Hiring Foreign Teachers
Tuesday October 31, 2006
Many foreign nationals write me about finding employment as teachers in the United States. Unless you have a green card or visa permitting you to work in the United States, very few schools will go to the tremendous trouble of petitioning the Immigration and Naturalization Service to obtain working papers for you. That's a shame because we do have a shortage of qualified teachers. The reality is that the school feels you will only stay a few years and then move on. Most schools want their faculty to sign on, put down roots and stay forever!
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Hiring foreign teachers? I’ve applied at a private school (denied) and applied for quite a few international schools (likewise). It seems to me that private schools, as much as they talk that multi-cultural, international stuff, aren’t that interested in hiring talented, certified teachers of color. Why goes overseas when there are qualifed teachers right here? (I’m one! Although I am living in the South Pacific right now!). Peace…