Danelectro
American expat in the United Arab Emirates
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Lives in Madinat Zayed City
Registration: 21 April 2013
school administrators by egus
is there anyone going to the uae as a school administrator or are already an administrator in the uae? I'd just like some general info concerning the position and contract...thank you.
"It's in process and progress". They say CMs join on the 12th. Read More
school administrators by egus
is there anyone going to the uae as a school administrator or are already an administrator in the uae? I'd just like some general info concerning the position and contract...thank you.
Until we get tickets it's all speculation. I still don't have a contract and its just weeks away. Read More
school administrators by egus
is there anyone going to the uae as a school administrator or are already an administrator in the uae? I'd just like some general info concerning the position and contract...thank you.
I'm tellin ya the 11th Read More
school administrators by egus
is there anyone going to the uae as a school administrator or are already an administrator in the uae? I'd just like some general info concerning the position and contract...thank you.
Another person in my situation got word of traveling the 11th confirming my info above about joining date. Maybe principals will come same as CMs. Read More
school administrators by egus
is there anyone going to the uae as a school administrator or are already an administrator in the uae? I'd just like some general info concerning the position and contract...thank you.
I was told the " joining date" for CMs was Aug 12 which may or may not be a clue for you guys too. Read More
school administrators by egus
is there anyone going to the uae as a school administrator or are already an administrator in the uae? I'd just like some general info concerning the position and contract...thank you.
Not much since my posting on the 3rd. 1 of 5 of us have gotten the offer letter but have been told they are forthcoming. My wife has me busy doing things to the acreage that unfortunately seem sensible for an unemployed guy to do before leaving on a ... Read More
school administrators by egus
is there anyone going to the uae as a school administrator or are already an administrator in the uae? I'd just like some general info concerning the position and contract...thank you.
Hey Guys, I'm unemployed as of 2 days ago myself now. Ramadan starts the 9th and other than westerners filling in for the locals who leave Abu Dhabi for the holy month there is not going to be much coming out of the ADEC offices. Best case I think ... Read More
school administrators by egus
is there anyone going to the uae as a school administrator or are already an administrator in the uae? I'd just like some general info concerning the position and contract...thank you.
It was the same documents and stuff I've sent to various places several times over. I was told that travel times would probably not get to us before two weeks to departure. Read More
school administrators by egus
is there anyone going to the uae as a school administrator or are already an administrator in the uae? I'd just like some general info concerning the position and contract...thank you.
ADEC had me register on their employment website and its now out of the hands of TeachAway. That was a couple of weeks ago. I thought it surely wouldn't be long after following through on registering that they would finalize offers to CMs. The HR ... Read More
Moving to Ruwais! by alexh13
Hello all! I'm a single American female moving to Ruwais to teach in August. I noticed that there isn't too much about the city on here--anyone have any information? Any insight about living there helps! Cheers, Alex
I'm looking at working for the public schools and Ruwais is one of a couple of possibilities. I'm sure you've found everything I have on Ruwais; like you said there is not much information. I'll be watching to see if anyone gives us some insight. Read More
Moving to Ruwais! by alexh13
Hello all! I'm a single American female moving to Ruwais to teach in August. I noticed that there isn't too much about the city on here--anyone have any information? Any insight about living there helps! Cheers, Alex
Are you going to work for a private school or ADEC? Read More
school administrators by egus
is there anyone going to the uae as a school administrator or are already an administrator in the uae? I'd just like some general info concerning the position and contract...thank you.
I've been following Al Ain swap n shop for a while. We actually had a peaceful night and it looks like good weather for a while. Unusually cool at 75 today. Filmbric I sent you a friend request on FB. Read More
school administrators by egus
is there anyone going to the uae as a school administrator or are already an administrator in the uae? I'd just like some general info concerning the position and contract...thank you.
Fourth night in a row we are getting pounded. A mother and baby were sucked out of their vehicle earlier. It's like London 1940 during the blitzkrieg with night after night of warnings to take cover. Read More
school administrators by egus
is there anyone going to the uae as a school administrator or are already an administrator in the uae? I'd just like some general info concerning the position and contract...thank you.
Nothing yet but my source tells me I probably won't get the offer for CM until I've gotten through all of the visa processes which could be another month. I'm hoping that some of the delay is indicative of them reworking the compensation. I'm ready ... Read More
school administrators by egus
is there anyone going to the uae as a school administrator or are already an administrator in the uae? I'd just like some general info concerning the position and contract...thank you.
Sonjyia EMTs are the imported English speaking teachers (you). Operations is the division of ADEC that includes teaching and administration. Read More
school administrators by egus
is there anyone going to the uae as a school administrator or are already an administrator in the uae? I'd just like some general info concerning the position and contract...thank you.
Guess I'm missing the advantage of continuing to pay for a US plan. You can port your number to a free google number and use Talkatone to call and recieve free calls from US. Am I missing something? There is a 20$ fee for porting I should mention. ... Read More
school administrators by egus
is there anyone going to the uae as a school administrator or are already an administrator in the uae? I'd just like some general info concerning the position and contract...thank you.
I love my "convert units" app for miles-kilometers; dollars-dirhams; feet-cm; etc. I've got talkatone, IKEA, Gold-Price, Skype, and don't forget the iADEC app for locating schools and getting all the publications. Read More
school administrators by egus
is there anyone going to the uae as a school administrator or are already an administrator in the uae? I'd just like some general info concerning the position and contract...thank you.
Patiently waiting to hear from HR ADEC again about a formal offer. After talking to someone who is a cluster manager now I don't expect to get that until they know I've got a visa so it may be weeks. TeachAway rep estimates early July for the trip ... Read More
school administrators by egus
is there anyone going to the uae as a school administrator or are already an administrator in the uae? I'd just like some general info concerning the position and contract...thank you.
With all of the indications of being hired CMs still don't have contract offers. Evidently many more layers of approval process. Read More
school administrators by egus
is there anyone going to the uae as a school administrator or are already an administrator in the uae? I'd just like some general info concerning the position and contract...thank you.
Feeling good that my Lynda is holding down the farm and I only plan on taking one checked suitcase, one carry-on, and one child (my guitar). Read More
school administrators by egus
is there anyone going to the uae as a school administrator or are already an administrator in the uae? I'd just like some general info concerning the position and contract...thank you.
I got that from Nadia at Teach Away. Read More
school administrators by egus
is there anyone going to the uae as a school administrator or are already an administrator in the uae? I'd just like some general info concerning the position and contract...thank you.
What is Utue? I guess if we all take turns getting the saki rounds we will have accomplished two things: getting really giddy and essentially going Dutch. Got to concentrate on my oral general exam today. Hopefully I will be a doctoral candidate ... Read More
school administrators by egus
is there anyone going to the uae as a school administrator or are already an administrator in the uae? I'd just like some general info concerning the position and contract...thank you.
Egus I haven't gotten the call promised by the CM in Al Gharbia. He gets no saki. Read More
school administrators by egus
is there anyone going to the uae as a school administrator or are already an administrator in the uae? I'd just like some general info concerning the position and contract...thank you.
As they stated on the webinar CM process is more involved and none of us has the actual offer that you guys have but being included in the webcast was confirmation enough. I can actually taste the ginger dressing on the salad as I type. Read More
school administrators by egus
is there anyone going to the uae as a school administrator or are already an administrator in the uae? I'd just like some general info concerning the position and contract...thank you.
No furniture allowance but housing is provided. I think that furnished housing is the wording so if the place doesn't have furniture I still suspect they would provide an allowance. Again I don't think teach away knows everything. Read More
school administrators by egus
is there anyone going to the uae as a school administrator or are already an administrator in the uae? I'd just like some general info concerning the position and contract...thank you.
I assume you all were in on the webcast for leadership today? Any thoughts? I'm starting to think of campaigning for a principal job with all the time you guys will have off compared to the 30 days leave I'm looking at. I'm not sure teachaway knows ... Read More
school administrators by egus
is there anyone going to the uae as a school administrator or are already an administrator in the uae? I'd just like some general info concerning the position and contract...thank you.
Not heard any more. Did get in touch with a CM though to get some specifics about the job. He's going to call me at some point so let me know if you want me to ask anything from a principal supervisor. Read More
school administrators by egus
is there anyone going to the uae as a school administrator or are already an administrator in the uae? I'd just like some general info concerning the position and contract...thank you.
You guys might want to join the Abu Dhabi Teacher Tech. group through the FaceBook/Teachawayinc discussion board. There you will find a lot of hints from techs who are on the ground about VPN, routers that you need to have, etc. I relayed to them ... Read More
school administrators by egus
is there anyone going to the uae as a school administrator or are already an administrator in the uae? I'd just like some general info concerning the position and contract...thank you.
Drmoni where did you find next years calendar ? I only find 2012-2013 on the website. Read More
school administrators by egus
is there anyone going to the uae as a school administrator or are already an administrator in the uae? I'd just like some general info concerning the position and contract...thank you.
Just a confirmation from HR that he received my email with all of my job verifications. Wish he would have given me a timeline for getting the confirmation you guys got but I know it's coming. I would add to your list a suggestion to download ... Read More
school administrators by egus
is there anyone going to the uae as a school administrator or are already an administrator in the uae? I'd just like some general info concerning the position and contract...thank you.
Wonder why the CM position requires 3 year contracts with everything else being equal? Just rhetorical. I'm going to have to talk to the union rep LOL. Very happy for you to have that in hand. Hopefully I will get a firm offer soon after sending in ... Read More
school administrators by egus
is there anyone going to the uae as a school administrator or are already an administrator in the uae? I'd just like some general info concerning the position and contract...thank you.
Sorry I wasn't clear Egus. I had read that the bonus was going to be one month's salary for each of 3 years so my math told me it would be $24,300, but TA told me that the bonus would be $14,000. I wondered if 14k was reflective of the basic salary ... Read More
school administrators by egus
is there anyone going to the uae as a school administrator or are already an administrator in the uae? I'd just like some general info concerning the position and contract...thank you.
Egus thanks for that information. I hadn't heard of the salary being divided into basic and additional. TA quoted me 14K I think. Does that equal 3X the monthly basic pay? Why is it divided? No mention of allowance for housing? I know there is a ... Read More
school administrators by egus
is there anyone going to the uae as a school administrator or are already an administrator in the uae? I'd just like some general info concerning the position and contract...thank you.
Just realized I hadn't addressed a couple of questions the 3 of you had posed. First I am traveling alone; I am married with no kids but my wife wants to get more years towards retirement with the State and she has two horses that she wouldn't dream ... Read More
school administrators by egus
is there anyone going to the uae as a school administrator or are already an administrator in the uae? I'd just like some general info concerning the position and contract...thank you.
I'm able to leave my job now at any time It is really part-time doing research for the Oklahoma Council for Education Policy, Unfortunately I'm still going to have to figure out a way to get back to the U.S. for a week to 10 days next year to finish ... Read More
school administrators by egus
is there anyone going to the uae as a school administrator or are already an administrator in the uae? I'd just like some general info concerning the position and contract...thank you.
I'm Phil BTW, Danelectro is a guitar reference which is my passion. To answer flimbric the email was from Jamal Qudah of ADEC HR. I interviewed in Chicago the last week of February. I had submitted all of my authenticated documents to TeachAway ... Read More
school administrators by egus
is there anyone going to the uae as a school administrator or are already an administrator in the uae? I'd just like some general info concerning the position and contract...thank you.
Oh yeah; I'm down with Benihana too. Wonder if we can get saki without the required liquor license:lol: Read More
school administrators by egus
is there anyone going to the uae as a school administrator or are already an administrator in the uae? I'd just like some general info concerning the position and contract...thank you.
Thanks all, I'm going through Teach Away Inc. and had been a principal for 12 years as well as a district-wide administrator in Tulsa Oklahoma over half of the alternative schools there. My last principal job was over a 1600 student high school in ... Read More
school administrators by egus
is there anyone going to the uae as a school administrator or are already an administrator in the uae? I'd just like some general info concerning the position and contract...thank you.
Korbie thanks for your information. I have assumed that cluster managers would be located near the regional office but your post about the CM having to fight to get the villa made me think that he was closer to the schools he's involved with. Is ... Read More
school administrators by egus
is there anyone going to the uae as a school administrator or are already an administrator in the uae? I'd just like some general info concerning the position and contract...thank you.
I just read the entire thread and all of your levels of excitement have compounded mine geometrically. Regarding why more people haven't joined in I'm telling you I've been trying for two months to locate anything with administrators and haven't had ... Read More
school administrators by egus
is there anyone going to the uae as a school administrator or are already an administrator in the uae? I'd just like some general info concerning the position and contract...thank you.
I've looked all over for administrators blogging about ADEC; glad to find you. I've been told that I'm in but had to resend some documents so no actual contract yet. I think there are some recent entries below that I haven't read yet but it seems ... Read More