What about:
American International School - Riyadh
KAUST

Shadowjack is spot on. I interviewed with this school a couple of years ago. They are a private Saudi school that provides American Curriculum in English. Its only been a few years that they have made the switch and they are doing it in segments so the last few years they have been hiring a lot of western educated (US, UK, & AUS) teachers. The school is run by a Prince who hired a big name head of school from Austria to run the show and do all the hiring.

Correct, they are not a part of ISLR.

justlooking wrote:
> Yes, I hear they have from a couple of friends there. Starting with math and science.


Thanks, has anyone interviewed for other subjects?

Hi, Does anyone know if Aramco has started interviewing for 2015-2016?

hallm wrote:
> Hey everyone... first post.
>
> I just wanted to chime in also. Last year I used tie and applied for jobs with about
> 10 schools. I had 4 interviews and two offers. For personal reasons, the timing
> wasn't right and I declined both offers, but just for the record, I have a non-teaching
> spouse and THREE children.
>
> One of the offers would have flown my entire family and paid tuition for all three
> of my children, so it can be done.
>
> As another poster said, you won't know until you try :-)
>
> Good luck.

Hi Hallm,

It seems that you did great last year, you must be a very good teacher and in high demand! Can you share the cites that made the offers, I know people that are in a similar situation and would like to know where to try?

Thanks!

Hi,

Has anyone used Footprints Recruiting or Teach Away?

[quote="rayhana"]Hi all,

I have just been offered a job by IAT girls campus Abu Dhabi. Anybody have any info for me regarding this school? I am hoping to move out there with my husband and two children.

Any advice would be appreciated.[/quote]

Hi Rayhana

I have never heard about this school, was this through TeachAway?

Congrats! Thanks for the helpful info and don't worry I will keep it a secret :roll:

Sounds like you did your part, now its up to them. Well done!
Was it a Skype interview or face to face, if so where?

@Sid

We can use your expertise on this issue. Have you run into this issue and how did you handle it? Is this a common issue in the UAE?

@junglegym
Congrats, one of many that did great at the fair.

@PaulSiegel
How did you do? Any luck with Riyadh schools?

[quote="junglegym"]With regards to the major matching the position, this was mentioned in one of the school presentations I attended. What the recruiter said is just what PsyGuy said - they'd hire you to teach x subject on paper, but in reality, you'd teach something else. It would be easier for them to find someone who meets the legal criteria, though, so maybe that adds an extra competitive factor (in that if you're not *perfect*, they won't go through the trouble).
Keep this in mind CoachM, if you can convince them that you're the best, they will do what it takes to get you.[/quote]

You are right, I was told this at one of my interviews but the school did not have any position for my wife and they would not take me alone.

@3xlucky

Well I tried, the first school that I targeted was Kuwait. I ran into an issue that most could not look past. My degree is in Business Admin. with an option in computers. My teaching credential and teaching experience is in physical education. I was told the law is that you must teach the same subject as your original degree. The Ministry will not even look at the credential they only care about your degree.

@PsyGuy
This may be the only time that I agree with you, it is complete BS. I asked multiple Directors about this rule and they all agreed that its true.

@Guero
Before the fair we did not know about this but ran into it at interviews. It came up when one of the Kuwait schools mentioned it in their presentation. It sucks because it changes everything for my wife and I too.

@junglegym
It was great, I hope its not over. I was really looking forward to teaching abroad next school year.