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rnrpaulsen · Joined: 19 Jun 2005 Posts: 2 Location: Ontario, Canada

Hi all. I can't seem to register for the Korean-only board, so I thought I'd post my question here.

My wife and I are Canadians looking to teach ESL somewhere. We've been presented with a school offering the following, and I'd like anyone's opinions on how good a deal it is. I plan on tracking down contact info for the other foreign teachers already there, but I wanted to know if anyone had any insight into the town itself, or the sounds of the contract in general. Thanks!

The info (copied from the e-mail I received):
Starting date: First of Sep.
Name of the School: YMCA
Location : Iksan City
Job title : ESL Teacher.
Type of Students : age 8-university students.
Number of current foreigner teacher: 4
Payment : 2.0 million won per month for max 30 hours a week.
and you will get paid one month salary more as bonus at the end of contract period. the contract is for one year and it canbe renewed.
Overtime Pay: 18,000 won/ hour.
Type of Housing: Furnished Couple apt for the coupel teacher.
Distance from housing to school : 10 min walking distance.
Working time a day : Maximum 30 hours a week.
( Between 3:00-9:00 pm )
Working days a week : Mon to Fri
Airfare : Round ticket will be provided to you .
Holiday: 16-17 national holidays
Paid Vacation : 10 days
Health insurance : Medical and dental insurance will be provided 50% by the school. It's about 24 US$ per month.

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thoughts?

SandyMcIvor · Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 11:51 pm Post subject:

1. you have to register seperatly for the korean forums. no idea why you can't. Send Dave an email.

2. Some questions you might want to ask the employer:

A. Is the 30 hours a week TOTAL (i.e. including prep time, office hours, extra tuition, meetings & etc.) or JUST contact (in-the-classroom) hours? If it is contact hours, how long is an hour? (Don't laugh. Some schools have "teaching hours" which are 40 minutes, so you actually have 33% more work than you thought).

B. If the maximum is 30 hours a week, why the overtime pay? Is overtime mandatory or optional?

C. What does the insurance cover? If you get hit by a bus, will they fly you back to your home country? I've been in places where the insurance was skimpy to say the best. Ask.

rnrpaulsen · Joined: 19 Jun 2005 Posts: 2 Location: Ontario, Canada

good call. I'll be sure to ask those.

thanks!

junkmail · Joined: 19 Dec 2004 Posts: 377

Due to the hours being 3-9:00pm your actual hours will be a maximum of 6 * 45(or 50) minute lessons. That's standard but nice. No Kindy, no split shift.
Pay is average, overtime rate is standard.
Vacation, 10 days is actually good for a Hagwon but ask if you're allowed to choose the days.

Sounds good on paper.
Ask about the vacation though.