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[Mr. Kalgukshi]

Commenting on the credibility of a posting is acceptable. Commenting on the credibility of a poster is not. In other words, please confine your comments to the posting and not the poster.

[Sgt Killjoy]

As someone in the Philippines now, I'd say there are opportunities to teach EFL here, the pay ain't great but there are opportunities. That said, there's more opportunities in other lines of work that end up being a lot more profitable.

[Teejay]

I've heard they need native English speakers to teach English in Baguio to Korean students.

[JZer]

[Teejay]

125php to 200php an hour.

[JZer]

I had heard that Korean schools in the Phillipines paid around $1500 US a month.

[william wallace]

They pay lower than China,and thats saying something--bad! Between 2-4 USD per hour in 2003, and I don't see why it would have gone up.

[Sgt Killjoy]

You can find jobs in local papers....also if you have call center experience back in the states, there are literally dozens of call centers here and you may be able to be hired on as a Trainer, Coach or Supervisor.

WW is right, the wages probably aren't that great and you would be lucky to get anything more than $800 a month.

[Deano1979]

To be honest, it seems as if suggestions that one cant live off a $1000 a month are also exaggerated.

http://www.livingincebu.com/living_in_cebu.htm

This is a website detailing life for exapts in the Phillipines. Budgets included. It seems as if a $1000 a month is hardly going to equate to a life of poverty

[Sgt Killjoy]

I would hardly trust that site and that information as it is old. The owner of the site was deported for violently abusing his wife and running an illegal business.

American Deported

Yes, you can live on a $800 a month TEFL salary, but your quality of life will be less than a typical job in Thailand or just about any other Asian TEFL destination.

[American English pilot]

I don't know where the 200 peso per hour teaching Koreans came from. I currently (and have for the past 3 years) receive a minimum of 500 per hour for academy teaching. Private tutoring runs from 500 to 750 per hour. HOWEVER PLEASE NOTE: It is VERY difficult to get private students unless you are an established teacher here.
Now, the current problem here is there are 'backpackers', typically in thier early 20's, little if ANY teaching experience,that think that 200 per hour is just GREAT!!
This, of course, is royally screwing things up for the rest of us! Particularly, those of us who actually make their home here and have FAMILIES to support! TWITS!
I would really like to find out how the compensation packages became so uniform in Japan, Korea and Taipai. Does anyone here have information on this??
My thinking is that it must have been either some type of action by the teachers, or possibly the agencies?
Would really appreciate any information on this!

[MrMrLuckyKhan]

my 2cents>>>>


I would agree that Going to PH to get a job teaching English is NOT an easy task. A few facts to point out>>

1. There is NO PHILIPPINO forum here, lol.... hint hint....

2. I have a friend who teaches ENGLISH in Medan, Sumatra, and she is from the PHILIPPINES!! For the record, she does teach young children, not adults...



again, just my 2 cents, i havenet read through this whole topic though....

[ghost]

The jobs in Korean schools go to native Filipinos, who accept working for 8-10 hours a day at 50 pesos an hour ($1.00).

The Korean school owners are too cheap to help native speakers get visas, and they make big bucks off the backs of educated Filipino teachers.

Start your own school, don't bother working for Koreans, because they are unreliable.

Ghost in Korea

[Canoy]

I'm on vacation in PH from Taiwan for the next two months. I've seen a few adverts in the Manila Bulletin and I'm going to visit one of the schools just for the hell of it when i get back to Manila. I haven't really been looking for information until today, but hopefully its good and I won't go back to Taiwan

[Sgt Killjoy]