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Moving to an international school: possibilities, practicalities and implications
23 March 2023 @ 11:00 - 12:00
- Date: March 23, 2023
- Time: 11:00 – 12:00
- Cost: Member Rate – £60, Non-member Rate – £120
- Audience: Boarding practitioners who are looking to move from one country to another
- Platform: Zoom (online) – Webinar
Moving abroad to teach or work in boarding is an exciting prospect. It may also involve some adjustments. This webinar will explore the implications of moving abroad on family life and career prospects. We will also focus on the practicalities of moving abroad. For example, salaries and tax will be covered as well as what happens if you want to return to the UK.
Our speakers not only have lived experience of moving overseas from the UK but have also moved from one international school to another.
Learning Outcomes
- Understand the practicalities of moving from one country to another
- Identify personal challenges of the international move
- Evaluate the opportunities presented by a move.
Speakers:
Chris Seal, Head of Senior, Tanglin Trust, Singapore
Chris graduated from Loughborough University in the 1990s. Leading sport programmes at Woodbridge and Trent College precipitated a move into Shuker House as Housemaster in 2004 and a first connection with BSA. As a BSA certificate graduate, certificate tutor, diploma tutor, conference convener and consultant, Chris has worked with BSA ever since. Over that time Chris took the leadership of the boarding community at Licensed Victuallers’ Ascot before becoming Deputy Head at Millfield. A move to Thailand in 2017 to become Principal of Shrewsbury International School Bangkok proved wonderfully immersive and now Chris leads the Senior School at the region’s oldest international school, Tanglin Trust Singapore. Having now experienced culture shock on two occasions and gained a new perspective on the role of boarding in the UK for overseas students, Chris is continuing to learn about the international market and implications for the UK.
Crispin Dawson, Principal, Padworth College formerly Founding Principal, Cheltenham College Muscat
Crispin has been both a Head of Department and a Housemaster in UK Boarding schools. He was Senior Deputy Head at Cheltenham College and set up Cheltenham’s first overseas school in Muscat, Oman. The school opened with 312 pupils, against a projected number of 180. Crispin is now Principal of Padworth College which specialises in helping students from the UK and overseas to access UK universities.
