by Jeannie Barry-Sanders

PERSONAL SAFETY IS a basic need, and educators who want to travel and work abroad must think safety first when travelling to countries outside of the United States.

"You are much safer in most cities abroad than you are in most cities in the United States. We have the most violence of any 'civilized' society. Just pick up any newspaper," says John Magagna, director of Search Associates, an international placement firm on the State Department's list of agencies that recruit educators for teaching opportunities abroad.

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