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paulmanser
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 Posted: Sat Apr 29, 2006 9:23 am Post subject: What is the punishment for breaking a TEFL contract? |
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Not that I am going to I just want to know where I stand.
I know it may differ for certain countries but take China/Poland/South Korea for example. |
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expatben
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Location: UK...soon Canada though
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Ummm well... it really depends on the contract. Every contract will have different clauses. I mean the contract I signed said if I quit then I have to pay for the schools new teacher until the course ends. In China it was that they could fine me $2000US for leaving-which I did and they diddn't.
Basically it usually envolves you paying them money. |
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Sheikh Inal Ovar
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| Posted: Sat Apr 29, 2006 9:39 am Post subject: What is the punishment for breaking a TEFL contract? |
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| A job in a different school ... |
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paulmanser
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| Posted: Sat Apr 29, 2006 9:41 am Post subject: |
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A job in a different school ..............
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thrifty
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Some of these TEFL outfits still get away with conning newbies into thinking that their pieces of paper are real contracts.
What is the punishment, do a runner and nobody can catch you. Of course your new outfit is probably going to be no better but after a few years you learn that and either put up with a less bad outfit or get out of TEFL and get a real job. |
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paulmanser
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get out of TEFL and get a real job.
oooooooo, I feel a sparky convo coming up. |
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mlomker
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| Posted: Sat Apr 29, 2006 1:48 pm Post subject: |
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get out of TEFL and get a real job.
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hehe. Went to an information session the other day at Hamline University, a local private college. I left with the impression that it was a school with wonderful facilities and dedicated faculty.
Here's the kicker, though. A masters degree in teaching with ESL licensure would take a minimum of 2-2.5 years at about $30k in tuition. They estimated that the starting pay for ESL in Minnesota is $28k/yr.
How does that math work out for you? I'm left with the impression that it is a field for people with rich parents, spouses, or Mother Theresa-types that can try to repay a student loan on $15/hr.
I'm planning to attend there, but in the EFL program...the public school licensure track looks rather insane. |
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thrifty
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...amongst those for whom it is a field:
backpackers
nutters
those who cannot get jobs in their countries with their irrelevant degrees
drunks
drifters
those married to foreigners
the unqualified
the unemployable elsewhere
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paulmanser
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