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Francis-Pax
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| crazylemongirl wrote: |
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| She is an American national and a graduate of Harvard University, which is a perfect background as a native English instructor in Korea. |
What the hell is a graduate of Harvard doing teaching in Korea?
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| According to the Ministry of Justice, the number of foreigners with an E-2 visa, a one-year work permit visa issued to foreigners working as English instructors, rose from 10,822 in 2003 to 12,000 last year. |
Hmm perhaps all this talk about korea losing teachers is just bollocks. |
Believe it or not, I know a Harvard grad (B.A.) teaching in a Hogwon. Hard to believe, but true. |
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nikkijsullivan
Joined: 27 Nov 2005
Location: New Zealand
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Notice it said for CAMPS, its up to 2.8 million won, free flight and accomodation. This is because there is a 27% tax rate on the c4 visa and people coming over for just a camp from other countries need this c4 visa so will get taxed 27%. Normally with a camp offering a free flight pays 2.0 and maybe this is their reason for paying more now. Because otherwise they will be working a shit load of hours for piss all money - as they will prob require you to work 12 hr days.
The winter camp I worked at paid 2.0 so I walked away with 1.4 in the hand...a lot of work for not much money.
Thats my guess anyway |
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VanIslander
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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For those who used to say that a CELTA or equivalent ESL certificate is useless for jobs in South Korea....
the times have changed!
A CELTA now puts one on par with an M.A. in terms of pay scales in the burgeoning public school sector.
A monthly salary of 2.5 mill is what a CELTA with two years experience garners these days. There are dozens of such positions at present. |
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jinju
Joined: 22 Jan 2006
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| Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2006 8:51 pm Post subject: |
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For those who used to say that a CELTA or equivalent ESL certificate is useless for jobs in South Korea....
the times have changed!
A CELTA now puts one on par with an M.A. in terms of pay scales in the burgeoning public school sector.
A monthly salary of 2.5 mill is what a CELTA with two years experience garners these days. There are dozens of such positions at present. |
Thats true but a CELTA isnt required. 2.5 can be had even without a CELTA or TESOL or M.A. Which I think is the point of the article. There are now more high paying jobs available to FTs than before. |
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VanIslander
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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| Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2006 8:56 pm Post subject: |
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| jinju wrote: |
| Thats true but a CELTA isnt required. 2.5 can be had even without a CELTA or TESOL or M.A. Which I think is the point of the article. There are now more high paying jobs available to FTs than before. |
Of course you might find a position that pays that at a public school without any qualifications.
But the advertised pay scales used in the Busan school system and in Jeollanamdo REQUIRE a certificate or advanced degree or teaching qualification in order to get the 2.5 mill pay scale. And there are A LOT of jobs available through those schemes right now, so anyone with a certificate and some experience has it pretty easy job hunting, as I myself have found out recently as I explore options. 
My point is just that there ARE (now) quite a few jobs that'll pay more if one has a CELTA. When I debated whether to get one a couple of years back the advice I got on these boards was not to expect it to make any difference as it's not even known in South Korea. But obviously some administering the growing public school English programs have heard about it, and are paying more accordingly. |
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