Inclusive hiring: removing bias in teacher hiring
Your school’s hiring process is important. The educators you hire have a huge impact on the school community, culture, safety, student learning outcomes, growth, and more. With such an important task at hand, this process must be the best it can be. While standard hiring protocols like a criminal record and reference checks provide crucial […]
Recruiting teachers remotely: 6 benefits of using online recruitment platforms
At this time of year schools around the world might be thinking of hiring for the coming academic year. As well, teachers may already be starting to apply for teaching jobs. But this year is different. As countries around the world react to the COVID-19 pandemic, schools and teachers find themselves unsure of what’s coming […]
How to keep schools safe for students when it’s time to reopen
In the past few weeks, we’ve lived through a rare situation in which schools across the globe have closed en-masse for the health and safety of our students. For many people, the closure of schools was the first indication of just how serious the COVID-19 pandemic would be. The impact it has had on health […]
Why now is the perfect time to start building a candidate pool
As the reality set in over the rapid and widespread impact the Coronavirus would have on international education, schools around the world began taking immediate measures to safeguard their students, families and communities. Today, we continue to navigate global school closures, with teachers and students doing their best to continue with lessons outside of the […]
Case Study: How EF Hangzhou found a teacher recruitment service flexible enough to fit their needs
Background Part of a global school chain operating in over 60 countries, EF Hangzhou is one of the largest regional English First franchises in China. Providing English lessons for kids, teens and adults across nine centers (with two more in the pipeline) is no small feat. At any one time, the centers employ 200 teachers, […]
How you can leverage your international school’s location to recruit and retain teachers
Whenever I discuss recruitment strategies with new clients, no topic comes up more often than a school’s location. It seems like school heads in Latin America, as well as the rest of the world, seem to think that their recruitment challenges would go away if their school was located elsewhere. In fact, according to the dozens […]
Case Study: How Modern Knowledge achieved 86% of their annual hiring needs using Teach Away
Background Modern Knowledge Schools in Bahrain offers American Diploma and International Baccalaureate program options for Bahraini nationals and expat children alike. While the school adheres to an American curriculum, they’re also committed to balancing local culture with a global mindset. Core cultural subjects are taught in Arabic, but all other subjects are taught in English […]
5 things that frustrate job-seeking teachers (and what you can do about them)
In many industries, employers can get away with an uninspired recruitment process. But with skyrocketing demand for international educators, international schools have little room for error. If your recruitment process isn’t up to par, you run the risk of losing out on top talent. To help you avoid the most common complaints, we asked […]
The 4 biggest recruitment pitfalls and how to avoid them
It’s no secret that schools want the very best educators, but it’s also no surprise that some schools leave this until the last minute. It’s rare that good teachers are lounging around with their feet up, so it’s important that schools actively seek, recruit and support the best educators in the industry. A good […]
Why teachers shouldn’t be a last-minute hire
It’s like anything really, leave it to the last minute and you’ll end up in a long queue with everyone else, waiting for whatever’s left over by the time you get to the cake counter. (Yes, this metaphor will continue to revolve around baked goods ). Maybe you really want a Victoria Sponge, but you […]