Teaching Positions

PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLS
Almost all Koreans are educated at state funded public schools. However, an elite minority receives private schooling thru privately run foreign international schools. Admission requirement is almost prohibited to Koreans which includes a minimum of 5 yearsoverseas education. Teaching Position is akin to teaching in North American public schools. Curriculum and methodology are base abroad and have international accreditation. Hence, teaching qualifications and credentials are similar to teaching in North America. Minimum requirement is a BA in Education and at least a three- year teaching experience.

CORPORATE LANGUAGE CENTERS
Korean conglomerates (jaebol in Korean ) like Samsung and LG run their own in-house ESL programs. Perhaps of all the teaching positions in Korea, corporate language centers have the most rigid and goal oriented approach in teaching ESL. Instructions focus on Business English, conversation, English for Specific Purpose (ESP), and exam preparation. Students are corporate employees, whose jobs partly depend on how much they have learned English. Thereby creating a teaching environment with highly driven learners, who are adept at directing their learning goals and expressing their language needs. Hence, corporate teaching jobs are one of the most sought after, with stipend going up to 3 million won.
However, corporate employers require excellent qualifications and experience. Positions are scant and highly in demand.

Teaching Positions

PUBLIC SCHOOL ESL POSITIONS

In response to the public’s clamor for public school reform, the Korean Ministry of Education has begun employing Native Speakers in 2005 to improve the quality of English education at state funded schools. In fact, the office of education has been gradually placing expatriate teachers to every primary and secondary schools nationwide, starting 2006. It will also provide English instructions two years earlier than the current third grade. English immersion program , wherein English is use as the medium of instruction in teaching academic subjects, will be given to primary and secondary pupils at Korea’s special economic zones and in Jeju Free International City in 2008.

This scenario has further compounded an already massive demand for qualified teachers.Working hours and conditions are comparable in many ways to teaching in the public school systems in Canada. Salary ranges from 1.8 million to 2.7 million won per month, tax free. Employed by the Korean government, teachers are entitled to all national holidays in addition to 14 workdays paid vacation, plus paid time off when schools are closed. Public school ESL positions also afford teachers to network with high-ranking education officials and administrators who can improve the way English is taught in public schools.

Not only do teachers have the opportunity to teach diverse backrgrounds, Korean public school teachers are also their students, who will then go on and teach more pupils.

Amongst other ESL positions, this is one job that has the potential for you to touch more lives and create much greater impact in society

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Teaching Positions

UNIVERSITY POSITION
Some teachers consider university teaching jobs as the finest ESL job in Korea. The prestige, higher wage and relativey shorter working hours attract quite a number of teachers.There are two types of university positions.

University Language Institutes
These Language centers are run by major universities nationwide. They primarily cater to sudents and businesses in the community. As remuneration and perks are among the best in Korea. They observed a higher recruitment standard. An MA degree in TESOL, and years of teaching experience are the norm.

University Academic Departments
Korean universities employ full-time English conversation instructors. Clases are likely to be large about 20 students and with little personal contact with students. However, teaching load is low between ten and 15 hours a week. Monthly salaries currently tend to run about 2 million won , with three to four months of paid vacation per year.

GOVERNMENT/PRIVATE RESEARCH INSTITUTES
Many government agencies and some private companies operate research institutes. Most of these institutes hire foreigners who have degrees in humanities, economics or business administration as full-time editors. Editors proofread correspondence and research publications, write speeches, and occasionally teach. Most institutes pay quite well, and some provide housing. Because these institutes tend to be government-run or closely affiliated with powerful corporate groups, their instructors seldom experience problems in obtaining work visas.

The downside of this position is the corporate culture that is definitely different to western culture. Expect to have a very hierarchial and patriarchial system at work in full swing!
 

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