Some wise decisions have propelled Search candidate Lorena Diaz Trujillo’s international teaching career. For her student teaching, she chose an International Baccalaureate (IB) School. After…
Jeannette Washington, a formally trained speech-language pathologist, was inspired to pursue international teaching while traveling for work with various nonprofits and companies. She had a dream:…
Since 2007, Cath Bae and Jeff MacRaild have been living their best life teaching abroad, with the help of Search Associates (SEARCH). Years ago, as the couple finished their first overseas teaching…
International educator Juliana Marulanda Quintero was back home teaching in Colombia when an unexpected call reignited her journey—this time...
College Counselor Jemison Foster worked in international schools abroad for 15 years before returning to the U.S. during the pandemic. Since...
At the heart of education, Computer Teacher Pyae Sone (Pete) Kyaw is motivated to prepare students for tomorrow. For him, education means always...
Leesa Downes has spent the better part of the last 14 years working for an international school in her home country of Australia. Now, with the...
Liz and Dan Miller have been teaching candidates with Search Associates (SEARCH) so long that they can't quite remember how they first got involved...
Search Associates loves collaborating with educational organizations across the globe. Three years ago, Senior Associate for the Midwest Brian...
While wandering the exhibition hall of a conference in San Francisco for the National Council for Teacher of Mathematics (NCTM), Dwight Stephenson...
For over two decades, Charles Karuri taught in international schools in his home country of Kenya. The special needs educator served in two schools...
After nine years in U.S schools, School Counselor Boon Khang completed his first year at Singapore American School (SAS) in June 2023. What makes...
After receiving an email around midnight about eight years ago, Canadian William Fraser made a decision to take a “complete and total risk!”...
Seventeen years ago, Sabina Conjamalay and Dan Hall committed themselves to teaching for a couple of years in London before teaching abroad....
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...
Adriaan and Carmen Elias have enjoyed rich experiences teaching in international schools for some twenty years. They have had the opportunity...
“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...
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Senior Associate Gary MacPhie is based in Toronto, Canada where he started his teaching career, and then spent 26 years overseas as a teacher, principal and recruiter in Asia, Africa, and the Middle East.
