JOB TEACHING ENGLISH IN KOREA

[Annesa]

Get away from all the doom and gloom and come to Korea to work for a few hours a day and have some fun!! Earn great money, live rent free, get your airfare paid for and a bonus when you leave at the end of your one year contract, what more could you ask for?!!

Here are the Details!

If interested in this position please send a copy of your resume to annesaobrien@hotmail.com. I have been working at this school for the past 10 months and my contract is due to finish in January so the person we are looking for will be replacing me. It is a great school with great hours and the curriculum is fully layed out for you. I teach mostly converstional classes so there is no need to submit lesson plans in advance.

Requirement : BA (Honours degree)

Job Description

Location information; Uijeongbu, Gyeonngi Do, Seoul (1)

Type of Students : Elementary school and Middle School Students

Working days a week : Monday ~Friday

Working hours: 3:00pm - 9:00 pm

Classes are 50 minutes long with a 10 minute break between each class. The maximum number of classes you will have per day is 6.


BENEFITS:
Benefits
- Housing is included (you get your own studio apartment, fully furnished)
- Medical Benefits are included
- Job is walking distance from your apartment
- 2.2 million won per month minimum
- Overtime available for 20,000 Won per hour
- 10 days vacation and all Korean National Holidays
- 3 Sick days
- Understanding and really caring boss
- Round trip ticket
- Severance pay equal to one month salary paid on completion of contract


Class size: 10 students

Operating hours: Monday to Friday 3:00 pm to 9:00 pm

Starting date: January 25th 2010 (1 year contract) ---

Teacher`s Vacation: Paid 10 days + National holidays+ Sat+Sun

Health Insurance: 50 % -

Pension : Provided

Airfare : provided

Location: Uijeongbu, Gyeonngi do
Compensation: 2.2 million won

[susanroth]

Originally Posted by Annesa

Get away from all the doom and gloom and come to Korea to work for a few hours a day and have some fun!! Earn great money, live rent free, get your airfare paid for and a bonus when you leave at the end of your one year contract, what more could you ask for?!!

Here are the Details!

If interested in this position please send a copy of your resume to annesaobrien@hotmail.com. I have been working at this school for the past 10 months and my contract is due to finish in January so the person we are looking for will be replacing me. It is a great school with great hours and the curriculum is fully layed out for you. I teach mostly converstional classes so there is no need to submit lesson plans in advance.

Requirement : BA (Honours degree)

Job Description

Location information; Uijeongbu, Gyeonngi Do, Seoul (1)

Type of Students : Elementary school and Middle School Students

Working days a week : Monday ~Friday

Working hours: 3:00pm - 9:00 pm

Classes are 50 minutes long with a 10 minute break between each class. The maximum number of classes you will have per day is 6.


BENEFITS:
Benefits
- Housing is included (you get your own studio apartment, fully furnished)
- Medical Benefits are included
- Job is walking distance from your apartment
- 2.2 million won per month minimum
- Overtime available for 20,000 Won per hour
- 10 days vacation and all Korean National Holidays
- 3 Sick days
- Understanding and really caring boss
- Round trip ticket
- Severance pay equal to one month salary paid on completion of contract


Class size: 10 students

Operating hours: Monday to Friday 3:00 pm to 9:00 pm

Starting date: January 25th 2010 (1 year contract) ---

Teacher`s Vacation: Paid 10 days + National holidays+ Sat+Sun

Health Insurance: 50 % -

Pension : Provided

Airfare : provided

Location: Uijeongbu, Gyeonngi do
Compensation: 2.2 million won

Do you have to commit to a whole year? Do they offer shorter contracts at all?

[Annesa]

Yes you have to commit for a full year.

If you leave 6 months into your contract you have to repay the airfare back to the school. You will also get no return flight or the bonus at the end of th contract.

Hope this helps!!

[monosharp]

Guys, not been smart but I've been in Korea for a while so I'll just give my take on the above.

I'm not trying to put anyone off it because I think its a great experience out here, I'll just try to clarify a few things.

Originally Posted by Annesa

Get away from all the doom and gloom and come to Korea to work for a few hours a day and have some fun!!

Usually 7-8 hours in the school, less actually working.

Earn great money,

More then the average office worker, if you count the free accommodation.

live rent free, get your airfare paid for and a bonus when you leave at the end of your one year contract, what more could you ask for?!!

Rent free yes. Heating, electricity is on you. Usually very little but Summer can be tough on the olde electricity for the air conditioner and winter can be touch on the gas bill. Nothing seriously bad though.

Location information; Uijeongbu, Gyeonngi Do, Seoul (1)

Gyeonngi Do is a province, (Do means province).

Its like saying your address is Wexford town, Leinster, Dublin City.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyeonggi
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uijeongbu

Uijeongbu is about 40 minutes from the centre of Seoul but don't let that put you off. The 'centre' here is quite subjective. I live 50 minutes from the centre of Seoul but its all one giant metropolitan area anyways.

Wherever you go your 40 minutes from the centre, Uijeongbu's a good place.

Type of Students : Elementary school and Middle School Students

Working days a week : Monday ~Friday

No Saturdays ?

Working hours: 3:00pm - 9:00 pm

What time do you have to be in the school.

Classes are 50 minutes long with a 10 minute break between each class. The maximum number of classes you will have per day is 6.

BENEFITS:
Benefits
- Housing is included (you get your own studio apartment, fully furnished)
- Medical Benefits are included

You mean 50% is included ?

- Job is walking distance from your apartment
- 2.2 million won per month minimum

Good.

- Overtime available for 20,000 Won per hour
- 10 days vacation and all Korean National Holidays

All 4 Korean national holidays ? Again, I'm not trying to put anyone off, but when I was coming here the first time I was thinking Irish bank holiday etc

The Korean national holidays depend on the lunar calendar, not the solar one. So this year for example I think we had 4 national holidays, next will be more I think. i.e > Holiday falls on a Saturday then tough luck.

All in all I recommend coming here, great experience.

[Crania]

You said it's open to BA holders, what about those with an LL.B, as in a law degree?

Cheers.

[Annesa]

No just as long as you have any form of Degree you are a candidate to be a teacher over here in Korea. Experience with children isnt even required although it would be preferred. There is no requirement for the TEFL course either.

Like I said before just send me a copy of your CV if you are interested in the job and I will organise a telephone interview for you!!

[Really-Stressed]

I have no idea how much 2.2 million won buys in Korea.

Is it enough to live on or would you be basically living like a student again?

[mood]

Also, are you breaking your contract? It this why you are trying to find a replacement?

Could you post a proper job spec?

[Annesa]

2.2 million won is about 1200 euro!! The cost o fliving is nothing over here and I have managed to save half of that every month and had a great time no skimping on the fun at all!!

I am not breaking my contract, I really liked the school so I am just helping them out as the whole recruitment agency thing over here is a con job and it costs a lot of money. My contract ends in January.

There is nothing more that I can say about the job that i havent already said in the original post, sorry guys!!

[mood]

Do the schools stay open all summer? Would you get time off at Christmas? What is covered in the medical insurance? What is the exact location (another posted didn't seem impressed with what you wrote!)?

[Priapus]

No offence intended towards Annesa here, but....

for anyone thinking of going over, don't just jump at the first offer you see (like this one). There is a wealth of teaching jobs over there. They constantly need English speakers to teach. So check out other offers to figure out a basis of comparison. You might prefer to live elsewhere, teach in a public school (the private ones can often be a bit dodgy).

For more info read up on http://eslcafe.com/. It is a real popular site for teaching jobs over there. There is an abundance of information available on it. Do thorough research and know what you are signing up for.

[mood]

OP I still think we need to see a proper job spec.

[artful_codger]

how can you teach English if you don't speak the native language ?

[Priapus]

Originally Posted by mood

OP I still think we need to see a proper job spec.

What she posted is typical of the info provided wthin job specs for teaching positions over there.

Originally Posted by artful_codger

how can you teach English if you don't speak the native language ?

Fair question. You don't need to speak the native language. But you need patiences and to be creative and being animated helps too. Some teachers would tell you it's better never to use the student's native language. Instead you create an English only environment. I was thought a foreign language this way whilst living abroad. And it is very effective.

[artful_codger]

Originally Posted by Priapus

Fair question. You don't need to speak the native language. But you need patiences and to be creative and being animated helps too. Some teachers would tell you it's better never to use the student's native language. Instead you create an English only environment. I was thought a foreign language this way whilst living abroad. And it is very effective.

i don't mean to sound critical, but i'm just interested to know whether the students actually learn anything. You can tell someone what the word for 'Window' is by pointing at the Window and saying the word, but how do you give them feedback, what if they want to ask (in Korean) what a corresponding word is in English ? Do you just stand up in front of the class and say English words all day with no explanations? if that's the teaching method then the students might as well sit at home and watch the BBC.