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Teaching Abroad

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  • 28-09-2012 10:32am
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    coachcarter
    Registered Users Posts: 7 ✭


    Hi everyone

    My girlfriend and I are thinking about teaching abroad in somewhere like Abu Dhabi in around 2-3 years time. I am a woodwork and technical graphics teacher and this is my fifth year teaching therefore i have my C.I.D. My girlfriend has a science degree and has gone back to college to become a secondary school science teacher and she will be qualified in two years time please god. Our main reasons to travel are to make money (for a new house) and also to see a different part of the world and to experience diffferent cultures. From reading the reviews on this website there are alot of mixed reviews, our main questions would be as follows
    • Where would the best place be to make money?(rough idea of pay scales)
    • Where would a decent standard of living be? (granted this will have alot to do with the above)
    • As i am a woodwork teacher what would i have to do in order to qualify to teach English? (TEFL? and if so how much is that?can you do it part time?)
    • Will my girlfriend get a good job as she would be just newly qualified?
    I'm really looking forward to hearing your responses and thank you for reading smile.png


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    kboc
    Registered Users Posts: 458 ✭✭kboc


    working abroad sounds luxurious, but the pay is relatively crap, less than most European countries.

    Most people go for a different experience


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    squeakyduck
    Registered Users Posts: 2,766 ✭✭✭squeakyduck


    kboc wrote: »
    working abroad sounds luxurious, but the pay is relatively crap, less than most European countries.

    Most people go for a different experience

    Kboc have you taught abroad?

    I'm currently working in South Korea. It's not luxurious, it's just the same as working at home except I work harder, enjoy my free time more and travel lots! I deal with alot of stuff here too except from little people not fully grown children!

    Pay is very much the same as what I got at home, but depending on where YOU go and what lifestyle you are accustomed to the money will go far in most of Asia. (Bar Japan)

    As for Abu Dahbi I say go for it. The money is good and it would be great experience! My parents are hinting at it for me as a stepping stone from South Korea but I'm going to travel before I make any proper decisions. I know there is a thread for people in Abu Dhabi somewhere on these forums as I often take a look myself.

    TEFL cannot hurt. In South Korea having it means I got a pay rise from basic to a little higher. I did my tefl in DSE on the quays beside the Clarence hotel. It was around 1000 euro and I did it part time for 6 weeks. But, I would honestly shop around as I found it quite "thrown together" and it didn't run as smoothly as I expected it to.


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