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What if I go on exchange and find out that I don’t like the school? Can I return to Australia if I want to? |
Once a teacher has committed themself to an exchange, the option of returning home part of the way through the exchange is not recommended. As a condition of accepting the exchange, if one of the parties wants to return home before the completion of the exchange year and their exchange partner wants to stay, the teacher returning home would be on leave without pay for the remainder of the exchange period. They would be required to negotiate moving back to their home with their exchange partner and in return would be required to provide alternative furnished accommodation for their exchange partner.
The teacher’s home school would be required to finance a replacement teacher in the overseas school. A significant amount of communication and negotiation between the parties is required before this option can be considered.
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