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Sheikh Inal Ovar · Joined: 04 Dec 2005 Posts: 1208 Location: Melo Drama School

How good is your tap-dancing, juggling, or fire-eating ... you might be able to get a job on one of the summer hotel entertainment teams ...

... or what about a speciality act from your home country ... German tuba players (lederhosen and tuba required) ... Vienese Waltzers ... Russian bear wrestlers (bear required) ...

molly farquharson · Joined: 16 Jun 2004 Posts: 839 Location: istanbul

Most language schools do not hire for just the summer, and ET does not give such short contracts at any time anyway.

You might look at the summer schools for kids at Doga Koleji and Robert College. if you spoke Turkish you could google for summer schools in Istanbul, as I know there are more. make sure they provide housing and don't bother about the work visa, as it is too long a process for such a short time.

yaramaz · Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 6:21 am Post subject:

This may or may not be 100% accurate, but I'm getting the feeling that EF might have a lot of summer work, at least in Levent. I was asking my DoS about taking a month or two off at that time to travel and mentioned that I figured it shouldn't be a scheduling problem since summers aren't busy usually in dersanes and she said that actually things have changed and that it had been unusually busy last summer and likely will be the same this coming summer. I don't know about 3 month contracts, but it can't hurt to ask- I think they were doing them at the Suadiye branch a few years ago to cover all the teachers taking holidays. They pay salaries.

Otterman Ollie · Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 7:19 am Post subject:

Basically if you think you can come over here when most fee paying students are on the beach and in the night clubs or getting laid, a summer school is really the last thing on most peoples minds ,do you really want to teach in all that heat ?

tararu · Joined: 07 May 2006 Posts: 494

Perhaps you could contact some of the large hotels down south and see if they have any English programs running in the summer for their customers. Also, many rich families here need a nanny for the summer months. They like to have someone to look after their kids as they frolick down in Bodrum. You could try Anglo Nannies in Levent.

amandakay · Joined: 12 Dec 2006 Posts: 6 Location: USA

Thank you for all your suggestions! Molly- Unfortunately, I do not speak Turkish. Do you happen to have the email addresses to the summer schools you were referencing?
I would prefer to teach English this summer because I think that is what I want to do post graduation, but I would really take anything. Thanks