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sheffin
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 Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2012 7:54 pm Post subject: Are there any countries with 4 month contracts? |
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Qaaolchoura
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Location: 21 miles from the Syrian border
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| Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2012 8:31 pm Post subject: |
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I think there are some schools in Mongolia that do four-month contracts, though the schools I could name that do so have bad reps (so I won't). I also know that the Republic of Georgia is recruiting volunteer teachers (you do get a 300k/month stipend) for homestays in their public schools, and a lot of the recruiters they use seem to offer a choice of contracts in three-month increments. And I'll bet that some of the shoddier outfits in Saudi Arabia would be happy to bring you in on a business visa. Or you could come to Turkey, get a job in Istanbul no problem (if you're here and willing to work illegally). I hear you can do that in much of Latin America as well.
You've got lots of options. Of course none of them are good ones, since you're pretty clearly branding yourself as a "backpacker" but not getting in at least a year, and will have a hard time getting a decent job for four months.
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sheffin
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| Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2012 8:36 pm Post subject: |
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| Do you know if Turkish visa requirements require a 6 month contract at least? |
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nomad soul
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| Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2012 8:42 pm Post subject: |
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Short-term teaching opportunities may be hard to come by because of the limited/specific time period in which a teacher is needed. (You'll see more jobs for summer positions than for the other times of the year.) Also, some employers won't cover airfare and/or housing, so know that your own up front, out-of-pocket expenses may not get fully recouped once you complete the contract.
What are your TEFL/academic qualifications and teaching experience? Are you only looking for a one-time, short TEFL contract, or do you expect to make teaching into a career? |
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Qaaolchoura
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| Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2012 9:21 pm Post subject: |
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| sheffin wrote: |
| Do you know if Turkish visa requirements require a 6 month contract at least? |
There's three different things you theoretically need to work in Turkey:
1. A tourist visa, which can be obtained on entry for North Americans and Europeans.
2. A residency permit. You can get a Turkish residency permit for any length of time up to a year. It costs about 80 dollars for the booklet and another 80 for a year, but shorter terms are less.
3. A work permit, which is obtained on your behalf by a Turkish school, though some individuals have managed to get their own after working in Turkey for several years or marrying a Turk. I don't know the details.
If you'd be working for four months and in Istanbul you don't need to bother with the last two. To stay in Turkey an extra month you can enter at a land or sea border they'll usually let you back in once. (Now it's officially 90 days out of 180 and you'll have two of those back-to-back.)
And in Istanbul most employers don't bother with work permits. Foreigners in Istanbul seem to assume this is the norm, but the majority of schools outside of Istanbul do seem to do the work permits for full-time employees. I chalk it up to the atrociously Byzantine bureaucracy of Turkey's most populous province and to the large number of foreigners who, like yourself, only want to teach in one place for a few months.
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Glenski
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Location: Hokkaido, JAPAN
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| Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2012 10:02 pm Post subject: |
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Japan has one that I know of -- Westgate Corporation.
Your nationality, work experience, and degree status, please. Also, when do you plan to start?
What are your specific goals for such short-term work? You will probably not even make up any setup costs in Japan with such a plan. |
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tttompatz
Joined: 06 Mar 2010
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Location: Talibon, Bohol, Philippines
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| Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2012 10:46 pm Post subject: Re: Are there any countries with 4 month contracts? |
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| sheffin wrote: |
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In a lot of places in Asia that isn't even one academic term and your dates don't coincide with the academic school year so that knocks a big chunk out of the job market.
Depending on whether or not you have a degree also makes a huge difference.
Lastly, your country of passport will make a difference. IF you are not from an anglophone country your chances are reduced again.
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Yogita
Joined: 17 Jun 2012
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Location: Turkey
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| Posted: Sat Jul 28, 2012 1:08 pm Post subject: International Mediterranean Academy |
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I had an interview with this school recently via Skype> http://im-academy.org/content/yaz-okulu/23
Salary was 600 euros, a bit low but the school is like a vacation resort / camp. They need ESL teachers/ Camp leaders .... you teacher for a few hours per day & then have fun with the kids & outings, activities etc.
Hours were just too long for me; 7am-7pm mainly ... sometimes until 11pm. The kids go to bed at 11pm. It looks like a fun stint though. |
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