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Rice Paddy Daddy · Joined: 11 Jul 2004 Posts: 425 Location: Japan

zorro,

How far off are you from the 'Big Boys' salary of B 120,000 per month?

You get an apartment also?

Definitely worth it - I'd say a B.Ed is probably just as useful, if not moreso, than an M.A. TESOL in landing lucrative teaching positions.

Hong Kong's NET scheme is another lucrative system for ex-pat licensed teachers.

zorro (2) · Joined: 03 Sep 2004 Posts: 47 Location: Newcastle, England

when i was in thailand, after teaching private lessons i was earning between 60,000 and 70,000 per month. my average day would begin at 07:45 and finish at about 16:00. not a bad salary for thailand. i didn't get an apartment though, but as you know you can get a decent apartment for 10,000 baht per month easily.

i'm off to japan next week to teach with westgate for a few months, filling in the time before my pgce starts in sept next year (hopefully) so its non-comparable really.

the plan is to teach in england for a couple of years after getting qts and then head off around the international school ex-pat scene for a few years. its the way forward i reckon.