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lolo316 · Joined: 18 Jul 2005 Posts: 10 Location: Southern California

Does anyone know about the New York School of English? They pay @ $5000 per month which seems like a lot and too good to be true...anyone know of anything about them?

MELEE

lolo316 · Joined: 18 Jul 2005 Posts: 10 Location: Southern California

whoops. i was thinking $5000 USD. Some places I have seen on the job board say anywhere from $900 USD to $2500 USD. That is why when I saw $5000 I was surprised.

How is that area?

Guy Courchesne · Joined: 10 Mar 2003 Posts: 9650 Location: Mexico City

There have been other threads on La Piedad if you use the search button...

5000 is not a lot to live on, though if you had accommodations included in a position, it is doable in a lower cost-of-living town like I think La Piedad to be.

dfields3 · Joined: 14 Feb 2007 Posts: 29 Location: Atlanta

500 dollars a month ain't a lot. I have driven through La Piedad several times. There isn't a lot there but Michoacan itself has a lot to offer. Zamora is a close, somewhat bigger city that shouldn't be missed. If you end up there go to "el lago de Camecuaro". It is my favorite off the beaten track place in Mexico and one of the most beautiful rivers i've ever seen.

Phil_K · Joined: 25 Jan 2007 Posts: 2041 Location: A World of my Own

I would love to live in a rural area, if work weren't the problem! I've passed through La Piedad many times and agree that it isn't much if you want nightlife and excitement, but that depends on what kind of person you are. One thing I did notice is that property (and therefore rents, I assume) is very cheap there. My mother in laws family comes from Chavinda, near Zamora, and it is a very nice part of the country, with easy access to some great places.

Samantha · Joined: 25 Oct 2003 Posts: 2038 Location: Mexican Riviera

Melee wrote:

MELEE · Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2007 1:26 pm Post subject:

If I start naming schools this thread will either be deleted or locked. Sad

But there are two cases, Private Universities as a FULL-TIME tenure track professor--obviously graduate degrees and research work in the field are required to be competitive for those positions. More and more unis are going to mostly part-time faculty especially for English when it is only an elective and not a major. The other type of school that pays near the top end of the scale are private collegios that run a British or US curriculum--all in English, not bilingual. For these jobs you must be a certified school teacher in your home country and have experience teaching school aged kids.
In both of those cases jobs are usually in the major cities and usually in a posh area of town, if you want to live near work you will pay a lot in rent so pocket money is often the same as the jobs that pay around 10,000 in cheap areas.

Samantha · Joined: 25 Oct 2003 Posts: 2038 Location: Mexican Riviera

Melee wrote:

reddevil79 · Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2007 2:10 pm Post subject:

I was in contact last year with a few teachers from the British Curriculum schools in DF, and they told me that their salaries were in the high 20s Shocked

One in particular pays even more.

I just keep telling myself that money isn't everything Laughing