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How can I find a good public school job?
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hossenfeffer



Joined: 07 Oct 2006
PostPosted: Thu Nov 29, 2007 7:46 am    Post subject: How can I find a good public school job? Reply with quote
I hope that this topic hasn't been covered ad nauseam. I have just completed a one year contract at a hogwan and am strongly considering switching to a public school position in Seoul in March. What advice do you have for getting a job at a GOOD public school? Are there any recruitment agencies you would recommend? Would you definitely NOT recommend using a recruiter. Where is the best place to find job listings for public school positions. Any opinions on EPIK? Help!

I have a Master's degree in English, a TEFL certificate and a year of experience middle school students in Seoul. Please point me in the right direction.

Thanks,
Hoss
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butlerian



Joined: 04 Sep 2006
Location: Korea
PostPosted: Thu Nov 29, 2007 8:12 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
TENET Korea.
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hossenfeffer



Joined: 07 Oct 2006
PostPosted: Thu Nov 29, 2007 10:13 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
thanks butlerian.

Have you used this recruitment agency before? Do they have a good reputation?

hoss.
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crazy_arcade



Joined: 05 Nov 2006
PostPosted: Thu Nov 29, 2007 2:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Korvia

Ex-worknplay recruiters who left to start their own business. They'll work hard to find a school that matches you.
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blaseblasphemener



Joined: 01 Jun 2006
Location: There's a voice, keeps on calling me, down the road, that's where I'll always be
PostPosted: Thu Nov 29, 2007 3:54 pm    Post subject: Re: How can I find a good public school job? Reply with quote
hossenfeffer wrote:
I hope that this topic hasn't been covered ad nauseam. I have just completed a one year contract at a hogwan and am strongly considering switching to a public school position in Seoul in March. What advice do you have for getting a job at a GOOD public school? Are there any recruitment agencies you would recommend? Would you definitely NOT recommend using a recruiter. Where is the best place to find job listings for public school positions. Any opinions on EPIK? Help!

I have a Master's degree in English, a TEFL certificate and a year of experience middle school students in Seoul. Please point me in the right direction.

Thanks,
Hoss


Why not go the uni route? With a masters degree, you'll get hired, and you'll get 2-5 months off paid, and work hours will be lower, and you will have more freedom to teach how and what you want. Plus, no annoying partner teachers, and you'll be around people who can speak English.
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Bibbitybop



Joined: 22 Feb 2006
Location: Seoul
PostPosted: Thu Nov 29, 2007 4:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
SMOE (Seoul Public Schools) either hire directly (do a search for "ETIS" on a search engine) or they hire through specific recruiters like Footprints or WorkNPlay (thought I hear WNP's website has been screwy). I suggest you apply NOW directly through SMOE.

If you are hired, you will be placed where SMOE needs you and getting a good or bad school is the luck of the draw. SMOE sticks to their contracts, so if you do end up in a nutty school, you are backed up by SMOE on contractual issues.
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ajgeddes



Joined: 28 Apr 2004
Location: Yongsan
PostPosted: Thu Nov 29, 2007 4:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Try to get a job in Gangnam. They are the best Public School jobs in Seoul and have the best support.
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Bibbitybop



Joined: 22 Feb 2006
Location: Seoul
PostPosted: Thu Nov 29, 2007 4:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
ajgeddes wrote:
Try to get a job in Gangnam. They are the best Public School jobs in Seoul and have the best support.


And they aren't under the SMOE umbrella.
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ajgeddes



Joined: 28 Apr 2004
Location: Yongsan
PostPosted: Thu Nov 29, 2007 4:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Bibbitybop wrote:
ajgeddes wrote:
Try to get a job in Gangnam. They are the best Public School jobs in Seoul and have the best support.


And they aren't under the SMOE umbrella.


Nope. They are seperate.
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merkurix



Joined: 21 Dec 2006
Location: Not far from the deep end.
PostPosted: Thu Nov 29, 2007 6:02 pm    Post subject: Re: How can I find a good public school job? Reply with quote
blaseblasphemener wrote:
hossenfeffer wrote:
I hope that this topic hasn't been covered ad nauseam. I have just completed a one year contract at a hogwan and am strongly considering switching to a public school position in Seoul in March. What advice do you have for getting a job at a GOOD public school? Are there any recruitment agencies you would recommend? Would you definitely NOT recommend using a recruiter. Where is the best place to find job listings for public school positions. Any opinions on EPIK? Help!

I have a Master's degree in English, a TEFL certificate and a year of experience middle school students in Seoul. Please point me in the right direction.

Thanks,
Hoss


Why not go the uni route? With a masters degree, you'll get hired, and you'll get 2-5 months off paid, and work hours will be lower, and you will have more freedom to teach how and what you want. Plus, no annoying partner teachers, and you'll be around people who can speak English.


I agree. OP, unless you have an unbridled passion for teaching students of those age groups, I would strongly consider teaching at a university. In addition to everything blaseblasphemener mentioned, you will have few discipline problems, lesser hours, better pay, and more autonomy in your planning. I know people who have MAs in music and anthropology and they still teach English. With your English MA, that should work to put you on top of many hiring pools of qualified applicants.

On the other hand, I do know some people who have MAs, but university teaching is not their cup of tea. They really, really love teaching younger age groups, despite being qualified to teach university. And that's cool.

But I also have friends who despite an MA still (and rather unhappily) slave away at crappy, kindy hagwons (I have one friend in particular I have been trying to help for two years now).
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Boodleheimer



Joined: 10 Mar 2006
Location: working undercover for the Man
PostPosted: Thu Nov 29, 2007 6:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
grouping together my experience at two different high schools and my boyfriend's experience at two more, our experi