Mary Rabbitt Ms. Rabbitt has lived and worked abroad as both a student and teacher in Panama, Guinea, Israel, and the Netherlands. She is a vice president at International Schools Services.
International relocations are on the rise.
Savvy companies know that such moves involve not only the relocating employee, but their family as well. When children are involved, planning for their educational needs must be done, and the earlier the better. The knowledge that an appropriate educational program awaits an internationally relocating family can be the key to recruiting and retaining personnel at an international site. Happily, for international companies and relocating families, most large and small cities around the world have at least one international school. In fact, The 1997 - 98 ISS Directory of Overseas Schools lists 586 schools in 156 countries.