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[Rteacher]

I got an English teaching job through this ad on Dave's Korean Job forum ...
http://www.eslcafe.com/jobs/korea/index.cgi?read=41113

They also have an immediate need for a science teacher (using American curriculum).

[tigershark]

If they still need a teacher in September call me.

[Goon-Yang]

2.5 mil for a science teacher? You might as well make that as an English teacher and spare yourself all the prep time.

Specialized teachers=more $$. Korea needs to figure this out.

[Ramen]

[Rteacher]

They do pay more for specialized teachers (and even I was signed to more than 2.5 mil.) The faculty dorms are not bad, and there's some variety of size and location within the graduate law school and "global school" buildings.

The students (elementary and middle-school) at their global school are mostly from rich (Korean) families, who can afford to send their kids to a boarding school for intensive study of a liberal arts curriculum.

[Rteacher]

I should have mentioned that the faculty dorm rooms have their own bathrooms (but don't have refrigerators or stoves - so I just got an electric "slow cooker" and I'm temporarily using the fridge in the teacher's office.)

They are short two science teachers, one for elementary grades (4th, 5th, and 6th) and one for middle-school students.

One teacher reportedly can start in mid-April, but until they get someone else it looks like I'll have to teach some science courses - while I'm still working on my weekly syllabus and Unit Plan for the whole year in English.

The "future leaders of our global society" deserve better!
http://gs.tlbu.ac.kr/?menu_no=18

[blackjack]

What type of vacation would they be offering?

[Rteacher]

Two weeks in summer and two weeks in winter.

I should have noted that although there are no TVs in the dorm apartments, the cable is free and the wireless internet is free.

[The Cosmic Hum]

Hey RT,

Congratulations on the new job.
Glad to see things worked out for you, again.
Take care and keep smiling.

[blackjack]

[Rteacher]

Well, most hagwons only offer 5 days vacation in summer and 5 in winter, and they usually can't tell you in advance when it will be.

So, I can at least book a ticket to the U.S. in advance at discount rates. Two weeks isn't much, but one week is really not enough for such a long trip.

And during summer and winter camps there's a reduced teaching load - so vacation-time is very similar to what public schools are now giving under GEPIC, etc.

One natural perk of this place is that it's perched up on a small mountain and surrounded by woods, so the air is relatively very clean.

[Goon-Yang]

[Rteacher]

For the record I'm not getting paid extra for trying to recruit a Science teacher for this school.

I naturally try to help out in any way I can wherever I'm at.

Of course, I'd benefit by having less work to do if I could manage to find someone, though.

Then again, anyone who ever read my posts on the late-great (462 page) thread I started (on the Current Events forum) titled "Alternative Challenges to Evolutionary Theories of Origins" would probably surmise that I'm eminently qualified to teach Science.

[Konglishman]

[Rteacher]

Don't International Schools usually require at least a teaching license or Master's degree?

This job is good for someone who majored in some science for their Bachelor's degree and would prefer to do something that involves more real teaching - than say a position that entails copious amounts of desk-warming, and/or baby-sitting, and/or entertaining.