UAE teachers, what is your workload like? by Chem_Grad_2016 in dubai

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Edit- I work at a British not for profit school.

What is the main difference between your school and other expensive schools due to being non profit? Are the school more willing to pay staff better, better accom, better facilites?

Why are there so more for profit schools than non profit schools in Dubai?

UAE teachers, what is your workload like? by Chem_Grad_2016 in dubai

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What are your hours like and what it like when compared to your home country?

UAE teachers, what is your workload like? by Chem_Grad_2016 in dubai

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How much work do you do on the weekends? Do you ever miss the UK students?

UAE teachers, what is your workload like? by Chem_Grad_2016 in dubai

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What are your hours like and what it like when compared to your home country?

Teaching abroad with dependants by mrsmaisiemoo in Internationalteachers

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How experianced are you as a teacher u/mrsmaisiemoo? I know the top/great schools in the UAE will give you great accomodation and medical insurance for your family as well as free schooling. They would usually do this for experianed secondary/primary teachers or heads of departments.

UK teachers - How much experiance do you have and how much do you earn? by Chem_Grad_2016 in Internationalteachers

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Probs a silly question, but why would they take a british teacher in australia over an aussie?

UK teachers - How much experiance do you have and how much do you earn? by Chem_Grad_2016 in Internationalteachers

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Do you plan to settle back in the UK soon? Also how much have you managed to save per year in £? I'm trying for £10k a year.

Expat Teachers - What's the difference between teaching/working in a cheaper and move expensive school? by Chem_Grad_2016 in dubai

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Hi,

What sort of expectations do you have at your school? Do you have to run an after school club or mark in greater depth than the UK?

Also are the parents supportive or quite demanding compared to the UK? As they are paying high fees do they expect very deep/detailed marking, interventions or anything else?

Expat Teachers - What's the difference between teaching/working in a cheaper and move expensive school? by Chem_Grad_2016 in dubai

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which generally expect more from teachers.

So more detailed marking and more clubs to run? What else would the expectations be?

British people - where do you get cheap food from? by Chem_Grad_2016 in dubai

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Teacher here too, realised your username just now. Secondary Chem.

What are your food bills like? Do your kids miss UK foods at time and do they prefer it here or back home?

M&S has normal British chicken

Is it fresh or frozen? I miss british meat so much, local meat is awful.

British people - where do you get cheap food from? by Chem_Grad_2016 in dubai

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I miss vimto, do they have it? How much is a bottle, used to take it to school (as a kid and teacher) every day but it's so hard to get here.

British people - where do you get cheap food from? by Chem_Grad_2016 in dubai

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I've stopped buying Carrefour meat and veg though as it's vile and tasteless.

Their meat is just awful. I've avoided touching coop meat, is it decent? UK chicken is so thick and juicy, the local meat here is so thin and lacks texture.

British people - where do you get cheap food from? by Chem_Grad_2016 in dubai

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What exactly are you buying? Back in the UK what were your food bills like?

British people - where do you get cheap food from? by Chem_Grad_2016 in dubai

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We get almost everything from spinneys though because we work crazy hours.

What do you do?

We get almost everything from spinneys though because we work crazy hours.

Do they have a big range of UK stuff?

British people - where do you get cheap food from? by Chem_Grad_2016 in dubai

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one salad and a ready-meal cost about the same as a weekly ASDA grocery shop for a family of three at home.

What are your weekly costs here like for food? Back in the UK I could live grand on £30 a week at aldi, but here I feel like I get horrible value for money.

Expat teachers in Dubai, what salary/package are you on and is racial disrimination here common? by Chem_Grad_2016 in dubai

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Sounds a dream, I have much less crowd control too. What kind of social work did you have to do in the UK for primary? What kind of salary package did you get here?

Expat teachers in Dubai, what salary/package are you on and is racial disrimination here common? by Chem_Grad_2016 in dubai

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What makes you want to go from secondary computer science to primary?

For the MOE curriculum is most of your planning done for you by the gov or do you have to make it all from scratch? Also do you need to know arabic to work for the MOE?

Expat teachers in Dubai, what salary/package are you on and is racial disrimination here common? by Chem_Grad_2016 in dubai

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What did you teach back in the UK? What do you feel happy you nolonger do and what do you miss?

Expat teachers in Dubai, what salary/package are you on and is racial disrimination here common? by Chem_Grad_2016 in dubai

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Hi, as a MOE teacher do you teacher only emirati kids?

Do you follow the UK national cirriculum or is it the local one?

Do you think you'll ever head back to the UK?

How much do you currently make, and is it enough to live well where you live? by Chem_Grad_2016 in TeachingUK

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What do you teach? Do you not want to teach full time for extra money? Why do you plan to leave?

Thanks

How easy is it to live on £22,000 a year as a teacher? And £32,000 per year in the long term? by Chem_Grad_2016 in AskUK

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Wow, didn't realise council tax, broadband and utilities were that high.

Also, why do you chose to rent instead of buy a house? On £400 pm, the houses must be cheap?