.
Working in the education sector is not just about standing chalk in hand in front of a class of children, bestowing your knowledge onto the future generation of this country á la John Keating in Dead Poet’s Society who said that “the idea of education was to learn to think for yourself”. This is only part of the picture. A career within the education sector can mean teaching students from all ages and backgrounds.
For instance, primary school teachers teach children from the age of five and prepare them for secondary school at eleven, where they will remain until they reach 16 or 18 upon completion of their GCSEs and ‘A’ Levels. Thereafter, further and higher education teaching is provided by college or university lecturers.
However, there are others areas of teaching that are in high demand. Special education needs (SEN) teachers teach children with emotional, behavioural or learning difficulties and those with gifted abilities that need to be nurtured. And the widespread usage of English overseas has ensured a continued demand for teachers of English as foreign language (TEFL) or as a second language (TESOL). Not forgetting the need for educators who specialise in teaching prison inmates a varied curriculum, from vocational training and literacy to Open University qualifications.
The profile of the teaching profession has been on the rise for some time, thanks in part to Labour’s election-winning rallying cry. Average salaries have also increased, so too have the ‘golden hello’s’ to lure hard-to-find teachers in traditional subjects such as science, history, maths and design.
And it goes without saying that teachers can look forward to longer holidays (around 13 weeks a year) that the rest of us can only envy. While the rest of us will only get the standard 30 days holiday entitlement, you can look forward to doing a job which provides fresh challenges and the opportunity to meet an eclectic mix of people every day.
Tips for Starting a Teaching Career
If you have just finished university and have received your degree, or are currently a professional not in the teaching field and you want to transition into teaching then read on.
The process of finding employment in the teaching field can be an overwhelming task, if you are unprepared. Quite often more experienced teachers are automatically invited to continue teaching at the beginning of each school year, leaving those new in the field out of luck. Another reason for job seeker frustration is that available teaching positions may be limited and competitive.
A huge chunk of the process that will help greatly is first, knowing where to look. There are ways you can make this process a lot less painful by following a few simple guidelines, and before you know it you will be on your way to a new teaching career!
If you are a new graduate, visit your local school system’s human resources department or recruiting department and inquire about any possible open positions. If there are currently no available positions ask if you can leave your resume in case something opens up. Most schools interview potential candidates several months before the hiring for the upcoming school year begins.
Beginning as a substitute teacher will help you start your career and this may very easily lead to a full-time teacher position. While attending as a substitute it is important to network with your co-workers and administrators and mingle with the students. If you create an excellent bond with the students and co-workers your chances of getting hired as a full-time teacher will greatly increase.
Be sure to develop a relationship with the administrators at the school and demonstrate that you are passionate and enthusiastic about having a classroom of your own. If you do an excellent job while substituting you will have more of a chance of getting an interview if you are known by the administration than if you weren’t.
Networking is crucial and so let everyone in your social circle, your family, friends, colleagues, etc. know that you are looking for a full-time teaching position. You never know what can happen in casual conversation. Usually it is easier to get an interview when you are vouched for by word of mouth, especially if you are new to a field.
Many overlooked alternative teaching positions include, tutoring, coaching, training, mentoring, or teaching degree programs. Do not close yourself off to just teaching in a traditional school environment. Usually, if you have just started in the teaching profession, a great way to get acquainted with the field is by ‘training’ positions.
Search for job posting on the internet. If you enter ‘teacher’ or ‘teaching’ or ‘educator’ on any job websites search engine, you will find a huge list of teaching positions. The drawback to this is that hundreds of other interested teachers are looking at the same available positions. Narrowing your search online by searching specific areas of teaching, for instance ‘math teacher’, will narrow your search to that specific job title and make things a little less overwhelming.
Remember, entering any new field can feel like it is overwhelming and daunting, but persistence and hard work will guarantee your success. Make sure you start with a visually appealing, keyword rich, accomplishment-based resume/CV and cover letter that showcase what you can bring to the school district.
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