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What to look for. What to flag. What to negotiate.
You've got the offer. Now comes the part nobody prepares you for — actually reading the contract.
Most international school contracts are written by people who do this every year, for teachers doing it for the first time. That imbalance is exactly how "suitable accommodation" ends up meaning a studio with no kitchen, or a flight entitlement that only pays out if you complete the full contract.
This checklist closes that gap.
What's inside:
Six contract sections covered in full — salary, housing, flights & relocation, health insurance, contract term & exit clauses, and workload
Twelve red flags, explained in plain language, with what to do about each one
A region-by-region negotiation playbook (Middle East, East Asia, South & SE Asia, Europe, Latin America, Africa) — what's standard, what's actually negotiable, and exact scripts you can use
A net value calculator, so you can work out what an offer is genuinely worth once tax, housing, and cost of living are factored in — because the headline salary is the least useful number on the page
Ten questions to ask on your acceptance call that you won't find answers to in the contract itself
Who it's for: Any teacher with an offer in hand — first contract or fifth — who wants to read it properly before they sign.
13 pages. Twenty minutes to read. One contract clause you almost missed pays for it a hundred times over.
What to look for. What to flag. What to negotiate.
You've got the offer. Now comes the part nobody prepares you for — actually reading the contract.
Most international school contracts are written by people who do this every year, for teachers doing it for the first time. That imbalance is exactly how "suitable accommodation" ends up meaning a studio with no kitchen, or a flight entitlement that only pays out if you complete the full contract.
This checklist closes that gap.
What's inside:
Six contract sections covered in full — salary, housing, flights & relocation, health insurance, contract term & exit clauses, and workload
Twelve red flags, explained in plain language, with what to do about each one
A region-by-region negotiation playbook (Middle East, East Asia, South & SE Asia, Europe, Latin America, Africa) — what's standard, what's actually negotiable, and exact scripts you can use
A net value calculator, so you can work out what an offer is genuinely worth once tax, housing, and cost of living are factored in — because the headline salary is the least useful number on the page
Ten questions to ask on your acceptance call that you won't find answers to in the contract itself
Who it's for: Any teacher with an offer in hand — first contract or fifth — who wants to read it properly before they sign.
13 pages. Twenty minutes to read. One contract clause you almost missed pays for it a hundred times over.