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[Baishou]

Greetings fellow educators!

I've been based in East Asia since 1994 and am looking to make a move to Indonesia later this year.

I'm also a full-time writer and at least for the first year, am hoping to keep my mornings and early afternoons free since these are my times of peak productivity.

So my question is this: Has anyone heard of schools that offer contracts with somewhat reduced hours and only during the evening time? Ideally, I'd like to work 2 or 3 hours a night 4 or 5 days a week.

I've read here that Wall Street Institute offers upwards of 17 million a month for full-time teachers. How amenable would a school like that be to offering, say, half that salary for half the hours? Possible, or pie in the sky?

For the record, I have an English Literature BA (honors) from a prestigious Stateside university, a bricks-and-mortar TEFL Certificate and over a decade of teaching experience in Japan, South Korea and China, largely at universities and companies. Given the recently revised visa requirements for ESL teachers, would my educational background make me more attractive to prospective employers, and hence give me a bit more negotiating room?

Obviously the high cost of the KITAS would be the same either way, but I would be willing to factor that into whatever sort of reduced salary seems fair to both me and the school. I should also note that I far prefer teaching adults, which is another reason why a school like Wall Street interests me.

Finally, these relatively higher salaries only seem to be on offer in Jakarta and the only thing that worries me is the air pollution there. Does anyone know the average level of PM2.5 there these days?

Cheers in advance for any feedback or suggestions!

[Baishou]

So I've been in contact with Wall Street Institute and they only offer full-time contracts at this time.

For those interested, full-time there means 12pm-9pm five consecutive days a week, including 30 actual contact hours. I wonder how anyone can maintain their sanity teaching thirty hours a week?

Any other options?

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