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[alex1970]

Does anyone know of MESchool?

http://www.meschool.ru/

[RoscoeTX]

Hi there Alex,

I worked there back in 2008 for a couple of years.

Pros: pay is always on time; visa is taken care of (probably work visa); friendly and decent Russian owners; pretty free in your classroom to create your own lesson plans, teachers room with enough extra teaching materials to help spice up any lessons; average salary

Cons: not so easy to get to work---school has two locations, both located outside the MKAD, must take a bus to get there; most likely will need to teach children and sometimes very small kids too; not shocking but will probably have split shifts, difficult considering schools locations; low to average salary; may have to travel for business lessons

Anyways, when I worked there they only had 1 location in Kurkino and I live pretty close to there, so it was an even better place to work because of that. MEschool was my first job here and I had zero teaching experience and they gave me a chance. Plus I liked that the place was small and we had a good group of expats there. And I think even now the expats working there are a nice bunch as I know a few of them.

Best of luck and let me know if you have any other questions

[alex1970]

Thanks Roscoe!