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drewteacher · Joined: 03 Oct 2005 Posts: 62

I've got 6 years experience teaching English and other subjects, along with a business and management background. I'm in my second year of teaching in Thailand and would like to move to teaching in a University. Any tips on landing such a job? Thanks. -Andrew

Kent F. Kruhoeffer · Joined: 22 Jan 2003 Posts: 2129 Location: 中国

Hello Andrew:

I guess the best tip would be

to keep your eye on these 3:

http://www.ajarn.com/ (Ajarn.com)

http://www.teflasia.com/ (TEFL Asia)

http://www.jobsdb.com/ (JobsDB.com)

Thai University Links:

http://www.campusprogram.com/universities/Thailand.html

http://www.click4apartment.com/bkk_univ.asp

The current semester ends in February,

so now is actually not a bad time to

be scouting for job offers.

The academic calendar looks like this:

Semester 1 - from May to September

Semester 2 - from October to February

Good luck !

~

moot point · Joined: 22 Feb 2005 Posts: 441

Is it more lucrative to work in a university in Thailand? I was under the impression that private education is where the money is in Thailand. Correct me if I'm mistaken. Please.

Kent F. Kruhoeffer · Joined: 22 Jan 2003 Posts: 2129 Location: 中国

Hello moot point

JZer · Joined: 16 Jan 2005 Posts: 3898 Location: Pittsburgh

Spiderman Too · Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2006 7:24 am Post subject:

sigmoid · Joined: 21 Jan 2003 Posts: 1276

JZer · Joined: 16 Jan 2005 Posts: 3898 Location: Pittsburgh

Sorry for my ignorance. I would never suspected that you would be required to spend all day at the university. The only thing is that as a university teacher you might have more opportunities for well payed private work. I mean people will think that you must be a good teacher if you teach at a university.

Spiderman Too, do you clock in on your off days as well?

Spiderman Too · Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2006 2:18 am Post subject:

ron7086 · Joined: 15 Jan 2006 Posts: 8 Location: Kuwait

I had a university gig where I had to clock in every morning and out every evening. Sometimes, I filled my contractural teaching hours in two days, such as MO and WE or TUE and THUR.

But I lived in the area where I worked, not a bad thing to do in a country where transportation problems consume far much more everyday conversation than the weather. The timeclock might have been as far as 500 meters from my apartment. I just had to remember to do the check in/out.

And if I forgot, there was a monthly report that would remind me.

isanity · Joined: 05 Nov 2004 Posts: 179

Different unis are more or less strict about the clocking in/out thing. At my place we only had to sign in, and could then leave early (unofficially). Worth checking with the other farang teachers if you have an interview, but probably not a good question to ask the Thai staff.

Provincial Thai universities are very uncompetitive in terms of salary, so if there's an opening you shouldn't have to fend off many other applicants. Most places don't have vacancies that often though.