Seventeen years ago, Sabina Conjamalay and Dan Hall committed themselves to teaching for a couple of years in London before teaching abroad. Since then, they have striven to balance their passion…
While Matt Letham has a passion for taking things and turning them around, his last seven years in Brunei have been particularly busy! He turned around a struggling school, met and married his…
Adriaan and Carmen Elias have enjoyed rich experiences teaching in international schools for some twenty years. They have had the opportunity to live and work in Kuwait, Mozambique, and India,…
“I wish I had agreed to the adventure sooner!” admits veteran educator Derrek Berkompas, after teaching abroad for the last few years. The driving...
Andrew and Traleen met when they were teenagers. Decades later, they have stayed together as their career paths veered apart—and then back together...
A two-week trip to South Africa in December 2014 to visit relatives working at the International School of Johannesburg inspired the Lewises...
Khalilah Ali spent most of her adult life living and teaching English in Atlanta, Georgia. Now this self-described mother of two kids and two...
The Robinsons took a tremendous leap to teach abroad this school year. And why not? Search Associates (SEARCH) was behind them every step of...
After teaching in her home country of Kenya for 12 years, Hellen Ommani moved to South America to her new home at Colegio Panamericano in 2022...
For a Third Culture Kid, it can be the international school rather than the country of birth that truly feels like home. This is certainly the...
Over twenty years ago, Dr. Fiona Philip-Mayer registered with Search Associates (SEARCH) on the recommendation of a friend, who also recommended...
Four years ago, when professor and novelist Adam Davies began teaching at a school that combines college with high school, he discovered a joy...
A chance to travel and earn a bit of pocket change spurred college grad Priya Jaggi to teach ESL in Bangkok through the Teach in Thailand Program...
Born and raised in Sri Lanka, Conrad Francis, a talented swimmer, was sent at age 15 for specialized training at Nunawading Swimming Club in...
Shanel and Samuel Fretwell are getting ready to move to Morocco, their first overseas teaching adventure! That is not to say their lives haven’t...
Californian Nick Porras got his first taste of teaching—and Africa—through the Peace Corps. His undergraduate degree in hand, Nick moved to...
When Simone and Nathan first met in Hobart, Tasmania, Simone was still at university, and Nathan—originally from New South Wales—was working...
In her 18 years of international education, Rubi Bona has enjoyed adventures in Dubai, Turkey, Nepal, Indonesia, Iraq, and, currently, Pakistan....
Murat Gökalp and Canan Cermen have been working with Search Associates (SEARCH) since Day 1, they say, having learned about us from international...
Sara Zohoré began her journey as a middle school math teacher in the inner-city of Houston, Texas, U.S. when Teach for America recruited her....
Get Started…
Did You Know…?
During the past year, Search Associates has assisted over 3,000 teachers, counselors, librarians, and administrators find jobs.
