CASTRIES, St Lucia — President of the St Lucia Teachers Union, Julian Montrose, has advised teachers from the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) sub-regional grouping against rushing to take up teaching opportunities in the United States and Canada before thoroughly researching those jobs.
His advice came as St Lucian and other OECS educators in New York join hundreds of other Caribbean teachers to protest what they say is the unfair treatment meted out to them by the New York Department of Education (DOE).
A CMC report states that the teachers contend that the DOE attached them to the city schools with false promises of green cards and financial aid, but the department’s lack of support has resulted in a ten year battle to get on the right path to permanent residency.
Montrose said that this development has lessons for every teacher considering the possibility of working overseas.
Agencies and teachers must ensure that they are credible and they must be careful with the kind of contracts that they sign.
“If you are going to migrate or take up employment in a country you have some responsibility to yourself to ensure that the conditions that you are going into are right,” Montrose added.
Mi American barn. I had the opportunity to teach on de Island of Antigua and Barbuda fi three years, from 2009-2009. It turned out to be the best tre years of mi life. The worst part was marrying a local that I had known fi 27 years. Don’t do it!!!! I pray that JAH allow me to do it a gain, St. Lucia disa time!!!! I will visit de Island this December…to mek sure it’s a Island dat mi spirit sit well wit. I will do it on my own and not marry someone fi those selfish reasons. I must trust. Don’t be fooled, America not what is seems!!! I would take dat same money, EC$ oppose to what mi mek rite now. I had such a good time teaching on Island and thought I could come back to Murdica and teach. It lasted 1 whole day and I knew I was never coming back. DeI teach on Island anyday…mi soon come!!!!!!
Blessed Love,
Natural
well go ahead and go to America but don’t say u were not warned! Keep thinking that the grass isso much greener on the other side.
From your Dominican American
A lot of teachers are getting pink slips for layoffs.
i just dohhhhhhhhh understand how people dropping everything n running america on a “PROMISE”. america tying u for a little visitors visa allu think allu getting greencard jusssooo??? bestttt allu had jus marry a citizen it wud work out faster
don’t fool yurself nah . green card not ez no more… they scruntinizing u like joke. no more appeal. everything hard now. i feel so sorry for innocent people. america don’t want people in their place anymore.
mouth of the south you could not say it better. You hit the nail right on the head.
see who’s speaking st. lucia,,,,, in fact the situation is some grim is st lucia right now even garbage men would migrate to the diaspora to do more garbage work,,,, as long as the pay is low n jobs are scarce people will migrate to the diaspora to work,,,, the benefits far outweigh the risks,,,,, it is a simple matter,,,, if u go to the u.s or canada to teach,,, then don’t wait on them people permanent residency,,,, simply check ur own seen,,, get ur papers so u safe,,, bear in mind those folks have not complained about pay,,,, so this tells us that they making a hell of a good living,,, most have probably built there homes back home and have brought their children in the u.s and canada to study also,,,, these c/bean leaders just blowing hot air,,, create opportunities for the populace n pay folks higher and we will stay,,,, one thing i know that’s the truth cause if people were making money in d/ca no one would live d.a n go anywhere else except if they have to
You are so right, that was the first thing I noticed, nobody complaining about their paychecks.