Boarding/Private School Job Market for Beginning Teacher?

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<p>My daughter is a double major in English and Spanish from a top liberal arts college. She is graduating in May 2013 and hoping to teach in a private secondary school, either a boarding or day school, in the New England area. What do you think are the job prospects for 2013?</p>

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<p>I’ve no clue, but I know where to look, at least for current job prospects: [url=&lt;a href=“http://www.aisne.org/employment/]AISNE[/url”&gt;Employment Agreements: Considerations for Independent Schools During the Hiring Season – AISNE]AISNE[/url</a>]</p>

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<p>Her job prospects will jump drastically if she can coach a sport or two.</p>

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<p>I highly suggest she check out this new program: [Penn</a> Residency Master’s in Teaching | PennGSE](<a href=“http://www.gse.upenn.edu/boarding/]Penn”>Independent School Teaching Residency | Penn GSE)</p>

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<p>Thanks to all for the information!</p>

<p>Yes, she was on a varsity team in college and is a licensed referee in another sport, too.</p>

<p>Do you have any idea what salaries are? I believe that in addition to salary, room and board for the school year are provided. A good benefit I think.</p>

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<p>Have her check out a company called CarneySandoe. I know several private school teachers who found their jobs through them.</p>

<p>Besides AISNE, there’s also NAIS. </p>

<p>Private schools are known for paying less than public schools. however if you are at a boarding school they often provide housing. In exchange, your daughter would be expected to be “on duty” for many more hours than if she was living on her own and working at a non-boarding school.</p>

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<p>Is you daughter adventurous and like to travel? She should consider teaching abroad at an international school. </p>

<p>We’ve lived abroad for many years, and our kids have attended int’l schools in different countries. The teachers were mostly American, Canadian, Australian & British. Some teachers preferred to stay put in the same school for their whole career, some preferred to rotate to a different country every several years. The children who attend int’l school are offspring of diplomats & expatriate workers.</p>

<p>It’s a great way to see the world!</p>

<p>here are some examples:
<a href=“http://www.asmadrid.org/neweb/employmentInformation.html[/url]”>http://www.asmadrid.org/neweb/employmentInformation.html&lt;/a&gt;
<a href=“http://www.sas.edu.sg/page.cfm?p=353[/url]”>International School Jobs in Singapore | SAS;

<p>Our S is now in a boarding school in the U.S. The elite BS have the most selective teacher hiring.</p>

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<p>Carney, Sandoe (faculty recruitment company, no charge to the teachers) brings together hundreds of schools from all over the world looking for teachers all in one place, it’s called a ‘Hiring conference’.
We went to one in Boston with my oldest. It really was amazing having all those opportunities in one place. A stack of resumes and a show of interest and you could have interviews all day with schools all over the world…and a great place to meet other teachers looking for jobs and general networking.</p>

<p>The one in Boston is February 15-16 2013 at the Westin Copley.</p>

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<p>Thank you for the excellent information!</p>

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<p>You can see where the US diplomatic corp sends there kids. Here is a link to an American School in Madrid. She could teach and do graduate work in Spanish.</p>

<p>[Spain</a>, Madrid: American School of Madrid](<a href=“We apologize for the inconvenience... - United States Department of State”>We apologize for the inconvenience... - United States Department of State)</p>

<p>In addition to those suggested to the diplomatic corp, there are listings at the US embassy website in for example Buenos Aires. <a href=“http://argentina.usembassy.gov/schools.html[/url]”>http://argentina.usembassy.gov/schools.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Carney Sandoe is best resource, but contacting individual schools can work as well. Your daughter may find most success by doing a teaching/intern program. Many independent schools offer these; while the pay is not great, intern years offer experience and some are connected with masters programs as well. Lesley University runs many programs in conjunction with Boston area schools.</p>

<p>Boarding schools do provide room and board but in exchange for many evening and weekend responsibilities. That said, with coaching, a wonderful way to gain lots of experience.</p>

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<p>Work at a public high school, but most of our applications come from schoolspring.com.</p>

<p>Place where jobs can be posted, and applications can submit their credentials. Haven’t noticed if private schools post jobs there. Worth a look.</p>

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<p>International schools are going to expect some teaching experience, and are likely to be very competitive. And for Spanish, they may well expect a native Spanish speaking teacher.</p>

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<p>I have worked in both a public and a private school, and my experience is that qualified Spanish teachers are hard to come by.</p>

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<p>Overseas jobs aren’t that hard to get if you are young and willing to go anywhere but you need two years experience in the U.S., Canada, Australia, EU depending on the location before they will look at CVs. The International school market is filling up with national private schools where English is the language of instruction.</p>

<p>China is a big market!</p>

<p>Look into SEARCH Associates, ISS, ECIS hiring fairs to name a few.</p>

<p>I was talking with my DIL last week and she said a friend from college has gone to Nebraska to get a teaching job. He wanted one in Michigan. I worked with a math teacher who had lost a job in California when the cuts happened there. She was young and didn’t have seniority. She and her husband are now having a great time in Kuwait, both teaching and they will probably stay in that international school circuit and move school to school and see the world, AND raise a family. </p>

<p>I have friends all over the world teaching. I did it for years and loved the travel and friendships and experiences! I would do it again. BUT</p>

<p>I love being home now.</p>

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<p>I just wanted to echo my thanks for all the great information. DS#1 graduated from college last spring really having no idea what he wanted to do, but lately he’s been talking about teaching, possibly at a private school. I’ve been passing on the web sites mentioned here–thanks much!</p>