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nomad soul
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| Just to clarify, the OP does seem to have 2 years of post-relevant MA full-time university ESOL teaching experience, coupled with 10 years of (relevant) part-time teaching experience in the UK. I have taught a little in the Middle East, but don't know much about the UAE. Are regulations and/or employer expectations so tight that the OP should immediately scratch the whole UAE off of his list, without even trying? |
Obviously, the OP and his wife can certainly apply to positions in the UAE. However, in terms of his condition that both of them obtain employment, then yes, it wouldn't be worth their time to pursue university teaching jobs in the UAE.
For starters, his wife's qualifications fall way short of the minimum. If the family decided to make it on just the OP's salary, then yes, his qualifications are stronger than hers. However, his part-time status will be an issue; UAE employers wouldn't consider him an active, fully-contributing faculty member at his current job.
Then there's the bigger issue of fewer uni teaching jobs in the UAE. This past February, the UAE government announced the decision to scrap the foundation year program at the country's public universities starting in 2018. Hiring has already slowed down significantly at the major unis, the biggest employers of foundation year teachers. As such, the OP would be competing for those few positions against qualified teachers who already have years of full-time UAE and Gulf experience. Plus, he wouldn't be able to apply for those reduced number of UAE positions until March or so of 2015 when recruiting season starts and employers show up at the IATEFL, TESOL Arabia, and TESOL International job fairs for face-to-face interviews for the 2015-2016 academic year.
Anyway, there are too many variables in play that make pursuing the UAE pointless for the OP and his wife, who both want to work so that they can enroll their teen daughter in a good school. But there are other TEFL opportunities less time consuming and easier to get into elsewhere in the world. |
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rtm
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| Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2014 5:51 am Post subject: |
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| Nomad soul, thanks for the explanation. That helps make the picture a lot clearer. |
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iam#6
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I should clarify that I did a Postgrad diploma in Esol before my MA and with that I taught 1 year full time in a language school in UK, one year at a school abroad and one year at a uni abroad. After my MA I did 2 further years and the p/t exp
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iam#6
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I should clarify that I did a Postgrad diploma in Esol before my MA and with that I taught 1 year full time in a language school in UK, one year at a school abroad and one year at a uni abroad. After my MA I did 2 further years and the p/t exp
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