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also in saudi · Joined: 26 Feb 2006 Posts: 137

Would anyone know the approximate salary range for a math or physics teacher at QAC? What is the package (accommodation, tickets, medical, etc)?
Also living and classroom conditions? Thank you.

wilberforce · Joined: 27 Dec 2008 Posts: 647

I know English teachers make around 10 - 11,000 QR. The last director resigned so I have no idea about the new one. Maybe they have given them a pay rise. I was contracted here years ago when I worked for a guy named Malachy who ran the language program. The accomodation isn't too bad - at least the one I last visited down in Najma near the second-hand/carpentry souk. It was a decently furnished two bedroom with a balcony. I worked for the Gulag at QP and we had dark windowless apartments in Musheirib (the bedrooms had windows but the living rooms didn't). The apartments were about a fifteen minute drive from the college which is behind the airport, not too far from the Doha Marriott Hotel. Long term plans include a move to Al Khor near the Qatar Leadership Academy. I don't know if this is still in the pipeline or on hold. I supposed you'd better contact them. Most of the people who work there didn't mind the place. The students are either very low level types who want to be airplane technicians or brighter types who want to be pilots. Both groups need intensive language training. What is nice about the place is the fact that there are quite a few different nationalities which makes it more interesting than working for QP. There are also some female students.

http://www.qac.edu.qa/

also in saudi · Joined: 26 Feb 2006 Posts: 137

thank you for your response.

What is housing like on the QAC campus ? how is the restaurant ?

paperback · Joined: 25 Nov 2010 Posts: 116

lollaerd · Joined: 03 Jul 2009 Posts: 337

Like all of Malachy's recruits, I worked here as well as at the Gulag. At one point he managed both outfits from the compound way down on D-Rring road. Remember those days? Good times and good company.

This was one of the best places I ever worked in. The real problem is the low salaries like everyone says. If they brought the salaries up to market value, more people might stay. The students were nice, a mix of nationals and others. A place with good memories for me.

also in saudi · Joined: 26 Feb 2006 Posts: 137

Thank you.

HoD said:

Housing separate your own, but you have partners in the building within the college and there is a restaurant provides 3 meals a day free of charge

To what is he referring?

paperback · Joined: 25 Nov 2010 Posts: 116

also in saudi · Joined: 26 Feb 2006 Posts: 137

Thank you.

Definitely QAC.

HoD also wrote:

Housing at the college is best for you in the beginning with 3 free meals daily in a restaurant, housing is good in college ... city center close to the college.

paperback · Joined: 25 Nov 2010 Posts: 116

lollaerd · Joined: 03 Jul 2009 Posts: 337

Improvements afoot. They have supposedly hired a new director for the English Unit who is known for his great people skills and experience. It looks like Malachy's old haunt is going up in the world. Good luck to this guy! Maybe he can wangle a pay rise for the teachers - the salary is low but people stay on because it is a fairly hassle-free work environment with no evaluation garbage, etc.

also in saudi · Joined: 26 Feb 2006 Posts: 137

The administration consists mostly of Indians and a couple of Qataris. Few are competent in English. Most Qatari students are poor and unmotivated.

sharter · Joined: 25 Jun 2008 Posts: 878 Location: All over the place

Don't tell me Ivan's gone Sad

Desert_Dweller · Joined: 26 Oct 2011 Posts: 5

Any updates?