Career center
The things nobody writes down
Teaching English here means working out the pay, the paperwork and the hiring norms by asking around. These guides put the answers in one place.
When schools actually hire
Most English teaching jobs here change hands in about eight weeks. Which eight, why the other ten months are so quiet, and when to start looking.
What English teachers earn here
Nobody publishes this, which is why it is hard to negotiate. What is known, how to work out your own real hourly rate, and what to ask before you accept.
What the law owes you
Christmas salary, paid vacation, social security deductions, and what an hourly contract should spell out. Plain language, with the articles cited so you can check.
Writing a resume for a teaching job
What a department head is actually scanning for in the thirty seconds they spend on your resume, what to leave off, and a skeleton you can copy.
The salary survey is open
The first salary survey for English teachers in the Dominican Republic. It takes three minutes, no account needed, and the report with the real ranges goes only to the people who fill it out. The more teachers answer, the more these pages can tell you.
Not written yet
Interview preparation, and an honest guide to what CELTA, TESOL and the Cambridge certifications cost here and what schools actually pay extra for. Both need real numbers rather than guesses, so they are waiting on research instead of going up half right.