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[taylorfamily]

Dear Friends,

I am an American looking at the long haul of living in Moscow, St Petersburg, or Kazakhstan. My wife is Russian and I also speak the language which makes it fairly reasonable.

I have taught in Hong Kong extensively on 35-40 USD/hour. I am now located in lovely Saudi Arabia making a lucrative salary and teaching privately at 40-50USD/hour.

By the time I leave Saudi for ideally the Russia region, I will have my Masters in Education and an American teaching license.

I have seen excellent offers from this NIS in Kazakhstan; can anyone attest to the stated 50-60K USD/year plus full benefits (accommodations, flights, health care, visas) being legit?

Beyond that, is it possible at a private or international school to make this kind of salary as a certified American teacher with a Masters degree and several years of experience?

I know it exists here in the Middle East - UAE, Saudi, Qatar - and the far east - Japan, China, Korea - but curious if its possible in the land of Borsh!

Thank you in advance,
Taylor

[maruss]

There are a few elite schools in Moscow who pay very well to recruit the best staff and if you think you could offer what they want then you might be lucky?They tend to use agencies such as Carfax, based in the U.K. and I have seen them advertise on the expat.ru site occasionally under the employment/vacancies section.

[kazpat]

The published info by recruiting companies for NIS is accurate.