I think that you are spot on with your conclusion. In contacts with my friends at international schools in Asia, they report definite responses from schools they contacted back in November and December. I also can say from recruiting this year that several of the schools we contacted did respond and started a conversation. And as I mentioned on the podcast, some schools clearly were in the old mindset of waiting until January to even post their vacancies let alone start corresponding and possibly video conferencing with potential hires. I think that recruiting fairs especially in the USA are going to have fewer and fewer schools represented as video conferencing becomes the more accepted mechanism for hiring.

I think Jeff and Greg’s comments that a few schools are reaching out and going after teacher leaders with exceptional skills says a lot about forward thinking and proactive school leaders.

So while it may be more of a teacher’s market, I think it really holds true if you have international experience and you excel in your skill set.

Do you feel that this, in fact, is the case?

If so, how does this fact affect current hiring practices?

I’m thinking that maybe because there are fewer teachers out there, administrators are being pushed to hire sooner and therefore using technology to do this.
A few years back when it was an “administrators’ market” there were so many qualified teachers out there, there was no real need to push to hire early.

Any opinions on this, David, Jeff or Greg?