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Bette
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 Posted: Sat Jan 22, 2011 6:07 am Post subject: Advice on Nord Anglia Education - Malaysia |
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Hello
I have been offered a position as teacher mentor in Malaysia. The salary is good, they give you a car. You mentor teachers in the countryside and help them to develop English programs for their schools.
Does anyone have any knowledge of this company or this position. I am in Istanbul and the position starts in two weeks. I want to know if it is worth changing locations for.
I have lived in Indonesia. I hated it. It was hot, dry and very depressed. Is Malaysia the same?
I am not into clubbing, but it would be nice to socialize. I am not sure how easy that is there.
Any info would be good and appreciated. |
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GladToBeFree
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Bette
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| Posted: Sat Jan 22, 2011 7:15 am Post subject: Ahhhh.... |
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Ok thanks
I was wondering because they basically gave me 3 weeks to decide and get all of their paper work completed. They seem crazy about getting police reports from the current country you are in (not always easy to do) |
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Kornan DeKobb
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| GladToBeFree wrote: |
The interviewer offered me a position at $3500 USD/month. When I got the contract, the USD equivalent was only $2250. I also posted about how the Malaysian Ministry of Education wanted, at the very last second, all reference letters rewritten on letterhead (depending on where you've taught and for how long, some schools don't do this) and they wanted a lot of questions answered on them - things that most Korean school owners would never answer.
I'd say avoid if you can - |
They just offered me the lower salary also, and I must be there in two weeks and sign a three-year contract. This is with no prior notice or communication.
If I were currently jobless I might take it, but three years is too long to commit to a country I may not even like once I get there.
Can anyone give some general comments about working in Malaysia? |
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Bette
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| Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2011 3:49 pm Post subject: Advice on Nord Anglia Education - Malaysia |
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| I totally agree with you. I think I will stay where I am before taking what seems like a complicated job. What really turned me off is all of the paper work they must have completed in such a short period of time. Always the hurry up and wait thing with these places. |
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Skyblue2
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They do seem very disorganized, and you can bet support once on the ground will be correspondingly dreadful ...
If you didn't like Indonesia, then I doubt driving yourself around far-flung public school in Malaysia on a daily basis will be much fun ... |
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KayuJati
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| Posted: Tue Jan 25, 2011 7:23 am Post subject: Re: Advice on Nord Anglia Education - Malaysia |
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| Bette wrote: |
Hello
I have been offered a position as teacher mentor in Malaysia. The salary is good, they give you a car. You mentor teachers in the countryside and help them to develop English programs for their schools.
Does anyone have any knowledge of this company or this position. I am in Istanbul and the position starts in two weeks. I want to know if it is worth changing locations for.
I have lived in Indonesia. I hated it. It was hot, dry and very depressed. Is Malaysia the same?
I am not into clubbing, but it would be nice to socialize. I am not sure how easy that is there.
Any info would be good and appreciated. |
Malaysia is anything but hot, dry and depressed. It is hot and humid most of the year, but you can get acclimated to that. Neither is Malaysia spread out so even if you have to visit rural schools, you probably won't spend that much time driving around. I can travel from the east coast (peninsular Malaysia) to the west coast in only 4 hours.
If you feel rushed, then ask if they can defer you until the next semester. I suspect they are rushing to get something done in order to show that they are getting something done. If they have a "teacher-in-hand", maybe that will be enough even if the teacher is not on the ground yet. That is my gut reaction given that it is 'teacher training' and not students enrolled in particular courses.
Even if you let this post past, you should take a closer look at what Malaysia has to offer. |
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MADAMELEACH
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| Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2011 10:42 am Post subject: |
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TAKE IT FROM ME:
The jobs are in the sticks.
The students are actually local village teachers and not familar with westerners or tolerate being instructed by them. Thsi can be awkard if they are older than you. You need to be aware that there are different religeous and cultural differnces amonst those teacher 'students'.
Organising them and getting them to work is difficult. Teachers-mentors spend a great deal of time driving there to the isolated location let alone beginning the work.
Some may be lucky with their location but most are not so well located.
And yes, 3 year contracts are unacceptable considering the difficulty of terminating it if you feel uncomfortable. |
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MADAMELEACH
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| Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2011 10:43 am Post subject: |
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TAKE IT FROM ME:
The jobs are in the sticks.
The students are actually local village teachers and not familar with westerners or tolerate being instructed by them. Thsi can be awkard if they are older than you. You need to be aware that there are different religeous and cultural differnces amonst those teacher 'students'.
Organising them and getting them to work is difficult. Teachers-mentors spend a great deal of time driving there to the isolated location let alone beginning the work.
Some may be lucky with their location but most are not so well located.
And yes, 3 year contracts are unacceptable considering the difficulty of terminating it if you feel uncomfortable. |
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Skyblue2
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| Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2011 2:11 am Post subject: |
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| MADAMELEACH wrote: |
TAKE IT FROM ME:
The jobs are in the sticks.
The students are actually local village teachers and not familar with westerners or tolerate being instructed by them. Thsi can be awkard if they are older than you. You need to be aware that there are different religeous and cultural differnces amonst those teacher 'students'.
Organising them and getting them to work is difficult. Teachers-mentors spend a great deal of time driving there to the isolated location let alone beginning the work.
Some may be lucky with their location but most are not so well located.
And yes, 3 year contracts are unacceptable considering the difficulty of terminating it if you feel uncomfortable. |
That was pretty much what I got from simply reading between the lines.
I was wondering if you would be based in small towns yourself, or just have to drive out to some of them.
Training locals teachers is tough.
A three-year commitment from the start ... That's a big step. |
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MADAMELEACH
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| Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2011 10:49 pm Post subject: Malaysian Ed jobs in sticks |
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Whatever location you would be based in it would still mean driving out to the other schools.
As far as my understanding has it, it would involves different schools throughout the week.
Therefore, yes, driving again, that's why it states in the contract to be availabe from as 7am start!
Schools do not open at 7 for sure. If you like living with the locals and in the sticks you may be able to hack it.
Take some good books though lol |
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