{"id":7999,"date":"2020-06-14T10:00:19","date_gmt":"2020-06-14T09:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.teacherhorizons.com\/advice\/?p=7999"},"modified":"2023-02-16T13:02:00","modified_gmt":"2023-02-16T13:02:00","slug":"what_is_the_school_screening_process","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.teacherhorizons.com\/advice\/what_is_the_school_screening_process","title":{"rendered":"Learn about our school screening process!"},"content":{"rendered":"

A transparent & unique school screening process.\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n

Are you curious about how we choose the schools we work with? As an international teacher you want to know that the school you are applying for is legitimate. As a school you want to know you are part of a reputable and personable platform full of the best candidates.<\/span><\/p>\n

We work with the best international schools and teachers around the world and in the order to ensure this, we have a rigorous but personal screening process. This process enables us to match our qualified international teachers with the best options for their international teaching career. With transparency being the backbone of Teacher Horizons values, we are sharing our step by step account of how we not only pick great schools, but build valuable and personable relationships with them, too. Read on for the process of how Teacher Horizons screens their schools.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Our School Services Manager Laura, visiting the British School of Kuwait.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n

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What does it mean to screen a school? <\/span><\/h2>\n

In short, it means that we check that the schools are suitable places for our qualified international school teachers to work in. We are lucky that we have hundreds of schools contacting us to be part of our platform, but it also means we have the responsibility to ensure they are of the highest quality. Whilst we have a 3 step process, there is more to it than this. Teacher Horizons CEO, Alex Reynolds, sums up our attitude to the screening process well:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Alex, CEO of Teacher Horizons tells us about the screening process<\/p><\/div>\n

Our CEO Alex Reynolds speaks about the importance of screening schools:<\/span><\/p>\n

“At Teacher Horizons, we are committed to working with schools that practice ethical and safer recruitment practices. We spend a great deal of time getting to understand the schools that we represent and checking that they are good places to work for our teachers. We do this by forming personal relationships with the Headteachers and recruitment teams so that we can share as much information as possible with prospective teachers looking to apply for our roles. We are proud to be visiting almost a hundred schools every year and this has added a new dimension to our level of understanding of the schools we represent. With our wealth of knowledge, we aim to provide a very simple, transparent and personalised service for our teachers”\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

250 school requests to join Teacher Horizons in just over 6 months!<\/span><\/h2>\n

We are incredibly grateful for the requests that we get from schools wanting to build a profile page with Teacher Horizons. From September alone we have already had up to 250 schools requesting to join Teacher Horizons. Our first step is assigning the school with an advisor, this way they have a continuous point of reference and can build a personal relationship throughout their journey to becoming part of Teacher Horizons.<\/span><\/p>\n

What are the three levels of screening that Teacher Horizons uses?\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n

\u00a0We have consolidated the process into\u00a0 3 levels, but our relationship with the school, of course, extends beyond this.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Levels:<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. Admin screen<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Online screen<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Skype screen<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Level 1: Admin screen.<\/h3>\n

    Our admin screening is just an initial screen to ensure that schools are International Schools and can move ahead to getting a school profile page.\u00a0 We do a quick screen to check they are an international school by looking online that they have an international curriculum & international staff faculty.\u00a0 We check the person we are liaising with to ensure that they have a professional school email address.\u00a0 It’s the operations team that does the pre-screening and ensures they have a profile page and then matches them with a lead recruitment adviser.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

    Level 2 : Online screen.<\/h3>\n

    Once they are matched with an advisor, they can do a deeper dive into the details of the school.\u00a0 There are essentials that need to be covered which include, google searches and reviews of the school, what other recruitment sites they are part of etc.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

    Accreditation is important for an international school and often they are listed on their website. Some examples of accreditations and endorsements are as follows:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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    International School of The Hague shows their accreditation and endorsements at the bottom of their homepage as shown here.<\/p><\/div>\n

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