As you know, Michael and I are ready to move to a different country. Kuwait has been a great place to start, but it's time we get closer to the water! International schools all over the world will be recruiting for the next few months, which means most of my weekends are spent researching schools and looking for openings. There are also recruiting sites and school reviews that have been really helpful.
It sounds easy-we just need a location with kids and water! But, there are a ton of factors that we have to consider....
Here are the easy ones:
Is it on the coast?
Are there any dive shops or is it a place where tourists want to go diving?
How many years of experience do they require?
Do they hire teachers with a non-teaching spouse?
What benefits do they offer?
Then it gets a bit harder...
What are the accommodations like?
How large is the school?
Is it in a city, suburb, or remote area?
Is there a sense of community with the faculty/with the families?
What leisure activities can teachers do on the weekends?
Is it easy to travel to other areas/countries?
What resources are provided for the classrooms?
Do the teachers collaborate and work in a team?
Does the school use best practices? and a hundred more teaching questions!
It's crazy to think that we don't know what continent we'll be living on in 6 months!!
I do know what continent I will be on in 2 days! Europe : ) We will be meeting Michael's parents in Italy and visit Rome and Florence. Looking forward to the sights, the food and the wine!
Kuwait will be celebrating their National Day and we're doing activities this week to celebrate their country. Here is a cool video that a company here made. They are in the huge mall-Avenues. Enjoy!
I also wanted to add this video that I talked about earlier. The quality isn't that great, but it does a good job of painting a picture of Kuwait. (and I love Oprah!)
I just noticed they both say Zain. In the first video, the company is called Zain. In the second video, the lady being interviewed is named Zain. It also means "good" in Arabic. : )
Enjoy!
