April 2011 ~ Working At SWA & JWA

Friday, April 29, 2011

Welcome to our New Teacher Site

3:34 PM

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Dear New Teachers We would like to welcome you to the ‘New Teachers Forum’ website located at http://swa-new-teacher-forum.blogspot.com/p/new-teachers-guide.html The site is still in progress but contains the following information that we hope you will find useful. New Teachers Guide (emailed last week) – Status: Active New Teacher Housing – Status : Active New Teacher ‘Ning’ Discussion blog – Status : Pending Calendar 2011-12 - Status: Active Who’s New at SWA/JWA 2011-12 - Status: Active Who’s Who at SWA/JWA 2010-11 - Status: Active Links to interesting Sites - Status: Active Maps BSD and Jakarta - Status: Active Best regards John McBryde...

3:29 PM

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The Housing link is up and running. Eva is our point person for housing. For SWA based teachers (BSD) she is currently in the process of sourcing new houses from a range of local real estate agents that she works with. As these are added, we will advise on the site. The site will be rearranged by price bracket and location to make it easier to find. We will also be adding a google map with the various estates and the school location marked on it. If you would like to work directly with Real Estate Agents, Bruce, Jacqui, Paul LIz and JOhn are happy to take a look at any house for you and discuss our feedback with you. For JWA, housing is in the city is a little more complex, and Heidi will contact you directly about options and availabil...

3:28 PM

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Hello, new staff and welcome to the SWA community. We have created a few online spaces and networks to help you assimilate easily and quickly to your life in Jakarta. The first is the Ning. Last year’s teachers found this space invaluable when it came to finding people with similar interests, and asking questions about housing, childcare, hobbies and more. Simply sign into the Ning, create a profile and start meeting people. You can use the forums and discussions to ask questions and make requests. You can go through teacher profiles to see who we are and what we do. Please use this space to connect with other incoming teachers, as well as to meet teachers already in Jakarta. We have also created a collaborative classified page, where teachers will be selling goods and sharing...