Korean Job Discussion Forums

[Kevon009]

I'm from Canada but received my teaching degree in the U.S. before arriving in Korea 5 months ago. I was wondering what some of my options might be after my 1 year contract is finished. Is teaching at university in Korea an option with a teaching degree from back home? What should I be looking at wage wise? Looking for any info that could point me in the right direction toward a better and higher paying job in Korea for next year.

Cheers

[sojourner1]

A teacher typically makes $25,000 to $35,000 US per year in Korea or America and when they want more, they go for a masters. In the US, teachers often sign a 3 year contract that includes benefits like a masters in education paid for as well as money to reduce thier undergraduate student loans. The masters degree can qualify you to get a university job in many different countries such as Korea or a school admininstration job in your home country.

Often, universities at home are not taking on many education majors as tenured professors, but are taking on senior career professionals in the respective fields they teach such as a senior portfolio manager teaching a finance and business course or a senior systems tech teaching a course on systems administration. Most of my professors were all senior tenured professionals making 6 figure incomes who just teach a couple hours a week for satisfaction, but the office administration were masters of education.

[Kevon009]

Thanks for the reply. I just re-read my message and realized I didnt specify I was looking into a job in Korea next year.

Thanks for the info tho, sry for the mix up

I edited my post

[aka Dave]

[Yu_Bum_suk]

In Korea you can teach anything a BA holder can plus you can teach at international schools.

[milkweedma]

You can always wipe your bum with it. In Korea its pretty much useless unless you teach at an International school. (That's what I would do). With a teaching certificate I would teach in Dubai or Brunnai and make the big bucks instead of wasting my energy in this ineffectual autocratic system.

[aarontendo]

Do the Hong Kong NET scheme. You won't find a whole lotta places over here that'll reward you over any other BA. I've heard a lotta Cert'ed teachers complain (and rightly so) that their co-teachers will treat them like they have no idea what they're doing in a classroom.