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Abstract
The ability to recruit and retain quality teachers is an important one for many schools. For international schools the issue can be complex, with teachers choosing (or rejecting) not just a school but a country. This article sets out to investigate the relative importance of school and country to teacher decisions about their jobs by surveying a sample of international school teachers. The results of the survey, and their possible implications for schools, are considered.
Keywords international schools, location, recruitment, retention
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