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773 · Joined: 29 May 2005 Posts: 213

My husband and I will be teaching short-term at a university near the Mekong (all of December) and are thinking of staying in Vietnam for an extra 4 to 6 weeks or so doing sub work or some other type of short-term teaching. Any suggestions on where I could go about looking for such work? Is there a website that teachers use here to advertise for subs? Thanks!

si_in_edinburgh · Joined: 09 Oct 2006 Posts: 26 Location: Salamanca, Spain

I'm not sure about the Mekong, but I worked in Hanoi last year as a short-notice cover teacher.
Basically I handed in my CV to about 3 language centres, emphasising that I could be availiable for short notice cover work, and they just phoned me up as and when they needed me with offfers of work. It was pretty much as simple as that. I managed to get loads of hours, in particular at one school, but of course, on this sort of contract it's just as possible to get no hours, and spend your whole time waiting for a call.
If your willing to take this gamble, i'd recommend it, as it means you can work on your own hours, the school will phone you up with offers of work and you can choose to accept or decline as it suits.
Hope that helps