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scot47 · Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Posts: 15343

Felines clearly move in different circles to the likes of me.

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

You know what they say... it's not who you are, it's who you know. Cool

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(and some of my best friends are canines...)

Never Ceased To Be Amazed · Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2010 4:10 pm Post subject:

Now, that dawg won't hunt!

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new era · Joined: 24 Mar 2010 Posts: 7

Hi everyone
yesterday I met a friend and he told me that he had been interviewed few weeks ago for a position as a teacherin KAUST and they asked for refrences then they disapeared, they should start working by may!!!
Do you have anyidea if they already chose whoever or something happened????
We are interested to get some answers.
Thank you for your help.

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

I do know one person who has got an offer and is waiting for a visa... and another who has been told that he is still being considered. They are only offering 6 month contracts (as a contractor) with the possibility of a renewal to a regular contract later. I get the impression that they haven't quite figured out what they need and are interviewing people with outstanding CVs with tons of experience to come in and help them figure it out.

They lost part of their housing in the floods and storms and these teachers will be put into a hotel in Jeddah. They are hoping to have the housing back up and ready in about 6 months. I know that all of you are eager to know the pay offered, but I do not have permission to share that number. But, I will say that it is a daily rate and it is the highest rate that I have seen for a TEFL position in the Gulf university systems. It is a total package for now and you pay your own medical coverage and housing with a low negotiated rate at the hotel... I think they fly you there and out... single status.

Supposedly there are 4 positions... that's all I've got...

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trapezius · Posted: Fri May 07, 2010 7:03 pm Post subject:

Here you go y'all:

http://www.eslcafe.com/joblist/index.cgi?read=21259

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

Definitely go to the website and read the complete description of the job. One change that I notice is that applicants are no longer required to be a US citizen.

It sounds like they expect you to earn that large salary. It says to expect to work evenings and weekends. Classroom teaching will be the least of the duties.

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dazedandconfuzzed · Joined: 27 Feb 2008 Posts: 30

I visited KAUST recently but only to stay with students there so I have only the students' perspective:

It was heavenly!

You can almost forget that you're in KSA. It makes Aramco (Khobar) look like a dump and has the makings of a 'real' university. All the students I met had gone to decent universities such as Cornell, and quite a few were arranging Summer placements at Berkeley, among other places. I also met researchers making TV documentaries. It was abaya free and very international (so it surprises me a little that they're going to have ESL instead of taking the ready trained students).

I can't tell you much about the teaching side of it, but the only negative I saw (which is actually quite big) was that it's 80km (100 sar) from Jeddah, so you would be living in an albeit rather big, goldfish bowl.

trapezius · Posted: Sat May 22, 2010 9:22 pm Post subject:

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

Based on the advertisement that Trap posted above, it looks like their EFL department plans to be very individually targeted. It won't be like the normal Gulf university with a group of homogeneous low level Foundations classes where all are Arabic speakers. I don't believe that their intent is to have any EFL classes, but to do things on a tutorial, self-access basis.

Though I wouldn't be surprised if that doesn't change eventually as they try to expand their student base.

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Imdramayu · Joined: 09 Feb 2007 Posts: 394 Location: South Korea

I wonder if anyone from within KSA can read this b/c this forum has been blocked. Anyway, if you can read or know, please answer.

I want to work as an EFL instructor @ KAUST but I can't find any EFL-type jobs in the job listing in their website. Are there any or are they buried? How can I apply @ KAUST anyway?

Thanks. Im

ganesh77 · Joined: 05 Jul 2009 Posts: 37

A mere 80Km/100SAR bus trip from Jeddah and you can even apply in person! I've always believed that a well-greased hand-delivered CV is the front door to the land of opportunity Razz

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

I replied on your other thread. KAUST's contractor (don't know who this is now) hires few teachers (2 or 3) on business visas, large salary - no benefits, room in a hotel in Jiddah. And you better have a VERY impressive CV... MA... 10+ years of experience... strong materials development, preferably content directed for more advanced students than the usual ME classes... many Chinese students.

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