Teachers Wanted: Jarabacoa Christian School

cobraboy · #1 06-03-2008, 05:04 PM

(I received this email from folks I know, and said I'd post it here. This seems to be a fine school run by sincere folks in my beautiful town, Jarabacoa

Greetings,

My name is Maribel Nunez and Marysol Marte gave me your email address to pass on some information for our school. We are currently looking for missionaries that would like to come to work with us.

Jarabacoa Christian School (JCS) is currently in its eighth year. We are a Christian elementary, middle, and high school located in the mountain town of Jarabacoa, Dominican Republic. We are in the growing stages - and are excited about what the future holds! We recently built a new school building to accommodate our growing student body! We have a student enrollment of 262; a 10% increase from the 2008-2009 school year. We will offer classes from grades PK-2 through 12th grade next year.

We are presently able to offer our teachers $300 US dollars per month approximately as salary plus a housing allowance 1,200 RD pesos, paid in Dominican pesos. This stipend covers most of one's cost of living. The Dominican economy fluctuates regularly, so the pesos salary changes depending on the economy. The school have several staff houses to place the teachers and we also offer 50% coverage for health insurance. If you need further information you can contact me or Marysol and we will be happy to assist you. Thanks for your help in this matter.

Have a good evening.

Maribel Nunez
Jarabacoa Christian School
mabel927@hotmail.com

bob saunders · #2 06-03-2008, 07:44 PM

Ah, yes my wife''s competition.

drtampa · #3 06-03-2008, 10:14 PM

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Originally Posted by bob saunders

Ah, yes my wife''s competition.

Bob, I thought JCS taught only in English. Does yours also?

bob saunders · #4 06-03-2008, 10:34 PM

Not really, they have an English class and a French class but the rest is in Spanish. In JCS they teach history in Spanish and I believe another class in Spanish, with rest being in English. I know several children that go to school there that speak excellent English. The difference is there is no religion taught in Yris's school except the mandatory class that the government requires. It is our plan in the future to offer a bi-lingual curriculum, once we are living there. My son is currently teaching English in China and he has already lined up some future teaching prospects for us. I am rather anti-missionary. I have a brother that does missions to Cuba, Mexico, and Honduras, but my impression is most missionaries feel they are saving the heathens from being Catholics rather than genuinely helping from the goodness of their hearts, but if they can further the education standard in the DR, I'm all for it. My brother and his wife may join us. She is Cuban Canadian and teaches math and music. Actually JCS is not really competition for Coleigo San Jose. There are enough children to go around. Yris's school is far from perfect but every year it gets better. The best thing is she started from scratch by herself and owes not a cent to anyone.

cobraboy · #5 06-03-2008, 10:39 PM

They seem nice enough. The school is across the street from my house. I use the the services of one of their Board members for MotoCaribe. I'm trying to be a good neighbor.

I didn't realize schools were so competitive.

bob saunders · #6 06-03-2008, 11:42 PM

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Originally Posted by cobraboy

They seem nice enough. The school is across the street from my house. I use the the services of one of their Board members for MotoCaribe. I'm trying to be a good neighbor.

I didn't realize schools were so competitive.

I was kidding about being the competition. Schools are business's ;like any other business you want to put out a good product so that you get return customers. JCR are nice people, just with a different agenda than Yris.