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mdickun83
Joined: 10 Sep 2010
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 Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2010 9:44 am Post subject: GEPIK, EPIK and SMOE: Differences? |
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I'm looking for my first ESL Teaching job and I'm looking into the three programs listed above. Any info on them would really help me a lot. I found them through this "Reach to Teach" headhunter program, so any info on them would be great as well.
A little background on me: 27, Male, Bachelor's in Communications, no TESOL certificate (though considering getting one), $500/ month student loan bills, would like to be somewhere fun (i.e. bars and gals) but saving money/ good teaching experience takes precedent over that. |
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fugitive chicken
Joined: 20 Apr 2010
Location: Bucheon
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| Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2010 5:12 pm Post subject: |
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GEPIK: working in the public school system in the Gyeonggi Provinces (all cities in the outlying areas around Seoul)
SMOE: Public school in Seoul
EPIK: Public school everywhere else in Korea.
Depending on when you want to come to Korea, you may not easily get a job right now with these programs since you missed the major hiring season for fall.
I also owe that much a month in student loans and have been easily able to send that money home and sometimes more and live comfortable here. (I work for GEPIK) You would be making about 2 million won ($1800ish) and housing is taken care of by the school. |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2010 5:13 pm Post subject: Re: GEPIK, EPIK and SMOE: Differences? |
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| mdickun83 wrote: |
I'm looking for my first ESL Teaching job and I'm looking into the three programs listed above. Any info on them would really help me a lot. I found them through this "Reach to Teach" headhunter program, so any info on them would be great as well.
A little background on me: 27, Male, Bachelor's in Communications, no TESOL certificate (though considering getting one), $500/ month student loan bills, would like to be somewhere fun (i.e. bars and gals) but saving money/ good teaching experience takes precedent over that. |
EPIK and SMOE are now under the same umbrella (although there may be small differences in the contracts).
GEPIK is the cousin of the above (run by Gyeonggi provincial office of education).
In all cases the jobs, duties and benefits are similar. They are all government programs to place Native speakers in public schools.
Beyond that, just scroll back a page or 3 and you will find all your questions answered (and lots that you didn't think of as well).
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Fishead soup
Joined: 24 Jun 2007
Location: Korea
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| Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2010 8:44 pm Post subject: |
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I worked for EPIK when Gyeonggi province was under EPIK.
With EPIK you work more directly with the POE. Kyo- Yuk Cheong.
Board of Education. They can move you anytime they want. When Gyeonggi province was under EPIK you could spend a Minimum of six months at a school. You got to keep the same apartment if you transfered schools. Also when Gyeonggi province was under EPIK. They could move you out of your public school and make you work at one of these teacher training institues in the sticks that usually has a small dormitory rooms and inflexible vacation schedules.
Flexibility regarding your schools and he ability to tranfer without changing your contract was a definite plus. However the Teacher training centre. Known as a Yunsuwon in Pyeongtech had terrible housing and horrible vacations |
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mdickun83
Joined: 10 Sep 2010
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| Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2010 8:02 pm Post subject: |
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| Thanks for the help everyone. |
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