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 (except Vermont), 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 | 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* |
| Jeremy Packard | Pennsylvania, USA | US teachers living in Vermont, and any candidates aiming solely at gaining a job in the USA | |
| Ray Sparks | Nova Scotia, Canada | Teachers living in Canada | Toronto, Canada |
| Bob Barlas | Ontario, Canada | No new candidates (only re-registering 'Bob Barlas candidates') | |
| Harry Deelman | Chiang Mai, Thailand | Committed IB teachers (PYP, MYP and/or DP) of all nationalities seeking mainly IB schools worldwide. 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-February, UK and Bangkok-January*, Dubai**, Bangkok-Spring* & London-May**, for IB-experienced candidates |
| David Cope | Cambridge, UK | British, Irish and UK-curriculum teachers with a particular interest in British-system international schools | Dubai, UAE **; London-May, UK ** |
| Rob Graham | Perth, Australia | Teachers living in Australia and New Zealand, including all former Gavin Allen candidates | Sydney, Australia |
| 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. |
| ** | IB-experienced candidates intending to attend either the Dubai Fair or the London-May Fair are recommended to register with Harry Deelman. Candidates with British-system emphasis register with David Cope. |
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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 from USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand should thoroughly review www.search-associates.com and should please note that home country teachers, resident in any of the latter four countries and wishing to register, MUST select the senior associate linked to the candidate's place of residence - see chart above. Nationals of USA, Canada, 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 Harry Deelman branch ONLY if they wish to attend the IB Schools Recruitment Fair, London-February, and/or if they regard their commitment to IB teaching as out-weighing their specific national background, usually linked to their being interested in attending one or more of the Bangkok-January, Dubai, Bangkok-Spring or London Recruitment Fairs.