American College of Sofia, Bulgaria

Comments: This is in reply to the last review. I found Lou Perske of American College of Sofia to be a good, average director for American College Sofia. He was more involved with the running of the school rather than academics. He never lied to me and let me figure the best way to work with kids. Perske is leaving ( retiring after 10 years here) and a new guy from a New England prep school will be the director of American College of Sofia. That said,........

American College of Sofia the lowest salary in Europe coupled with that fact that Bulgaria has joined the EU, the US dollar we are paid with is weaker and weaker with no compensation. That translates into hundreds of dollars per person lost each month at American College of Sofia. Inflation is at a record high for the past 5 years; 12.5%. Devaluation of the dollar and inflation are taking serious tolls on international teachers' quality of life. Saving money is....

American College of Sofia cannot or will not adequately pay their teachers. I was told by the previous director who hired me that we would be able to save about half of our 20,000 USD salary. This may have been true years ago but the falling dollar combined with steep inflation make it impossible now. If you plan to.....

What I was told about American College of Sofia and the job offered to me at the job fair did not materialize once I arrived in Bulgaria, most of the interview amounted to ...... I was also told that American College of Sofia had an excellent academic curriculum that was far superior to the IB program. I was even told that tAmerican College of Sofial was changing to the IB curriculum for the upcoming year and that it would be.