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Teacher Assistant

Obninsk English as a Second Language School - Obninsk, Russia

Teacher Assistant for October-December 2010.

The city of Obninsk (population 100,000) is located 60 miles (100 kilometers) southwest of Moscow. Home of the world's first atomic power station, Obninsk was founded as a scientific town in 1956 and continues to be internationally regarded for its many scientific research Institutes.

Obninsk English as a Second Language School (OESL) was founded 13 years ago by an American, Pete V. Wagener, as a joint American-Russian project to teach general conversational English to both children and adults and to prepare students for university entrance examination.

The native speaker is invited for the period of 3 months to assist with pronunciation, conversation and reading tasks. Grammar instruction is provided by the Russian teachers.

The conditions of work in our school are as follows.
We supply you with the official invitation from our local authorities to get your visa.

The salary is 5000 rubles per month, but there is a possibility to have private lessons of 350 rubles per hour (about $12) that is enough to live in Russia.
We provide the transportation from the Moscow airport to Obninsk and back.

We pay for your housing (except meal). Usually our TA lives with a hostess who takes care of him.
Your schedule will average 3-4 teaching hours a day in couple with a Russian teacher. Our groups of students of different ages are not big (about 4-6 students per group).

As a rule, Saturdays and Sundays are days off.

You may contact us at: oesl@mail.ru or visit our Web site

Posted on March 12, 2010.