General News

2018 Advanc-Ed Latin American Conference

Senior Associate Ralph Jahr attended the AdvancED’s annual Latin American Conference in Atlanta, December 4–6. The theme Dream Big paid homage to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Ralph estimates…

Search Toronto Fair 2018

This December 7–9, Senior Associate Gary MacPhie hosted Search Toronto, where recruiters from schools arrived with 300 international teaching vacancies to fill. This low candidate-to-school…

NAIS POCC 2018

COO Rajiv Bhat and Senior Associate Julie Ryan —for the third year in a row—attended the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS) People of Color Conference (PoCC) November 28–December…

ECIS 2018 Educators Conference | December 19, 2018

Senior Associate Gary MacPhie and Senior Consultant Gunther Brandt attended the European Council International Schools (ECIS) 2018 Educators...

MAIS Conference 2018 | December 17, 2018

Senior Associate Bill Turner and his wife Alison enjoyed the annual conference for the Mediterranean Association of International Schools...

2018 NAEYC Conference: Making an Impact and Learning from Mr. Rogers | December 14, 2018

The annual conference of the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) was held in Washington, D.C. this year, with over...

EARCOS Leadership Conference 2018 | December 13, 2018

Senior Associates Bridget McNamer , Nick Kendell , Gez Hayden , and COO Rajiv Bhat enjoyed participating in the annual Leadership...

Search Associates Attends IB Global | December 11, 2018

Senior Associates Barry Drake and Gez Hayden attended the International Baccalaureate (IB) Global Conference this October 4–8, 2018 at the...

Search Leadership Fair 2018 | December 3, 2018

Senior Associate Ray Sparks hosted the eighth annual Search Leadership Fair in Bangkok, November 16-18 at NIST International School. Seventy...

Search Associates Latin America Fair 2018 | November 27, 2018

Search Associates is renowned for helping educators embark upon their first international teaching adventures. On November 16-18, 2018, Senior...

2018 Search East Asia Fair | November 21, 2018

Search Associates launched its recruiting season with the new Search East Asia Fair on October 19–20 this year. A total of 147 candidates met...

2018 FOBISIA Leadership Conference | November 17, 2018

Senior Associates Ray Sparks and Bill Turner along with Alison Turner enjoyed this year’s FOBISIA Leadership Conference, held in...

Search Associates Enters Into Partnership with Online Teacher Preparation Platform TEACH-NOW | November 12, 2018

Collaboration between international companies will help fill teaching positions in classrooms around the world. As the nation’s...

NESA School Leadership Conference 2018 | November 6, 2018

Senior Associate John Ritter represented Search Associates at the Near East South Asia (NESA) Council of Overseas School Leadership Conference...

Our Annual Meeting in Morocco: Growth, Perspective, and a Purposeful Mission | November 4, 2018

This June, Senior Associates and staff flew in from around the world to convene in beautiful Tangier, Morocco for our Annual General Meeting...

Uniforms in International Schools | October 29, 2018

There are many pros and cons to the debate on school uniforms and their use in international schools. Some general points and counterpoints are...

International Teaching and Living in Turkey | October 26, 2018

Once you have been to Turkey, it is one of those places that you ask yourself, “Why ever did I wait so long?” Senior Associate Bill Turner...

2018 Tri Association Conference | October 22, 2018

Senior Associates Jen Imholt and Bob Imholt enjoyed the 37 th Annual Tri Association Educators’ Conference this September 28 th –29...

2018 AASSA Governance Conference | October 14, 2018

Longtime Latin American educator and Senior Associate Dr. Bob Imholt attended the recent AASSA Governance Conference at the Marriott Dadeland...

Top 5 Reasons to Fall in Love with Latin America | October 9, 2018

By Senior Associate Jennifer Imholt Someone once warned Bob and me early in our careers that if you go to Latin America, you’ll never want...