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[Anda]

Now on another site I talked about doing sixteen hours here and sixteen back in Australia. The job I used then was with a university that paid $45 an hour and it ended up being better here.

Now could you imagine what it would be like in Australia working for the Tafe system on the wages below!

Just thought I'd do a little comparing. Below are wages for government
Tafe teachers in Australia:


http://www.ais.vic.edu.au/schools/workplace/documents/ESIS_Order.pdf

Adult Wage Rates per hour
(01Aug05]
Classification
Hourly
$
Academic staff employed in Higher Education
18.87
Principals, Deputy Principals & Vice Principals in School Education
24.22
Teachers in School Education appointed to promotion level teaching positions which are specifically designated as such
26.87
Four year trained teachers in School Education
17.99
Less than four year trained teachers in School Education
16.35
Teachers in Technical & Further Education
18.34
TAFE Teachers appointed to a designated promotion level TAFE teaching position following advertisement and application
25.51
Teachers in Pre-School Education
14.50
General Education Employee Level 1
12.76
General Education Employee Level 2
13.89
General Education Employee Level 3
15.74
General Education Employee Level 4
16.80
General Education Employee Level 5
18.10
General Education Employee Level 6
20.57
General Education Employee Level 7
22.16
General Education Employee Level 8
24.06

[ChinaAndrew]

I was getting $24 an hour in new-zealand after completing a 3 month TEFL at a private school. I was getting $600 australian a week as a chef 8 years ago in melbourne.
go figure.. maybe I'm in the wrong line of work.

[jammish]

$24 an hour sounds like decent money. In the UK TEFL pays absolute poverty wages. My friend had a 2:1 Degree, a CELTA, and she was taking home 800 pounds a month, with a 35 lesson week. That was in London, too!

[Anda]

Not good that's for sure:


800.00 GBP = 2,154.84 NZD
United Kingdom Pounds New Zealand Dollars
1 GBP = 2.69356 NZD 1 NZD = 0.371257 GBP

[adamsmith]

not sure where you got your numbers Anda, but the TAFE i work for pays considerabley better than the wages you have quoted. Especially as they pay an annual wage for a specific number of hours of delivery. By my calculations I recieve more than double what you have quoted. I think it is pretty darn good.

[eslstudies]

I didn't work in TAFE, but in an ELICOS centre, which paid around $45 per teaching hour, and a private AMES provider that paid about half that. However, this place paid for 8.30-4.00, whereas only half those hours were in the classroom, so the two set ups were much the same.

Now, as an ESL teacher in the state high school system, it works out at about double both of those figures. Classroom hours are paid at $85, time on site at about $47.
However, these figures don't take into account take home work, out of hours meetings, substitute classes, yard supervision, compulsory committee membership: the list goes on.

Overall, I still think I was better off in China. Perhaps not in an overall financial sense, but certainly in striking a balance between work and leisure.[/b]

[SueH]

[Anda]

Tafe in Australia charge $1.31 an hour for students. Some students pay as little as $52 a year but most pay $839 a year. However if the Tafe is part of a Uni etc costs can be much higher. There is the reason for wage differences.

[sheeba]

I was working at a FE college in a county just outside London for 15 pounds an hour - What's that? 30 dollars ? I was being ripped off by an agency too so as Sue states should have been more like 50 dollars an hour . Next time I'll try approaching the college direct .

I know people with DELTA's that are earning similar in the UK but in colleges .Not sure how easy it is to get those jobs these days(especially without quals ) . I Would stay away from those private schools consistently !