Green,

Do you give potential teachers a good (and honest) picture of the working environment? Do you tell them what and who they will be teaching? What the town is like? Acommodation?

3 teachers running away that fast cannot be a co-incidence. Maybe there are cultural differences as well that you are not aware of.

It is difficult to advise you on specifics, but I would create a Q&A sheet to send to teachers with pictures of the school and details of the classes. Look for teachers that have worked abroad, and Poland in paticular as well. Most 'problem' teachers are the ones that haven't been abroad before and hence suffer much more from 'culture shock'.

It is much better to give a teacher the full facts so they can decide against coming in the first place, rather than promise a lot and lose them soon after they arrive.

This is what I do, and my retention rates are far better than they where when I first arrived.

Anyway, good luck!

> ok i see what you mean, but if i tell natives that it is a small
> touristic town full of tourists for half a year and empty for another
> half and they come they say they like the town and then leave without
> the reason then it is surprising. if i don't like some place i say
> sorry that's not what i like and at least i would know what to think
> and if a teacher invents the reason of leaving instead of being
> honest - that's not the way it should be. i know my students and i
> know the conditions i offer. i have been working for my reputation
> for more that 7 years and i wouldn't disppoint my students as i
> really care and i always treat natives as friends not employees (as i
> think that's the way it should be) but i think i wasn't lucky enough
> and i am sure that there are people who will be willing to come to my
> town and fullfil the contract well and at the same time enojoy the
> area. and that's good what you mentioned that the number of
> unemployed professionals in american is increasing but does it mean
> that everybody can be a teacher now? anyone having nothing to do? i
> am sorry but i cannot agree with that.