THey have answered questions I have asked, ie about getting teaching cert stamped by the government but I have just had nothing else.
I will send them an email.
Thanks

Hi
I was just wondering what is the normal time of year schools send out information (dates, coming to our school etc) to new employee's.
The school year is coming to an end and I am wondering if I should send an email and ask........

I taught in bahrain until the recent unrest. I woke up to gun fire and decided it was time to leave. There is no way you could talk me into going back!

The problems are not dealt with, people are still unhappy and when they have a chance things will turn bad again.

Stay away.

[quote="Isabel"]Thank you all for your responses. I am feeling very insecure at the moment and all advice is helpful.
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I think if you have feeling insecure about this, maybe it is a sign.

Also, in my opinion, privately owned schools are not great. They are there to make the owner money.

The fact that it is not well resourced doesn't sound like a lot of fun either. What do they mean? No equipment for the children? Books? teacher resources? computers? What does not well resourced mean?

I don't think it sounds good. Is the 1600 before or after tax? How much is tax?

It doesn't sound that like owner is being very helpful either. This is not a good sign. If she is not very helpful now, what is she going to be like when you get there???

I am teaching in an international school, my school is not the best school out there, but its not the worst either. After being in a horrible school I would not risk ending up in that position ever again. It is not worth the stress and unhappiness.

I recently was asked to interview for 2 schools in Germany and I did some research on the schools and discovered they were not places I want to work in. So I cancelled the interviews.

Good luck with what you decide to do.

[quote="Isabel"]Can anyone give me any information about this school? I am anxious about a few things with regard to working there, but don't want to give up a job offer and then regret it.[/quote]

Bratislava is not cheap. But i don't know if 1600Euro is enough to live on. I think you could manage it.

Have you got the contract yet? What does it say?

I would be pushing for email address/phone numbers of present staff. I think its unreasonable not to give you these. If they don't give you these I wouldn't consider it. What are they hiding?

After being in a horrible school, nothing is worth it. If they are being difficult now.......... I doubt it will get any better.

Make sure you see the contact before saying yes or no.