If you're travelling to Taiwan with kids who are of school age you will probably need to consider where they are going to get eduated. Here is a list of international schools and programs that you might be able to consider for your child.
Bringing Children to Taiwan
Great news! If you're a licensed certified teacher the Ministry of Education wants you to teach in a public school in Taiwan AND they are happy to fly your spouse or a dependent to join you! Housing is also set up so that you and your family can be comfortable. At present this is the only opportunity we have were benefits are extended to family members.
If you are bringing kids to teach with you in Taiwan there are several important considerations:
- Taipei, Taichung and Kaohsiung are really the only major centers set up to host foreign kids. This is not suggesting that you need everything Western to be happy but rather that education, English speaking doctors, play groups, sports teams and other Western friends will be easier to find and meet in one of those metropolitan centers.
- Where is your child going to be educated?
- Montessori is a great option for young ones
- Innoculations?
- Government exams back home?
- Keeping up with education back home?
- Adjusting to language and cultural differences in Taiwan?
- Friends and family back home?
How can you allay an employers concerns about your commitment to teaching in Taiwan when you are bringing children with you? The primary concern an employer is going to have is about your family's ability to stay for the duration of your contract. It's quite an effort to replace a teacher mid-semester and really not very fair to the students... give it some thought, a you ready to commit to a year?
