Your future after completing the International Teacher Education for Secondary Schools (ITESS)

Career diversity 

As a teacher in an international environment, many of your learners have parents who work in a country for some year and then move on. Your classes often include a diversity of learners with different backgrounds and language levels. With your professional skills, you will be a confident teacher to all kinds of learners. With your help, they will acquire the necessary subject knowledge and develop into eager, social and balanced individuals.  

The ITESS diploma does not include a Dutch teaching licence. To obtain a teaching licence for the Netherlands, you need to complete an additional programme. The duration of this programme depends on situation and specialisation. 

Careers open to you after graduation include: 

• Teacher at an international secondary school. 
• Teacher in bilingual education 
• Coordinator of school programmes or projects 
• Counsellor 
• Careers counsellor 
• Special educational needs teacher 

Continue your studies

Take your passion for teaching to the next level with a master’s degree. With the Master’s Learning & Innovation (special track International Teacher Education), you explore contemporary approaches to pedagogy and research within the context of your international school The master's is a two-year part-time programme that combines online specialisation modules with residential core courses in the Netherlands.