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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