Konichi Wa, Hola, As-Salam Alaykum
We’ve had an amazing response to our International Teaching survey!
Thanks to you for sharing your experience and aspirations with us…

Some of the key findings from the survey are:

34.6% of respondents actively looking for work overseas
31.8% said they are “open” to the idea
30.7% of those saying they want to work overseas have between 6 and 10 years’ experience
24.9% have been teachers for between 16 and 20 years
27.9% of those who are searching for jobs overseas are between 41 and 50 years old
26.9% are between 31 and 40

Why are teachers looking to work overseas?

32.8% cited better working conditions, cited by 32.8%
at 52.7% the biggest reason was broadening personal horizon

Your thoughts have captured the attention of the media…
- Guardian

- Daily Express

- Channel 4

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Colin

How to save £80m a year

Large schools, and particularly academies, are burning their budgets due to a lack of training, understanding and control – particularly in the area of staff recruitment advertising.

Schools should boycott expensive newspapers like TES, The Guardian and even the local press, and to use more competitive online alternatives.

For example Eteach.com offers a fixed-price unlimited advertising service that will save money especially for larger schools who advertise regularly enough money to employ more teachers, or avoid impending cut backs.

UK schools spend around £68m a year on National Press with the bill for recruitment advertising in the local press coming in at around £20m. Then there are the additional costs of paper-based admin and postage bringing total expenditure to at least £90m a year. (DCSF said it was £120m in 2008).

Just take a look at the figures!

The following comparison takes 100 job postings across 10 schools as an example:

* Eteach Premium: unlimited adverts = 20,000 fixed cost
* Schools Recruitment Service (SRS): Local press @ £500 +250 SRS = 52,500 + TES
* TES Gold: = min 90,000 + newspaper ads

The above is based on Eteach’s unlimited ad package, priced at £2,000 per school.

The Schools Recruitment Service (SRS) would cost £250 per school – plus the cost of media. This flawed DCSF-backed system is incapable of bringing the savings schools need.

The TES Gold service is based upon £900 per advert, with newspaper advertising costs still to be added – typically £1600 per combined advert.

The worrying thing is, by using SRS or just TES/Guardian or Local papers schools have no control over their expenditure.

Eteach is a proven medium, with excellent traffic and responses delivered at a fixed price.

The total cost if all secondary schools in England and Wales used Eteach (e.g.5,000 schools x £2,000) would be just £10m – and primary schools could receive a FREE service.

Now that’s a saving at least £80m per annum immediately!

This is an equation I have discussed many times with various MPs, and yet none has had the power or inclination to drive home the obvious savings that we now need.

It’s time to act…

JPH

Teaching at home: “Enjoying days at home” in response to The Times

Teaching children at home? Is it right or wrong…or does it matter?

Education is something I am so passionate and proud to be involved in. It is important that children, young adults and grownups are educated and given the opportunities to continue to develop and learn throughout their life both academically and socially.

I was reading in The Times online today about a teacher who opted for her children to learn at home after they had been unhappy at school (http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/education/article5548877.ece).

My instant thoughts were “is teaching at home the answer?”

For some it is the only alternative though I would have missed the friends I made at school who have been with me all my life. It isn’t just about the academic element, passing the exams and getting the qualifications. Schools are a place for children to learn to become themselves. Social interaction is key in child development, working in a team and competing against each other is healthy way of growing up. There will be times when children will be faced with conflict in thoughts and opinions, but this again is a life experience we all face. Schools provide a platform for character building, where they can develop on their strengths as well as areas for improvement. I’d be interested to hear what your views are on children being taught at home and school?