[cambodia]

I agree 100% - mandatory for many of us. However, many international schools don't believe they should spend the extra money, placing operating costs over value of the service they are providing. As a parent with children living overseas, I've made sure that background checks are run on all instructors with responsibility for educating or taking care of my children.

If any good comes out of this, hopefully though shut down some of these dubious recruiting agencies and make sure security checks are mandatory. I'm also sure law enforcement is already involved in looking at this and other sites.

[garbageseeker]

However, many international schools don't believe they should spend the extra money, placing operating costs over value of the service they are providing. As a parent with children living overseas, I've made sure that background checks are run on all instructors with responsibility for educating or taking care of my children.

Perhaps, these sites that hire teachers for international school need to charge an application fee for background checks. I had to pay $100 for my state background check. Hopefully, I hope that the there is some sort of regulation both on the state and federal levels.