Choosing Your Senior Associate
| Teachers, if you have ever previously been registered with Search Associates, please continue to communicate with the senior associate with whom you were then registered. |
If you are new to Search Associates, the senior associate you choose will depend on:
- where you live (if you are still in your home country)
- which Recruitment Fair you wish to attend
- your curriculum preference and the type of international school you wish to work in
If you have not previously registered with Search Associates, please use the following table to decide with which senior associate you should register.
| Senior Associate | Based In | Which Candidates | Recruitment Fairs |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Magagna and Jessica Magagna | Pennsylvania, USA | US teachers living in New England, New York, Pennsylvania (except for South-East PA) | Cambridge MA, USA |
| Sally Gordon | Pennsylvania, USA | US teachers living in SE Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Kentucky, DC and New Jersey, and any candidates aiming solely at gaining a job in the USA | Bethesda MD, USA |
| Dexter Lewis | Virginia, USA | US teachers living in Virginia, W.Virginia, N. & S. Carolina, Tennessee | |
| Marie Bogat | Florida, USA | US teachers living in Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Texas | |
| Jim Ambrose | Nevada, USA | US teachers living in the Western States other than the Pacific coast states | |
| Michael Williams | Washington State, USA | US teachers living in California, Washington, Oregon, including all former Gary Duckett candidates | San Francisco, USA Bangkok-January* Bangkok-Spring* |
| Ray Sparks | Bangkok, Thailand | Teachers living in Canada | Toronto, Canada |
| Bob Barlas | Ontario, Canada | No new candidates (only re-registering 'Bob Barlas candidates') | |
| Harry Deelman | Chiang Mai, Thailand | Candidates who are re-registering "Harry Deelman candidates" and IB-experienced candidates who are new to Search and who wish to attend ONLY the Bangkok-January or Bangkok-Spring Fair | Bangkok-January*, Dubai, Bangkok-Spring* & London-Spring, for IB-experienced candidates; and re-registering Harry Deelman candidates for London-January |
| Gez Hayden | Chiang Mai, Thailand | Committed IB teachers (PYP, MYP and/or DP) of all nationalities seeking mainly IB schools worldwide and/or interested possibly in attending the London-January Recruitment Fair. However, all Search branches work successfully with IB teachers. Candidates with strong links to one of the territories mentioned elsewhere in this table should choose to register with the relevant associate. | London-January, for IB-experienced and IB-oriented teachers and administrators, and candidates seeking to work at a British Curriculum international school |
| David Cope | Cambridge, UK | British, Irish and UK-curriculum teachers with a particular interest in British-system international schools | Dubai, UAE; London-Spring, UK |
| Rob Graham | Perth, Australia | Teachers living in Australia and New Zealand, including all former Gavin Allen candidates | Sydney, Australia |
| Barry Drake | Malaga, Spain | ONLY teachers who aim solely to attend the Hong Kong Fair AND ARE SEEKING JOBS IN CHINA AND HONG KONG ONLY | Hong Kong, China |
| John Ritter | Vientiane, Laos | Candidates who have met John Ritter and been invited to register with him |
| * | IB-experienced candidates who are new to Search and who wish to attend either of the Bangkok fairs should register with Harry Deelman. All other Bangkok Fair candidates, who are new to Search Associates, should register with Michael Williams. |
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REMINDER: RETURNING CANDIDATES SHOULD CONTACT THEIR ORIGINAL SPONSORING ASSOCIATE FIRST AND WILL NORMALLY RE-REGISTER WITH THAT SAME ASSOCIATE. REGISTER WITH ONE BRANCH OF SEARCH ONLY. |
Regardless of which senior associate you are registered with, all Search Associates candidates are listed in the Search Associates online candidate database (accessible to school recruiters) and have access to the Search Associates database of schools and their vacancies.
Teachers in USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand should thoroughly review www.searchassociates.com and teachers in UK and Ireland should thoroughly review www.search-associates.co.uk. Please note that home country teachers, resident in any of the latter six countries and wishing to register, MUST select the senior associate linked to the candidate's place of residence - see table above. Nationals of USA, Canada, UK, Ireland, Australia or New Zealand who are living and working outside their native country (and who have not registered previously with any other senior associate in Search) may consider registration with the Gez Hayden branch if they wish to attend the IB Schools Recruitment Fair, London-January, and/or if they regard their commitment to IB teaching as out-weighing their specific national background.