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BrownSauce · Joined: 31 Dec 2008 Posts: 87 Location: Fantasy Island

I have several friends and colleagues still teaching at HTC, and they earn something in the region of 24-25k per month. Mind you, they've been there for donkey's years.

It's a very good salary, as it's equal to about 4,000 sterling per month, or around 50k sterling per year. To earn that in the UK, you'd need to be earning something like 65-70k per year before tax - and no teacher gets that, I'm sure!

Sheikh N Bake · Joined: 26 Apr 2007 Posts: 1307 Location: Dis ting of ours

Sounds about right if your income taxes in the UK aren't over 30% for a 50K salary. 50K sterling is $75,000 US. Add the income tax and social security deductions for that amount and you're looking at 25-30%...$22,000. Then add the value of free housing, $1000 a month, $12K annually. Total value of tax-free package with free housing = $34,000. That should be about 22,000 pounds sterling. Added to 50K = 72K total package. And all that's assuming your income taxes are as low as they are in the US...which I assume they are not.

BrownSauce · Joined: 31 Dec 2008 Posts: 87 Location: Fantasy Island

I guess you're right, SNB. Renting out the homeland property can be very lucrative, and I know of one teaching couple at HTC who each earn at least 25k a month, with another 2,000 quid per month on top from their UK rental income (two properties). That makes for a very generous annual income of around 125k sterling ($200k ?) for the two of them - not bad, eh!

harrykylee · Joined: 15 Jan 2010 Posts: 15

What salary can a HCT content faculty with a masters and a phd on the way expect? What is reasonable expectation? PM me if you don't want to post. Thanks.

veiledsentiments · Joined: 20 Feb 2003 Posts: 17644 Location: USA

A PhD coming has no value until is officially arrives. For the most part, it will be very similar to the salaries offered to TEFL MAs with the same amount of experience as you (which you didn't mention and that would have a great deal of effect). You may get a bit more if it is something highly technical with not too many people teaching it...

VS

yellofello · Joined: 05 Jun 2007 Posts: 68

They work you very hard. Next year when they turn into a degree granting outfit things will probably get much worse. Avoid Sharjah Women's - quite a few nasties out here. The big boss has no idea how to treat people. Busy writing emails at 3 in the morning!!!!

BrownSauce · Joined: 31 Dec 2008 Posts: 87 Location: Fantasy Island

One thing to bear in mind is that the education allowance paid by HCT has not changed since the 1990s. This is causing REAL problems for many teachers, as it means that they end up paying as much as 40,000 dirhams (more than 10,000 bucks) per year just to keep their kids in school. For some teachers, this represents a large slice of money - around 15 - 20% of their pay.

This is the usual case of hypocrisy by the management, who insist on their faculty being 'flexible' at work, but fail to even consider revising the outdated education allowance. The figure of 40k per child was fine 15 years ago, but 60k per year will soon be the norm for most good schools in Dubai and AD.

Best look elsewhere for a better deal on this. I hear that ZU pay a better schooling allowance.

madhouseminx · Joined: 03 Dec 2005 Posts: 70 Location: I am here.

Hi all.

My basic qualifications:

MA TESoL 2008
Teaching License in English Lang. Arts
BA Communications

10 years teaching exp. 1 yr. tertiary

I'm trying to get hired now in the UAE. I just applied at HCT through their website (English Faculty and Eng Cert) and I'm seeing a lot of different numbers thrown around here.

If I am hoping to be offered around 18000AED (this would make me very happy)...is this likely with my qualifications? If not, can I ask for more or do I need to accept whatever I am offered or walk away?

Any one know of any other schools that are still hiring that I should check out?

veiledsentiments · Joined: 20 Feb 2003 Posts: 17644 Location: USA

Hi Madhouse... good to see you. Laughing

Is your MA from Alexandria University? I worry that it *may* not be recognized by the Gulf Ministries. Have you checked that question? (not sure where you have been teaching since Alex...)

I might also apply to ZU.

Some places only count experience after the MA, so you may not make it to 18000. The better the employer (a theoretical measure Cool

) the less likely that they are to negotiate. I have read rumors here that people have managed to get a bump from places like HCT, but I have no direct evidence, nor do I know what they had to offer that would be special.

If you would be interested in the schools, you might look at Teachaway's website. They are always advertising here. But, it is mostly lower elementary at the moment (though I have seen ads for 12th grade). They require a teaching cert/license from home country.

VS

madhouseminx · Joined: 03 Dec 2005 Posts: 70 Location: I am here.

TMI for this post.

Never Ceased To Be Amazed · Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2010 6:34 pm Post subject: Re: schooling

DIDO · Joined: 11 Mar 2010 Posts: 8

HI ppl
when do HCT normally start the interviews and offers for August hiring
I've been in fully approved scanned mode for two month now but no contact for the interview yet, BTW I'm a subject applicant.

veiledsentiments · Joined: 20 Feb 2003 Posts: 17644 Location: USA

Eisenhorn · Joined: 25 Oct 2009 Posts: 146 Location: HCT Land. UAE

Fantana · Joined: 13 Jan 2010 Posts: 3

Eisenhorn, your post might explain my situation with HCT.

Passed screening in Feb, got a call to set up an interview. Time and date were tentatively set, then the interview got postponed a few times. Now it seems to be postponed indefinitely. Maybe they just got loads of qualified folks at the TESOL conferences.

Actually I've applied to over a dozen places in UAE (and Qatar and Oman), but HCT was the the best result I've gotten. Mostly no replies. I've got an MA in linguistics from a good school, 4 years at uni post-MA, and an IELTS examiner certification, so a little disappointed. There's always next school year.

BFantana