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[mols]

Im looking into teaching in Oman in the new year, but because of other commitments its impossible for me to stay there beyond 6/7 months.

I know that 6 month contract isnt easy to get pretty much anywhere these days, and i really dont want to accept a one year contract with the intention of breaking it.

So here are my questions;

Has anyone one heard of anyone having a 6 month contract in Oman, and if so where?

Do you think there is any possibility of negotiating with an employer during the selection/interviewing process, to reduce the contract to 6 months? I dont have a masters, but i have a degree, tesol, and 8 years experience behind me.

If i went to Oman without getting a job first, would it be easier to get that 6 month contract, face to face? (A friend of mine will be out there, and i will stay with her, while job hunting)

If needs be, and i have to break a contract, how badly is that seen?

[denise]

Yes, it is possible. I was hired on a short contract. If there are any teachers who break their contracts and leave mid-year, the colleges will need immediate replacements. That's how I got my job in Nizwa--I started in December, and my contract ran through August (including the standard summer vacation, though).

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[veiledsentiments]

If you have a place to live, you might go and try to find something at one of the language schools. I doubt that it would be full time... or pay very well, but six month contracts are rare enough, that Denise's is the only one that I have heard of. But I expect that the recruiters at the colleges do whatever they can to put in a body to collect their fees.

Taking a full contract with the intention of breaking it in 6 months is considered as unethical and unprofessional as it would be anywhere in the world.

VS

[lotsa]

6 month contracts are not that rare at all. I know of quite a few over the last year where schools offered between 3 and 6 months because they were in dire need of teachers. I suggest that you could contact schools direct. Of the cases I know, the teachers were hired the day of enquiry!

[PattyFlipper]

[mols]

Thanks for the positive responses. I thought I was at a dead loss looking for a 6 months contract there.

So how did you get your 6 month contract? Did you find it before going out there? Or did you go there on a tourist visa first?

Also, do you know where I can find a list of Language schools in Oman?

[veiledsentiments]

[Duffy]

As always VS, as always

Duffy

[PattyFlipper]

[veiledsentiments]

A sad reflection of the level to which Omani education has fallen. Short term contracts for those with minimal credentials... fly-by-night teachers.

Pity the poor Omani students caught in this spiral.

VS