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Egypt, Egypt: recruiting EL teachers

he British Council is
recruiting in
Tadvertising for ‘newly
qualified teachers’ (and more
experienced teachers too) and Faye Nicholls and Erica Dirou describe the challenges and opportunities The security of our teachers is
will take non-native speakers taken very seriously, and there
with C2 CEFR-level English. for teachers with the expanding British Council operation in Egypt is a well-thought-out evacua-
The vacancies are for the Coun- tion plan in place in the event of
cil’s growing network of war or civil strife. We commu-
teaching centres in Cairo and nicate regularly with the British
Alexandria. Most of the vacan- embassy and have a full-time
cies are in Cairo, where there security manager. However, we
are now four branches across the don’t foresee any large-scale
city, including its newest branch, security incident.
which opened on 6 September What are some of the good
inside a large shopping mall. sides to life in Egypt? It’s very
The British Council in Egypt is bustling – there’s always some-
an excellent destination for newly thing to do. There is something
qualified teachers as it offers a for everyone in Cairo. You can
one-year Teacher Support Pro- choose to spend your time in
gramme (TSP) including training Western-style shopping malls or
and mentoring. Many teacher sup- at a local souk. There are cinemas
port programme graduates go on showing the latest releases and
to do Diploma-level qualifications of course we have the Pyramids
(50 per cent go on to take the Delta and thousands of years of Egyp-
within a couple of years) and rise tian history on our doorstep. A
to roles of responsibility relatively lot of our British teachers choose
quickly. Several of our recent TSP Courtesy British Council Egypt to study Arabic and become
graduates have gone on to become involved in Egyptian culture.
trainers themselves. Three of our There is huge enthusiasm
teacher trainers started on the TSP for English language learning
– one is now a Celta trainer and across Egypt at all levels. The
one a Teaching Young Learners WARM WELCOME British Council staff with newly arrived teachers in Egypt British Council is likely to con-
Extension Certificate (TYLEC) tinue to recruit English teachers.
trainer. Others have gone on to sen- gramme to support experienced cheap – a falafel sandwich for three flights over Egypt lost which include Sinai and the Training and supporting newly
ior management roles elsewhere in teachers who will need to apply two Egyptian pounds (less than since November 2015. Western Desert.) However, we qualified teachers will continue
the British Council international for management positions in the 20p) at a local vendor – but it is FCO travel advice divides always advise all staff to be vigi- to be part of its recruitment
network, including director of Eng- near future. often cheaper to buy clothes and Egypt into green, yellow and red lant, and provide regular updates plans. We had our biggest ever
lish language services in Qatar and The job package includes household items back in the UK. zones. Cairo is in the green zone and guidance on safety. There are intake of newly qualified teach-
deputy director Bangladesh. relocation and settling-in costs. How safe is it in Egypt? The and we have not seen any major still plenty of historical and beach ers in September – 43 in total, 35
British Council Egypt sup- There is an accommodation UK Foreign and Commonwealth incidents of demonstrations in areas to visit for those who want of them British nationals. n
ports its teachers to do the allowance and an allowance for Office (FCO) advice warns the last two years. (The green to safely explore outside Cairo.
TYLEC young learner qualifica- Arabic lessons. Part of the salary against all travel to Sinai and zone, which also covers most of Sexual harassment, in the Faye Nicholls is the British
tion and the Distance Delta, and is paid in Egyptian pounds and against all but essential travel Egypt’s Mediterranean and all of form of inappropriate com- Council Egypt’s assistant
it is working on offering face- part in British pounds sterling. to the Western Desert (towards its Red Sea coasts and well over ments from men in the street, teaching centre manager and
to-face intensive Delta module The cost of living in Egypt is the Libyan border). The rest of 150 miles inland, is designated as is unfortunately still common head of adult programmes.
2 courses by summer 2017. It significantly cheaper than in the Egypt including Cairo is ‘rela- ‘see our advice before travelling’, despite public campaigns and Erica Dirou is the British
also funds short professional UK, but is unfortunately rising tively safe’ but it warns about a much more favourable environ- an increased spotlight on this Council Egypt’s assistant
and masters courses and offers a with steady inflation. Transport ‘protests and demonstrations’ ment than the ‘advise against behaviour. Generally this is an teaching centre manager and
management development pro- and locally produced food are and the ‘terrorist threat’, with travel’ yellow and red zones, annoyance but not threatening. head of training

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