🌴 New field notes every week on Substack

Connecting educators to the world

Teach where the world is warm*

*or cold! We're here for both 🌴❄️

Tropic Teacher helps American educators trade burnout for a passport β€” with the course, the school database, and the one-on-one guidance to land a job at an international school.

16,000+international schools
500,000+teachers abroad today
110+countries hiring Americans
Drag to spin · click any city or country for its profile
The route

From your classroom to the coastline

🎬01 · Watch

Daily shorts and vlogs with Dr. H β€” from the summit, the trail, and the fire pit.

πŸ“–02 Β· Read

Weekly field notes on schools, cities, salaries, and the myths that hold teachers back.

πŸ“03 Β· Waitlist

Founders get first access, locked pricing, and the Rovers Guide synopsis free.

πŸŽ“04 Β· Course

The full step-by-step system: credentials, fairs, contracts, and the school database.

🌏05 · Placed

You sign abroad. We stay in your corner with consulting and the community.

What we make

Everything you need to go

One course at the center, and a toolkit around it β€” built from a decade of international classrooms.

The Book

πŸ“– Tropic Teacher, the Book

Ethan's field guide in print β€” the stories, the numbers, and the honest case for teaching abroad.

Coming soon
Free tool

🧭 The Compass

Five questions about your age, family, weather, values, and credentials β€” then a map lights up with the regions that fit you.

Free
Members

🏫 School Database

400+ vetted international schools with salary bands, tax status, curriculum, and hiring windows. Included with the course.

$9/mo or free with course
1-on-1

🀝 Consulting with Ethan

Resume and demo-lesson review, fair strategy, contract reads, and a straight answer on any school or city.

$99/hour
🗺️ Your next classroom

Where will you teach next?

The whole world is hiring — colored by climate, warm to cool. Hover for the flag, click any country for its teaching profile.

Tropical Warm Temperate Cool
🌍 Browse all 177 countries →
🎒 Did you know?
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There are more than 16,000 English-medium international schools worldwide — over double the number a decade ago.

Field notes

From the Tropic Teacher

New articles every week on Substack β€” practical, geographical, and honest.

Dr. Ethan Hildreth
Dr. H Β· Content & on-camera
Consulting & the voice behind it

Hey guys, Ethan here… Dr. H

“Coming to you from the LZ, the summit, the trail, the coffee shop, the fire pit — did you know…? Let’s talk about it.”

Dr. Ethan Hildreth spent a full career in American public education β€” teacher, high school principal, and ultimately superintendent of one of the fastest-growing school districts in the United States β€” before taking his own leap abroad. In the decade since, he has designed and opened new schools in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and Beijing, and onboarded campuses from Rotterdam to Bangalore.

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Doctorate in education“Dr. H” to his students and viewers
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U.S. superintendent (ret.)Led one of America’s fastest-growing districts, teacher to CEO in one system
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Opened schools on 2 continentsFounding roles in Dubai, Abu Dhabi & Beijing
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Onboarded 6+ campusesRotterdam, Moscow, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Vizag, Mohali
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Colleagues in 11+ countriesLondon to Doha, Singapore to Tanzania
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40+ countries traveledAnd still counting — usually with a camera rolling

Meet Dr. Hildreth — the full story →

Book an hour and bring anything β€” a resume, a school's offer letter, a city you can't decide on. You'll leave with a plan.

$99/hr Video call · resume + offer review · fair & interview strategy · honest school intel Book with Ethan

🌴 The Founders Edition is limited. The waitlist is open.

First 25,000 Founders lock in $289, a free Rovers Guide synopsis, a year of portal access, and 50% off every future edition. When it opens, the waitlist hears first.

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