In our inaugural ‘School Spotlight’ on Dulwich College, we speak to a current teacher explore what it is like to teach at a leading international school in China.

In this guest article, Sophie Peters, a teacher in our community, explains the importance of Global Citizenship Education in fostering inclusivity in schools.

Here is the third and final post from Rachael Kobylecki who has been supporting us with considering how to think positively as we approach recruitment. In the previous blog posts, we delved into how negative self-talk can stop you from achieving your true potential before and during the international school recruitment process. We looked at… Read more »

As educators, we encourage students to broaden their horizons, seek out new experiences and expand their understanding of the world they live in. It goes without saying that effective practitioners tend to walk the walk, as well as talking the talk – and many are drawn to the opportunity to teach overseas.  That’s always been… Read more »

We are lucky enough to have another post from guest blogger Rachael Kobylecki in which she gives more advice for giving yourself the best chance of getting a job. Read on for some inspiration! In the last instalment we explored why negative self-talk happens, what its purpose is and how it can show up for… Read more »

Most countries have a national standard that educators must meet before they can teach in state-run schools. Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) is the standard for teachers in England. Increasingly, we are seeing that international schools are requiring that teachers have QTS before they can employ them. While there are various routes educators can take to… Read more »

Each year, the Teacher Horizons community chooses a charity for us to donate a percentage of our placement fees to. This year, you have chosen Pipal Tree, an education charity based in Nepal, and in this article Caroline Milne tells us more about their work. Sitting with the nuns during morning prayer in Nagi Gumba… Read more »

Looking for a new job in a new country can be challenging. It forces you to take risks and step out of your comfort zone, especially if you’re considering moving up into a higher position of school leadership.  When your limbic brain believes you are in danger or there is a potential threat, messages are… Read more »

I started my teaching career in an economically-deprived area of North London, at a school which had just achieved the third worst GCSE results in the UK. Students weren’t being given the same chances as the vast majority of their peers, and I spent three years thinking about why that was, and what I could… Read more »

Back in 2016 I wrote a blog post weighing up the pros and cons of attending in-person job fairs. Since I am a busy teacher with small people to look after, I have firmly landed on the side of the cons: surely in this post-COVID age of Zoom, Google Meet, and Teams, there must be… Read more »