Teacher Resources

When you are looking for a teaching job abroad, the most important item on your list of things to do is research. Sure, you've probably travelled abroad on holiday, but going on a package holiday tour to a well-trod tourist destination is far different to figuring out how to live and work in a foreign country. The fact is, most teachers don't know what they don't know about finding a teaching job overseas.

As we mature, part of the learning process is to establish for ourselves what is right and what is wrong; what is polite and what is rude; and establishing a general understanding of how things are done correctly: everything from setting up a phone connection in a new flat to asking someone out on a date to defining what exactly is a well-run school. We write a rule book in our minds and unconsciously refer to it daily when we make decisions both large and small. It becomes almost part of our personal makeup.

Part of teaching abroad involves not quite throwing out the rulebook but certainly realising that it was written based on your current country and culture and that it just might need a few appendices. This is both the joy and challenge of teaching overseas because you will broaden your horizons in so many ways by learning about another culture and way of life which is different to, but every bit as valuable and relevant as, your own. For this reason we have developed an extensive list of resources for those wishing to teach abroad to begin their research. We haven't listed all of our resources here, many of them will be provided to you as you move deeper into your job search, but please make sure you have done the essential reading on our teaching abroad resources links before you take the leap into the exciting and ever-changing world of international teaching.