Articles on Teaching though Southern Alps Recruitment

We have placed teachers in London, Guildford - Surrey, Camberley - Surrey, Northampton, Lincolnshire, Essex, Cambridge, Hertfordshire, Kent, West Sussex, Gloucestershire, Birmingham, Farnborough - Hampshire, Sheffield, Haslemere - Surrey, Christs, Redhill - Surrey, Woking - Surrey, East Sussex, West Yorkshire, Leeds, Isle of Wight, as well as Moscow and Berlin.

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REFLECTIONS ON TEACHNG IN LONDON, ENGLAND By Angela R. West - USA Living in London, England had always been a dream. Growing up on the British comedies and particularly taking a fancy to Doctor Who, I felt that I was destined to one day ride a double-decker bus and eat pork pies until I was blue in the face. Of course living abroad is in some degree every post college bohemian dream. How to make that dream a reality was quite another task all together. Having graduated with a Master’s in Education and having taught for three years, I was happy to learn that since there was a teacher shortage in the UK (as in the USA) that a teaching job was a possibility. Read more.
ONE YEAR OF TEACHING IN THE UK By Pam Jones - New Zealand Writing this is quite a challenge as I think firstly that as teachers we don't get the luxury of reflecting in written form about our experiences and especially our practice. We do get bite size moments in the corridor to chat, or in the staff-room, pub or on the way to catching our bus or train home. So, I shall try to put some of my thoughts in order here to benefit others who may be coming this way or who are already beginning the journey of teaching in the UK. Read more.
FINDING A JOB By Emily Wheelahan - Australia Once I had made up my mind that I wanted to go back to the U.K. to teach, I next had to decide whereabouts exactly I wanted to live and work. In 1999, I worked at a boarding school in Dorset, in the south of England. I was meant to be there for a year, but it ended up being only a few months. The reason being I was unlucky enough to break my ankle quite badly on my first school holidays and was forced to head home to Australia to recuperate. I was chased down a slippery slope by a highland cow in Scotland, but that's another story! Read more.
SUPPLY TEACHING IN LONDON By Susan Chisum - USA Not unlike Brontë's famous heroine, (my favorite novel) Jane Eyre who said, "It is vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquillity: they must have action," I found myself longing for action or adventure! That is when I applied to Southern Alps Recruitment for a teaching position in London. Read more.
EAST LONDON SCIENCE TEACHING By Randall Hislop - Canada The difference in the system of education between England and Canada is the greatest learning experience for an educator in my opinion. Read more.
NEW TO ENGLAND By Holly Masters - Canada I heard about Southern Alps when I was searching on the net for possible teaching positions overseas. Southern Alps made the process of getting my position positively painless. Sure, I had to fill out registration forms, update my passport and all that jazz, but no more than I would have for any other job application. Trust me its worth all the effort. Read more.
INTERNATIONAL TEACHING IN MOSCOW, RUSSIA By Lisa Cochrane - New Zealand I arrived in Russia to take up a job teaching in an international school in Moscow on the 6th of January. I stepped off a 26 hour flight, into the middle of the Russian winter, 2 days before school started, with absolutely no knowledge of either the culture or the language - so you could say that I jumped in the deep end! I had always planned to travel and teach, (what better way to see the world!), but I never could have imagined that I would end up in Russia. Read more.
A LONG TERM POSITION AT A SIXTH FORM COLLEGE By Louise Dealt - Canada Uprooting your life to live abroad seems to many people too big a project to take on. But after having experienced the thrill of living in London and adventure of traveling all over Europe, I would encourage anybody to take the plunge and go for it. Living in London was a fantastic experience; we lived with like-minded travelers from all over the world and it wasn’t long before London felt like home. Everything I had ever read about London is true - it’s a vibrant, international city where everywhere you go feels like the place to be. It is also true it is a very expensive city, but we could easily afford to pay our bills, travel and have fun on our salaries. Read more.
TEACHING IN ESSEX (NEAR LONDON) By Madeline Falconer - Canada I accepted a teaching position in Essex, England for the 2002/03 school without knowing much about the place I was going to. I had asked a few questions during my phone interview and felt like I was heading into a friendly environment. Read more.
A KIWI IN SURREY By Rachel Anderson - New Zealand In 2002 I was flicking through the paper one day and came across the "Teach in UK" ad. As I was looking at heading over to the UK in 2003 I decided to give them a ring. From the first time of contact the people at Southern Alps were nothing but helpful to me. They were able to answer all of my questions and gave me information to help sort out the Job application process and forms to enable things to progress smoothly. Read more.
LIFE IN RUSSIA By Donna Chisholm - New Zealand Well, Russia sure ain't like anything on earth - I have travelled a lot and it has been a new experience for me. Read more.

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