Choosing Your Senior Associate
| Candidates who have ever previously been registered with Search Associates should continue to communicate with, and should normally re-register with, the Senior Associate with whom they 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 help you to decide which Senior Associate you should register with.
| 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 and Irish teachers; teachers of any nationality resident in the UK or Ireland; teachers of any nationality with experience of the UK curriculum; non-IB teachers interested in the Dubai and/or London-May fairs | 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 | No new candidates - Re-registering John Ritter candidates: IB-experienced to Harry Deelman; all others to Michael Williams |
| * | IB-experienced candidates who are new to Search Associates 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. |
| ** | Candidates who are new to Search Associates and who are interested in attending either the Dubai Fair or the London-May Fair should register with David Cope (the British branch), except for IB-experienced and IB-preference candidates who are recommended to register with Harry Deelman. |
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.