Around the world, there are countries (like Morocco) that have more than one international school. Many times there is an American school, a British School, and an international school that uses an international curriculum.
The big question always is…how do the comments about each school compare to each other?
This blog series looks at comparing some of these comments, all coming from international schools in the same country.
Morocco
Currently, we have 10 schools listed in Morocco on International School Community.
7 of these schools have had comments submitted on them. Here are some that have the most submitted comments:
American School Fes (18 Total Comments)
American School of Marrakesh (29 Total Comments)
American School of Tangier (10 Total Comments)
British International School of Casablanca (37 Total Comments)
Casablanca American School (39 Total Comments)
George Washington Academy (108 Total Comments)
Rabat American School (16 Total Comments)
Amount of Money Left to be Saved
“Single teachers can save up to $15000 a year and teaching couples up to $30000. The saving potential is high…” – Rabat American School
“Easily saved about $10,000 without living particularly frugally. The cost of living is generally quite low…” – American School of Marrakesh
“With a working couple, you can easily save one salary. That said a family of four would have to watch their budget as costs of things such as car hire can add heavily to expenditure…” – British International School of Casablanca
School Campus
“Nice open feeling to central campus areas. Able to take class outside and read a book under a tree. Limited facilities – no pool, etc…” – Casablanca American School
“A quiet area by the ocean, walking distance to a tennis club and a few local places to eat and shop. The school has two cars you can borrow to run errands, but the cars are manual only (fyi)…” – George Washington Academy
“Next to the campus there are many trees and low rise residential, shops and restaurants nearby…” – Rabat American School
Housing Information
“Housing is provided in an apartment complex. Utilities within reason included. Apartments have basic furnishings and wifi. There is a cable TV package or something similar, but few channels in English…” – American School of Marrakesh
“Furnished housing is provided. The school also pays for your utilities…” – American School of Tangier
“Accommodation is provided in a modern golf complex. Bills are to be paid by the teachers…” – British International School of Casablanca
Benefits for Teachers with Children
“If two parents are working for the school then the kid gets in free but if one parent is working for the school there is a fee that would need to be paid…” – George Washington Academy
“Free tuition for two children; half tuition for additional children…” – American School of Marrakesh
“Free child places. It is possible to hire a nanny for around 4000 MAD a month if needs be…” – British International School of Casablanca
Are the Expectations High of Teaching Staff?
“Having come from one of the big high pressure schools, I can honestly say the workload is not hard. Classload is light with only 2 or 3 classes per day, and extra curriculuar are optional and paid. The work day ends at 3:45 and only the new teachers with limited experience consider the workload “tough”. I’m home every day by 4 to cook dinner for my family, that is something I have never been able to do before in my professional career, and I think that is a real blessing of GWA…” – George Washington Academy
“In addition to teaching duties, you are expected to run one extra curricular activity and participate in one school committee. For most grades, there is a reasonable amount of prep time (entitled to 4 periods, but most people have at least 8 per week, some even more). You are also required to do 1-2 duties per week…” –American School of Marrakesh
“The expectations are high but not over demanding. Timetables are no different to other international schools although the day is long. Clubs are taken by staff, currently once a week…” –British International School of Casablanca
(These are just 5 of the 66 different comments topics that are on each school profile page on our website.)
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