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Guajiro
Joined: 04 Dec 2008
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 Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2013 6:12 am Post subject: |
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| nicwr2002 wrote: |
| isitts wrote: |
| Neozenha wrote: |
| nicwr2002 wrote: |
| I looked into EPIK and GEPIK when I was first applying to come here and found their pay to be lousy and requirements too high for what you were getting out of it. |
because you're too stupid to get through university? |
Um, no. That's not what s/he was saying. They were saying that the requirement to have taken a TEFL course or have prior teaching experience is a bit much (and perhaps a bit expensive for some starting out in the current economic climate) to justify being a Korean teacher's sidekick.
Even you, by the tone of your thread title and posts, seem to agree.
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| Charlie Bourque wrote: |
| You need to have a 100hr TESOL with a 20hr in-class component to work for SMOE, GEPIK, and EPIK. To work specifically, you will need a 100hr TESOL with a 60hr in-class component. If you have at least 1 year of teaching experience, you don't need it, but this will likely change in the near future as the bar keeps getting raised. |
You serious?
Are there any other organisations like EPIK / GEPIK? |
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That is exactly what I was implying in my post. I was merely stating that there are better options than going through those hoops just to land a job making 1.8 in the city like Seoul and making 2.0 maybe 2.1 in the country side. Those numbers may to be right exactly, but that's what I remember. |
By jumping through the "hoops" teachers are qualifying for level 2 on the pay scale, which is pretty much necessary now, since they aren't hiring those with only level 3 qualifications. According to the EPIK Pay Scale on the EPIK website, level 2 pays 2 million KRW in Busan and Incheon, 2.1 in other cities and Jeju, and 2.2 in other provinces. Add to that rural and teaching at multiple schools bonuses, those teaching in "rural" cities can make a fairly decent starting salary. |
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isitts
Joined: 25 Dec 2008
Location: Korea
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| Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2013 5:48 pm Post subject: |
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| Guajiro wrote: |
| By jumping through the "hoops" teachers are qualifying for level 2 on the pay scale, which is pretty much necessary now... |
...to be, more often than not, a teacher's English robot and not use the skills you paid for.
Not saying it has to be that way. But it often is. |
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