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FemaleNomad · Joined: 17 Mar 2007 Posts: 58 Location: Poland

Hi everyone.. just wanted your advice. I was offered a job in Milanowek teaching small children for 40 hours a week for 4300 zloty with housing included. what do you think? does anyone know the area? any help would be greatly appreciated.

thanks!

Pollux · Joined: 04 Jan 2006 Posts: 224 Location: PL

Sounds OK. Milanowek is a nice town and you'll be able to save money.

FemaleNomad · Joined: 17 Mar 2007 Posts: 58 Location: Poland

Thanks Pollux.. I appreciate the reply. I�m flying in Wednesday so I�ll know soon enough what it�s like.

Thanks!

chromium · Joined: 06 Jun 2007 Posts: 69 Location: Dalian, China

Yeah, 4300 (I assume net) with housing is one of higher offers for sure, but 40 hours is a lot. Most teachers earn less than that, some by a substantial amount, but they (we) work only 20-30 hours a week. (At least, me anyway. ) Poland's great, but Warsaw is not the prettiest city by any stretch. Know nothing about Milinowek, though.

So, your hourly rate is below the norm. I was paid 43 net/45 min. but I was the only native Enlgish speaker in Rzeszow so they could pay me more. The averaga, I would say, is net 35-40 zl/45 min in the bigger cities. Got an offer in Gdansk for 3800, but does not include accomdation.

Hope this helps

What are some other rates anybody? These are just from my experience.

spiral78 · Joined: 05 Apr 2004 Posts: 11534 Location: On a Short Leash

However, if your 40 hours teaching children isn't going to involve either prep time or travel, I still think this is working out ok.

25 hours +/- that INCLUDE travel to businesses, irregular hours, and prep are (from personal experience) far more onerous that 40 in one location with the same group of students and regular hours.

If I'm right about the conditions, it's probably one of the better jobs on the market, nomad.

FemaleNomad · Joined: 17 Mar 2007 Posts: 58 Location: Poland

Thanks guys... The 4300 is what I�ll be taking home. There is no travel time because I�ll be living about 2 minute walk away from the school. I�ll be teaching from 8am-4pm with breaks, ofcourse, from Monday through Friday. It seemed like a lot to me because I still have to prep my lessons, but I figured for my first job it might be nice to get my feet wet without having to run around all over the place to get to clients or do private lessons. From what I�ve been hearing in the feedback I guess it won�t be too bad. Thanks for your advice... if you think of anything else, feel free.. good or bad... it�s always helpful.

Thanks!

john_n_carolina · Joined: 26 Feb 2006 Posts: 700 Location: n. carolina

...where did you find your offer?