How to attract top teaching talent by marketing your rural school online
Across the US, rural schools are currently facing some of the worst teacher shortages. Time and time again, rural schools struggle the most when it comes to hiring certified teachers, as well as teachers specializing in specific subject areas, like math, STEM, bilingual and special education. By virtue of their remote location, rural schools […]
How to keep the best teaching candidates interested in your school: A quick guide for international schools
Getting the best talent to apply to your jobs isn’t always easy and with the demand for great teachers at international schools worldwide, there’s a lot of competition out there. It’s no longer enough to simply post a job and expect the perfect candidate to fall into your lap. The good news is that as […]
5 best practices for background checks: What international schools need to know
Hiring teachers internationally brings a whole set of challenges to your school’s candidate vetting process. Most school heads know from past experience that when it comes to background checks, there just isn’t one prescribed strategy that works for every case and every country. With that in mind, we’ve outlined five key guidelines here you can […]
Hiring international teachers with dependents
Every organization wants experienced, reliable teachers, preferably with practical knowledge of related curriculum. However, experienced teachers are more likely to have spouses and children, and not every organization can provide the support needed in order to recruit teachers from overseas along with their families. When designing your international teacher recruitment strategy, this is one of […]
5 last minute hiring tips for international schools
Having a last minute position to fill due to unforeseen circumstances, or just a lack of suitable candidates, is common. Here are some things to remember if you find yourself hiring in a hurry. Stick to your criteria. Even in tight circumstances when you are in desperate need of a teacher, it is crucial to […]
Qualities teachers appreciate in a principal
We know that almost everyone sets out to be the best professional they can be – and most principals were, at one time, a teacher themselves. That being said, we understand that most principals have some ideas around what qualities make an ideal principal and school administration team. But as a world-leading teacher recruitment agency, […]
How to change a good school to a great school
What separates good schools from great schools? Since we know you’ve moved mountains (or at least scoured the globe) to find the best teachers possible, often times transforming your school from good to great can mean only a few small administrative adjustments. Great schools, put simply, are the schools that identify and implement the strategies […]
Esol Education – A Teach Away success story
Esol Education Group selected Teach Away as a recruitment partner in 2014 to fill a minimum of 20 teaching vacancies in their private schools located in Egypt and the UAE. Using pre-screen interviews and a document and qualifications review process, Teach Away sourced highly qualified candidates throughout the US with a diverse mix of skillsets […]
Building a stronger international school community
As we discussed in last week’s blog on assessing your school’s sense of community by surveying your teachers and students for their opinions, principals and school administrators should be prepared to receive some negative feedback. Perhaps it’s a symptom of soliciting opinions, but it’s hard to poll a group without receiving some mixed feedback. That […]
Assessing your international school’s sense of community
Building a strong school community for your students and teachers is so important. It helps create a place where your teachers want to come to work every day and your students feel that they can have a safe space that encourages their learning. Feeling safe is a basic human need – safe to learn, safe […]