Live-in Travelling Governess / Home-school Teacher for Three Children in Dubai, UAE
- Greycoat Lumleys London
- Dubai, UAE
Job Description
Live-in travelling governess / home educator – based in Dubai, UAE, with frequent international travel – full-time – start 1 March 2027 – salary depending on experience and qualifications
A family based in Dubai is looking for a degree-educated teacher to home-educate their three children, aged 3, 5 and 7, both at home and on their frequent travels. You would follow the British, American or Canadian curriculum and lead the children's day-to-day learning. The family would like an active, enthusiastic educator with a real love of the sciences, who is happy with new technology, keeps developing and adapts easily to change, and who brings a caring, professional approach to routine and home education.
Over a normal year, roughly 4 months are spent in Dubai, around 2 in Asia (Japan and China) and about 6 split between North America and Europe.
- Location: Dubai (UAE), travelling often with the family
- Children: three, aged 3, 5 and 7
- Start: 1 March 2027
- Schedule: full-time, mainly Monday to Friday with two days off a week; some flexibility may be needed while travelling
- Type: live-in
- Salary: set according to your experience and qualifications
- Benefits: UAE employment visa, medical insurance, relocation assistance, and travel and accommodation expenses covered
The role
- A short daily reading and maths session pitched at each child's level
- Project-based learning: science, nature study, building projects and a small children's business
- Turning the family's travels into hands-on learning
- Bringing in a second language
What you need
- A recognised teaching qualification or licence from Canada, the UK, the USA, Australia or New Zealand
- Classroom teaching experience, ideally at kindergarten or primary level
- Experience of developing curricula and adapting learning to each child's needs
- Homeschooling or private tutoring experience (preferred)
- Multilingual
- A background in the British education system (preferred, not essential)
- Happy to move to Dubai and to travel abroad with the family
- Ideally a certified teacher and/or Montessori-trained, with a strong academic background, experience with children aged 3 to 8, and at ease with an international lifestyle
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