Salsamiami,

Be very careful when it comes to internet ads. I don't want to sound cynical here, but if this is through a recruiter I'm afraid that this is a scam. Also, there has been one scammer who pretends to be hiring at the Ministry of Education. When it comes to jobs in education in the UAE you should always be dealing directly w/ the employer. 52,000 USD/year works out to almost 16,000 dirhams/month. The highest paying gigs are for MA TESOL and phd holders w/ experience are at the tertiary level (starting wage-not including positions of responsibilty or those who've been in the UAE for years and received salary increases). Some of them are coming in around this range-many are coming in around 11,000-13,000 dirhams/month. Non-qualified teachers and those w/o the MA are just not getting gigs that pay this much-if they can find a job at all.

You need to check the email address they provided. Is it a yahoo or a hotmail? What does the web site end in? .tk? Does their email look like this: INFO@UAEMINISTRYOFLABOUR.TK

Check out this discussion on Dave's ESL Cafe. This site is generally a good resource for prospective teachers. I hate to sound negative. Based on your qualifications I'm afraid the Gulf isn't a good match for you.