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[ciarak121]

Hi
I am thinking of coming to Eskesehir to teach english? Could anyone advice me on this?
I was also looking at Adan does anyone have any advice on which place would be better to teach english?

Thank you and I hope to hear from you soon!!

[sunny]

I'm sorry nobody has answered your post and I'm afraid I can't help as I don't know either of these places. Perhaps someone else has information on them?

[kanka89]

I would say Eskesehir would be the easier place to teach English. It is more western, modern and closer to the modern western cities. It is a fabulous city, with a nice blend of ancient and new architecture... it would be a lovely place to be. Adana (I think you mean Adana?) Is beautiful as well. Would definitely be warmer, but it is more souther and eastern, which means it would be a bit different. Adana is one of my favorite areas... great food and beautiful landscape. Cant go wrong either way in my opinion.

[ciarak121]

Hi everyone:)
I am new to this:) I am thinking of coming to Turkey to teach english. I am currently thinking about Antalya I would welcome any advice or suggestions about this. Also the job does not provide any accomodation does any one know if it would be easy or hard to find somewhere to live and how much rent would be a month?

I hope some one can help me and I look forward to hearing from you:)

Thank you

Ciara

[sunny]

to our forum Ciarak. We do have members who live in Antalya and hopefully they will be along soon to give you some information.

[fevretto]

why don t you come to Mersin ... i could help you to find a cheap rental house . There should be plenty of work for qualified English teacher at the state schools or many private schools and classes .

[Ken]

Hi Clara, and welcome! Lots of knowledge here about teaching English, we even have a forum for that. Also one on Antalya, But not Mersin yet (not enough posts about it so far). One of the Antalya forum members is an English professor at a university there. Anyway I just wanted to say welcome!

[jade]

Good morning,

I taught at several private schools in the past.First of all, it's not difficult to get a position as a teacher but you must have at least a TEFL/TESOL Certificate and proof of university diplomas in order to get a work permit here.
Having said that it's also possible to teach at private language schools here but they won't get your work permit for you so that works out expensive for you to get and the pay is usually not very good - about 15 - 20TL an hour. At a lot of private language schools you can get hired without any teaching qualifications.

If you work at a private school (Özel Koleji) some will offer accommodation, others won't.

Salaries range here in Antalya from about 1.250TL - 1.750 TL - much less than in Istanbul.

Finding a flat is easy as there are thousands and thousands of empty flats here in Antalya. If you want a flat, say, with 2 bedrooms in a nice area you are talking about 600 TL minimum.

Hope this helps you.

Jade

[Fil]

Hi Ciarak, if you want to work in Antalya the K12 schools (private kolej) are the best bet offering reasonable pay and conditions. Would you be interested in working in a kolej?

The language school sector in Antalya is not very well developed. The language schools do not seem to have enough customers to offer teachers full-time, twelve month contracts, and consequently they are extremely reluctant to apply for work permits. The best that most language schools offer seems to be part-time work month by month. There are some signs that the market is improving, though, so it may be worth coming to Antalya and looking around to see what you can sort out. If you are in Antalya drop me a line and I shall be happy to tell you what I know about the local schools.

If you want to work in a language school istanbul is really the best place to start, there are lots of options there.

Good luck.

[Yellowcatt]

In Mersin there are quite a few decent two bedroom flats at around 400 to 500 TL per month and we have a fully furnished two bedroom flat with sea views for 650 TL per month but I am expecting that to be let this week.

The type of teaching you can do depends on your qualifications with the best jobs at a university going to those with a good degree in some other desired subject as well as a English teaching qualification.
You would get a higher level of pay in Istanbul but the cost of living is higher there and the apartments are a lot smaller for the same money.

When are you thinking of coming out?

[ciarak121]

Hi

Thank you all so much for your comments. I am hoping to come out soon, I have TEFL and a university degree. My preference is for teaching children, but the jobs I am finding seem to be for teaching adults:( Can anyone advise on finding a job teaching children?

I was offered a job in Adana Does anyone know if this is a nice place to live and work?

Thanks for all the advice:) really appreciate it:)

[swabs]

Hi and welcome to the forum ciarak121, im afraid i dont know too much about teaching in turkey but i do know there are lots of jobs about.

Antalya would be a great place to start, its a wonderful location and i know there are always jobs xx

[Yellowcatt]

I don't really know Adana, for me it means the airport and I see very little of it when I take the shuttle bus to Mersin.

I will try to find out about jobs teaching English in schools, it may help to know what your degree is and which university it is from.

[Fil]

As long as you have a university degree and a CELTA, Trinity or TESOL certificate (4 week course, 100 contact hrs plus at least 10 lessons of teaching practice supervised by a well qualified trainer), if you want to teach kids you will be able to get a job in any big city. Just send an application to some of the private kolej (their websites will be easy to find). In Antalya you could start with Antalya koleji, İstek koleji, Bahçeşehir koleji, TED Antalya koleji or AKEV koleji. If they don't have vacancies there are also 7 or 8 others.

Good luck.

[Yellowcatt]

I do not know if they are looking for people at the moment but you could try the Türk Eğitim Derneği (Turkish Education Association)

http://www.ted.org.tr/EN/Genel/BelgeGoster.aspx?17A16AE30572D313AAF6AA849816B2EFBFA78F5AB8E93754


TED Mersin College http://www.tedmersin.k12.tr/en/
TED Mersin College is comprised of two campuses: TED Mersin Kindergarten in Mezitli, TED Mersin Primary and High School in Çeşmeli.
These campuses are a bit out of the centre, Mersin is a bit cheaper then most cities, there is the huge Mersin Forum shopping centre and many decent bars and restaurants along the coast.

[Yellowcatt]

A couple of other schools in Mersin that I am told have good reputations are Toros Koleji and İçel Koleji

torosanadolu@toroskoleji.com
ELEMENTARY AND HIGH SCHOOL http://toroskoleji.com/

info@icelkoleji.com
ELEMENTARY AND HIGH SCHOOL http://icelkoleji.com/

There are lots of private language schools but at those you would most likely be teaching adults

[ciarak121]

Hi

Thank you so much for all your help and advice:)

Hopefully I will find something:)

[IbrahimAbi]

The wages on offer at some of the schools mentioned seem rather low, would this be after stoppages? eg. SSK

[Fil]

Pay in Turkey is invariably quoted net, that is the money that will arrive in the teacher's hand (or bank account).

[sunny]

Also a lot of schools offer accommodation so you would only have to pay for the utilities.