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[Kiwi Tart]

So I've got an interview to be a home-stay English teacher for two young children. (I teach Kindergarten now, so it's no big deal for me, working with kids...)

But, has anyone ever heard of this? They want a teacher to live with the family for 3 months, and the pay sounds nice (5million a month), rent free. (I think it's just Monday - Friday, weekends off) The recruiter told me the parents think the best way to introduce their kids to another culture is by "inviting it into their home"

What kind of questions would you ask at the interview? What would you be worried about?

Thanks!

K.T.

[ED209]

Weird.
Guess they need a nanny pretty desperate.
Doesn't sound legal, not on an E2

[n�fara]

Sounds interesting. I've never heard of this before. They must be a pretty wealthy family, but perhaps your job would be more like an English Nanny than English teacher.


Some immediate questions I have


What type of Visa would you have for this position?
Do they pay the into tax, pension, and health? - would you be eligible for this ?

What exactly are the hours? Are you on-call at all times, or officially not working during particular times. If the children school aged, then I would that that they would prefer you to work during non-school hours, like evenings and weekends. If the children are too young for kindergarten, then it would make sense for you to work during the day.

However, what would your duties involve? Just reading storybooks and conversing in English, or cooking, cleaning, babysitting, diaper-changing (how young are these kids, anyway?)

Also, would you have your own bedroom? Separate bathroom or shared? Furnished or unfurnished. Would you be required to contribute to utilities, or the grocery bill? Are you able to have friends visit? Would you work mostly in the home, or would you also be required to take the children on field-trips and whatnot. Do they require you to have CPR and First Aid training?

Just a few questions that came to my mind.
Hopefully there are more experienced posters out there that can contribute more insight.

[bassexpander]

Make sure you get your own bed, and that you can put your own lock on the door.

I'm serious about that.

[Bibbitybop]

Some public schools offer a homestay and if it's arranged through your employer, it's legal on an E-2. However, I could not in my right mind ever life with a Korean family, especially one that my boss or or my superior in any way.

One of my friends had an offer to do a homestay and they said she could come and go anytime and live as she always lives. But what about when her boyfriend wanted to stay with her? What about when she wanted to walk around topless?

Another tattooed friend did one for a short time, walked out of his room shirtless and freaked out the family.

[bassexpander]