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Imdramayu
Joined: 09 Feb 2007 Posts: 394 Location: South Korea
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Posted: Sun Jan 19, 2014 12:11 pm Post subject: Bringing family to NWT when teaching |
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Has any public school teachers brought their family (wife & kids) to NWT when getting a job there? What kind of school did their kids end up in (or was home-schooling the best option)? How was is it for the wife?
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santi84
Joined: 14 Mar 2008 Posts: 1317 Location: under da sea
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Posted: Sun Jan 19, 2014 8:58 pm Post subject: |
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I'm not in NWT but I have a few friends there, all originally from BC and got contracts after they received their BEds. Are you talking about Yellowknife - or one of the more remote communities (non-Yellowknife)?
To be honest, life is quite difficult for families outside Yellowknife. If you are going to one of the smaller communities (particularly the air-accessible ones), you will always stand out as the teacher's wife - the cop's wife - the community token government worker's wife (and child). I don't recommend it long-term for family sanity, and everyone I know has done a 1-3 year stint and been back.
I would not raise my children outside Yellowknife - we actually were offered a placement as my husband is also an RCMP officer so the careers work well together. I'm in rural Quebec and it's a bit easier to deal with, but similar issues apply.
I would go, but with a plan B in mind for when ready to return.
For teaching, it can be quite hard. A girlfriend of mine had a class of 20 (all the students in the village) and over half of them had FAS. K-12 with 50% FAS. It's a challenge. Rewarding, but a challenge. |
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spiral78
Joined: 05 Apr 2004 Posts: 11534 Location: On a Short Leash
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Posted: Sun Jan 19, 2014 9:13 pm Post subject: |
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I can only salute you who are willing to do stints in such places. I've been to Yellowknife. Briefly. |
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santi84
Joined: 14 Mar 2008 Posts: 1317 Location: under da sea
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Posted: Mon Jan 20, 2014 1:39 am Post subject: |
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spiral78 wrote: |
I can only salute you who are willing to do stints in such places. I've been to Yellowknife. Briefly. |
My girlfriend with the 50% FAS school was 500km west of Yellowknife and only accessible by plane. I have no idea how she survived. Wages are a premium for sure, but not sure it was worth it. She was single, can't imagine having my family there - but you aren't chained to it and worst case scenario, finish the year and move on. |
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mitsui
Joined: 10 Jun 2007 Posts: 1562 Location: Kawasaki
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Posted: Wed Jan 22, 2014 3:37 am Post subject: |
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I think the Northern Lights is the big highlight.
If you want to teach in Canada, not sure what else is available, besides elementary school.
Maybe in Alberta.
I heard of an Australian who got a job up there since he was an architect. |
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Imdramayu
Joined: 09 Feb 2007 Posts: 394 Location: South Korea
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Posted: Sat Jan 25, 2014 5:03 am Post subject: Child's study |
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If a family lives in a northern Canada community (in NWT but not Yellowknife), where would my child go and study? In the school where I am teaching? I want to teach in the elementary school in Canada.
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smurfetta
Joined: 14 Nov 2010 Posts: 38
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Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2014 5:31 am Post subject: |
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What about Northern Alberta? you could try to find a teaching job in places like Fort McMurray or Grande Prairie. Your child could go to school there. |
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