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Hi I'm waiting to hear back from this school following an interview today. It is a new school near Dubailand. If there anyone who has accepted a position there I would love to hear from you.

maryellen wrote:Hi I'm waiting to hear back from this school following an interview today. It is a new school near Dubailand. If there anyone who has accepted a position there I would love to hear from you.

Sorry never heard of that one!

Sage thats bec its new according to her.

Maryellen can you tell us which position have you been interviewed for? Ive heard teaching career in DXB receives a yummy yummy package!

http://www.ias-dubai.com/home.html

This is the website, its only started this year. I've applied for upper primary position. Fingers crossed

Ive heard teaching career in DXB receives a yummy yummy package!

haha.... all the teachers i know say they are underpaid! most of the private schools here are continually pushing the price of their fees up, but not pushing up the price/ package that they provide the teachers with - simple profit taking because of supply and demand.

two teachers i know actually left dubai, as they couldn't put up with the attitude of some of the children - ill dissaplined, no respect etc. and their hands were tied with respect to enforcing and kind of disapline (and i'm not talking corpral punishment - simply detention and writing lines).

one likened it to teaching in a government school in the uk, but with better facilities!

on the upside, you should see the presents they would get just prior to exams - i'm not kidding now, i'm talking serious gift vouchers for damas, diamond earings, watches etc....

dbxsoul wrote:i'm talking serious gift vouchers for damas, diamond earings, watches etc....

maybe thats what zam was referrring to as "yummy packages"...


Good luck maryellen !!

Thanks for the warning but I am an experienced teacher and have worked in numerous different settings. Every school is very different with positive and negative factors and I am under no illusion that teaching in Dubai will be a 'walk in the park'.

Kids are kids no matter what their backgroung or cultural upbringing and they do like to push the boundaries. I'm sorry your friends felt so miserable but I'm sure they'll look back and be glad of the experience

I guess I need to try it out for myself and hey if it all goes wrong at least I'll have a few pressies to soften the blow

maryellen wrote:Thanks for the warning but I am an experienced teacher and have worked in numerous different settings. Every school is very different with positive and negative factors and I am under no illusion that teaching in Dubai will be a 'walk in the park'.

Kids are kids no matter what their backgroung or cultural upbringing and they do like to push the boundaries. I'm sorry your friends felt so miserable but I'm sure they'll look back and be glad of the experience

I guess I need to try it out for myself and hey if it all goes wrong at least I'll have a few pressies to soften the blow

I suspect the pressies are given in order to influence the final results
Did I say that, naaaaaaah

I suspect the pressies are given in order to influence the final results
Did I say that, naaaaaaah[/quote]


Too bad I'll already have the pressies before they get results ha ha

MaaaD wrote:

dbxsoul wrote:i'm talking serious gift vouchers for damas, diamond earings, watches etc....

maybe thats what zam was referrring to as "yummy packages"...


Good luck maryellen !!

LOL MaaaD...actually I didnt knew this "gifts" before...

Last year Im hearing stories of no less than 5 digits salary for teachers but then again there is always two side of the story

maryellen wrote:http://www.ias-dubai.com/home.html

This is the website, its only started this year. I've applied for upper primary position. Fingers crossed

Mentoring future generation is a responsible task. So we take enough care in providing the best teaching faculty in our school. Most of them are postgraduates and PhDs in their subjects, thus ensuring world class quality education in the campus.

PhDs? In a school ?

Little Johnny is not impressed .

At least they have a website.

Thanks for the good luck guys I've just been offered the job That was quick the Arabs don't mess about!

Now lets get through this contract with a fine tooth comb

Congratulations and good luck.

maryellen wrote:Thanks for the good luck guys I've just been offered the job That was quick the Arabs don't mess about!

Now lets get through this contract with a fine tooth comb

Congratulations . Weren't you looking at another school a while ago? Queen Int?

Congrats MaryEllen!

maryellen wrote:Thanks for the good luck guys I've just been offered the job That was quick the Arabs don't mess about!

Now lets get through this contract with a fine tooth comb

nice one!!...looks like you and the better half are going to be permanent fixtures around here...more the merrier...let me know when you land back...would love to catch up for a few drinks or so... ...and welcome to dubai...officially!!

sharewadi wrote:

maryellen wrote:Thanks for the good luck guys I've just been offered the job That was quick the Arabs don't mess about!

Now lets get through this contract with a fine tooth comb

Congratulations . Weren't you looking at another school a while ago? Queen Int?

Trying to get some info about that school was like getting blood out of a stone. Decided to give it a miss

constantine wrote:

maryellen wrote:Thanks for the good luck guys I've just been offered the job That was quick the Arabs don't mess about!

Now lets get through this contract with a fine tooth comb

nice one!!...looks like you and the better half are going to be permanent fixtures around here...more the merrier...let me know when you land back...would love to catch up for a few drinks or so... ...and welcome to dubai...officially!!

Thanks const sounds good we'll give you a buzz