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[Junior]

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Who gives the best deal? I've done my best to find out. Please contribute any other advantages/disadvantages you know.

1)SMOE (Seoul metropolitan Office of education)

Salary Table

Level 1 1.8 million Won Bachelor's

Level 2 2.0 million Won Bachelor's plus teaching certificate, or a degree in one of the following: Education, English, English Education, English Literature, or Linguistics. This level also includes Bachelor's holders with TEFL or TESL certification (min 100hrs), Master's degree holders and those with a Bachelor's and at least 1 full year of teaching English at an accredited institution.

Level 3 2.2 million Won Must qualify for Level 2 plus have 1 full year of English teaching experience and/or teacher certification with specialization in English education or a Masters in English.

Level 4 2.3 million Won Must qualify for Level 3 plus have at least 2 full years of English teaching experience or be a returning Level 2 S.M.O.E. teacher or have a Master's degree in TESOL/TEFL or English Education.

Level 4 2.4 million Won Employed with S.M.O.E for 1 year and a Master's in TESOL or English Education or a Bachelor's degree in English Education and at least 3 full years experience teaching at accredited institutions or teacher certification with specilization in English education and at least at least 2 full years teaching at accredited institutions.

Level 5 2.5 million Won please contact our office for specific information
Level 6 2.6 million Won please contact our office for specific information
Level 7 2.7 million Won please contact our office for specific information

source:
http://www.footprintsrecruiting.com/contentdetails.php?contentid=1530&chapter=361&cat=546&cid=&lid=


EPIK

Level 1+ (2,5- 2.7 M won)
Requirements:Two consecutive years as a Level One EPIK ELI within the same POE

Level 1 (2.3-2.5M won)
Basic requirements plus 2 years of teaching experience plus Additional Requirement(s):
MA degree
Teacher's certificate for Elementary or Secondary school
TESOL/TEFL/CELTA certificate (100+ course hours)

Level 2 (2.0-2.2M won)
Basic requirements plus Additional Requirement(s)
MA degree
Teacher's certificate for Elementary or Secondary school
TESOL/TEFL/CELTA certificate (100+ course hours)
BA degree with one year full-time English teaching experience

Level 3 (1.8-2.0 M won)
Basic Requirements

(BA degree)

source:
http://epik.knue.ac.kr/sub2/sub2_2_2.asp

GEPIK

Level 1 (2.3 M won)
*A Teacher's Certificate for elementary or secondary school with at least two years of full-time teaching experience at accredited institutions .
* An English education certificate as TESOL/TEFL comprised of a minimum of 100 course hours with at least two years of full-time teaching experience at accredited institutions.
*A Master's degree with at least two years of full-time teaching experience at accredited institutions

Level 2 (2.0M won)
* A Teacher's certificate for elementary or secondary school
* An English education certificate as TESOL/TEFL comprised of a minimum of 100 course hours with a Master's degree
* A Bachelor's degree with at least one year of full-time English teaching experience at accredited institutions

Level 3 (1.8 M won)
A Bachelor's degree

Source:http://www.gochang.es.kr/gepik/web/qual.php



However, this still leaves questions. If you switch from one organisation to the other, does your exp count? Is it the same POE?
Do they all include an obligation to do summer camp?

And the Winner is!: EPIK on pay, but is it located in rural areas?

[Milwaukiedave]

Nice summary..hopefully it will help people make a decision in terms of public schools.

There have been some pretty bad things said about GEPIK lately. Not sure how much of it's true.

I'm under the Incheon English Program, which has the same pay scale as GEPIK.

[Junior]

[quote="Milwaukiedave"]

[MorgolKing]

I'm under the Incheon program too. I think they're really good right now b/c they haven't "progressed" to the levels of GEPIK and SMOE yet in terms of realizing how much they can abuse newbies. But I wouldn't be surprised to see them moving in that direction of having a high turn over rate each year just to pay low salaries and abuse new teachers.

[TheUrbanMyth]

[Milwaukiedave]

[ajgeddes]

[laogaiguk]

[Milwaukiedave]

[quote="Junior"]

[xox]

i've never seen SMOE recruiters. or any recruiter who has offered a SMOE program.
suggestions?

[MorgolKing]

I think SMOE might be done hiring for their August positions and won't be hiring again till next winter/spring?? Not sure...but I've seen lots of SMOE advertisements the past couple months leading up till now. Search the boards or go to the smoe site.

http://etis.sen.go.kr/

[cubanlord]

mods, can we make this a sticky?

[Yesterday]

[MorgolKing]

Hey I had an interview with Kelly too...ditto I didn't really like the vibe I got from SMOE

*I want to edit what I said in light of the next poster's comments. I found Kelly to be very friendly and honest as well. I just felt a bad vibe from the SMOE program as whole. Specifically some of the stories I've heard coupled with the fact that my recruiter, before my interview, told me that SMOE was looking for teachers with no experience b/c they've had problems with people running away on the job.

[tek75]

I can't speak for the othe people, but I did want to mention that I had a telephone interview with Kelly from SMOE (I'm assuming she's the same Kelly that's been referred to before), and I found her to be very forthright as well as very nice. I didn't get any bad vibes from her, and I'm very excited about teaching for the SMOE program starting next month.