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Teaching Handout: Middle‐East: ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ 35,000 ‐ 65,000 USD ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ "High Earning", "Low expense"
Location: The World is Your Oyster Eastern Europe: ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ 23,000 ‐ 40,000 USD ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ "Medium Earning, "Medium Expense"
Usually there is at least 1 ‐ 4 international schools in every city larger than 500,000 people. Instruction is done most I have a 200+‐page PDF of "self‐reported" salaries and detailed enrollment info on 200+ school sites email me at
commonly in English, French, and German andrew.zhou.edu@gmail.com for a copy.
Number of Middle/High Schools: 4 Interesting facts:
It is common for an elementary, middle, and high school to be connected. This allows families continuity in education. Many web articles report saving up‐to $20,000 per person per year in the Middle‐East / Korea
Therefore one campus, can be K‐12. English International Schools usually teach an "American Curriculum", some are NGSS & Common Core Aligned
You will be exempt from US federal income tax for up to 100k, Google "Foreign Earned Income Exemption"
According to ISC Research (UK‐Based), there are "8,000 international schools, serving 4.5 million students with 420,000
Families from the USA living abroad are surprisingly common, many international schools offer free/heavy
teachers"
exemptions for families of teachers
Unusual Science Classes/NGSS Context/Interesting Science projects
Many schools have been using the IB standards and are aligning to NGSS, according to Dr. Sudha Sunder from KDSL Recommendation:
Global: " However, the NGSS, guided by the conceptual framework of the National Research council (NRC), have set new
Good fit for people who are Poor fit for people who
priorities for science education in IB World Schools in the United States, that are engaged in the dual implementation of
the IB Diploma Programme (DP) and the NGSS" comfortable doing plenty of research uncomfortable doing independent
ahead of time research
At my site, 9th & 10th grades study Biology with some physical science integration, while 11th and 12th have separate
willing to learn a new language/culture uncomfortable with new cultures/
Chemistry and Physics courses.
In small families with small children or no unknown variables
children are in large, established, unmovable
This is an cool joint‐research project done by a school in Japan & New Jersey, where students compared DNA of two
looking for an adventure families
local species of amphibians
prefer steady, long‐established systems
https://asiasociety.org/global‐cities‐education‐network/science‐projects‐link‐schools‐across‐continents
Professional Development:
Resources:
Professional development is offered at my school. I am paired up with a mentor teacher who has kindly contacted me
and shared his resources with me about 6 months before school starts. According to the CTC BTSA can be completed Hiring Fairs: Great for meeting employers face‐to‐face. There will be at least 1 or 2 Skype interviews before meeting in
abroad. Development vary by site, and it is your responsibility to ask during the interview. Interviews are more relaxed Iowa ideally. There are many more than I've listed here. It is possible to contact each school without the fair. Resumes &
and personal than in the US, most interviewers are Americans, Canadians, or British who have transitioned to living cover letters are expected to have a headshot (photo).
abroad. University of Northern Iowa: Fair for new teachers, oldest‐running fair, not https://teachoverseas.uni.edu/fair
the most prestigious
Pay & Salary
International Schools Services: Larger, more prestigious, more competitive https://www.iss.edu/Career‐
Your net income will vary greatly based on your living expense. My Gross Salary is 22,000 USD per year for a year‐1 Services/Attend‐a‐Fair
teacher but am provided free housing, medical insurance, furniture, and Spanish classes by the school. The school
estimates I will save 5,000 to 10,000 USD per year., the high end salaries are for teachers with a master's degree and US Dept of State, Office of List of schools by region, partially assisted by https://www.state.gov/m/a/os/c1684.htm
Overseas Schools: US Federal Gov't
experience. There is no public pay‐scale so be direct in the interview. These numbers are not a guarantee. Annual Salary
differs by region, but generally Nomad List Cost estimator website for living expenses https://nomadlist.com/cost‐of‐
Internationally, example: Bangkok living/bangkok‐thailand
Latin America Estimate:‐‐‐ 27,000 to 35,000 USD ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ "Low Earning", "Low expense"
South‐East Asia: ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ 27,000 ‐ 40,000 USD ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ "Low Earning", "Low expense" Email me: andrew.zhou.edu@gmail.com