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poet13 · Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2008 1:05 am Post subject: KEI-TEFL teacher practicum...

Hey guys who were there.
It was good to meet all of you.
I'm a little bummed that we didn't see any Moonies spying on us from the ridgeline, and not one case of attempted indoctrination!
David Deublebleiss (hope I spelled that right)....sorry I missed you at the end there. I went looking for you, but Lane and Bill wanted to get out of there... Thanks for the advice and for giving us a tour of your website. Very cool.
Wayne, thanks for getting up early and putting the game on the big screen.
Roomie...thanks for not smoking in the room. I like you and it would have sucked to have had to smother you with that pillow.
I will look forward to another seminar like that.
120 hour certificate looks great....and definitely worth the extra 300k a month I'll get for having it...gotta say though, the course was a lot more rigorous than I thought it would be.
Ok, I think that's it....

Can you guys PM me with contact details? Phone and email...thanks.

poet13 · Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 12:36 am Post subject:

Ah....Wayne. The Jack Burger by the train station had the best burger I've had in Korea...and only 2500 won.

tob55 · Joined: 29 Apr 2007

Several of the foreigners in the area went to him and actually taught him some of the Western burger recipes. He is an nice guy and does a good job cooking as well. Just a touch of home in the Korean community. I believe the whole group that attended the training seminar had a great time. There will be another seminar scheduled for April or May. if anyone is interested and wants details. Just trying to set the stage for some higher ed program training that is beginning to come to the surface now with the changes being implemented by the Korean government and MOE.

poet13 · Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 2:01 pm Post subject:

Hey, you sound like the course trainer....
I wish someone made burgers like that down here....

I showed the vice-principal of my alternate school my certificate and he asked who recognized it as valid. I know you said something about it some time ago, but could you remind me?

tob55 · Joined: 29 Apr 2007

The credentials from KEI - TEFL are recognized and approved by the regional education offices of Ministry of Education. The program went to great lengths to go through the license and accreditation process required by the government before they began operation. This included 6 meetings with the reps from the regional office over a 6 week period to validate and scrutinize the curriculum, course content, educational plan, and operational procedures that were put in place by KEI - TEFL.

Currently the credentials have been accepted and approved by 8 of the 12 regional offices of education in the country. With more than 50 graduates during the short time the company has been in operation, not one person has been refused their pay increase or level increase because the credentials were refused by an educational institution. Those interested in finding out the legal standing of KEI - TEFL or any other training program should simply look for the registration information that is required of legally registered and recognized programs to be placed on their course websites. BTW, if a provider does not have this information posted on the bottom of the company website pages, they are not likely to be legally licensed, registered or recognized by the Korean Government.

bassexpander · Joined: 13 Sep 2007 Location: Someplace you'd rather be.

300,000 per month extra?

Who pays you that much more per month for a TEFL certificate?

The only schools I know of who pay extra for it are public schools under certain programs, and then it's 100,000 to MAYBE 200,000 extra. Usually 100,000.

tob55 · Joined: 29 Apr 2007

bassexpander is right, the average is much less than 300,000 KRW, but it is not out of the realm of possibility.

poet13 · Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2008 11:18 pm Post subject:

I work for EPIK. I arrived at 300,000 by going from a level 2+ (currently) to a level 1 (my school will split the difference on the pay level as it is a range (2.4 to 2.65).....I will go from 2.2 to 2.5 this fall when I renew.

I could have worded it....."an extra 650 a month" but that's only the possible in the long run.....2 years as a level 1 in the same POE....but without the certificate, nothing at all was possible.

poet13 · Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2008 2:40 am Post subject:

Hey. I lost my notebook there. It had the links we got during the classes. The most important one was Deubleweiss (sp?) website... I don't know his username so I can't search it.....
Anyone?

tob55 · Joined: 29 Apr 2007

It was recovered and ready to deliver to you if you want to use the same address as the one you used for correspondence. Let the office know. Thanks for the explanation about the pay raise, I have been hearing that without exception people taking training have been having relatively little difficulty getting their pay and level increases. What about some others who have taken time to do your training. What are you finding out?

The link you wanted was http://eflclassroom.ning.com

spliff · Joined: 19 Jan 2004 Location: Khon Kaen, Thailand

You aren't that inept are you. Search something like Gepik and you'll find him there then just select his user name.

tob55 · Joined: 29 Apr 2007

Actually, DD works for SMOE, so I doubt if he could be found on the GEPIK website spliff...lol Laughing

poet13 · Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2008 3:04 am Post subject:

No, not that inept....but I can't get the speeeling of his name right...
I tried ESL activities on Google but it didn't come up....at least not with .ning.

As far as the value...I think it's a no brainer.
Either you need a Master's in anything, or a TEFL to advance levels in EPIK. (I don't know about the others, liek GEPIK or SMOE)
For those of us who are actually taking this teaching thing seriously, the course was rigorous enough to give me a feeling of accomplishment when I was finished. Cool. Yeah, I know I can buy crap off the net, but I couldn't feel good about proffering something like that and saying, "Give me more money, I've earned it."

Yes, if you have my home address, I would be delighted to have the book back. I didn't take many notes, but the ones I took I don't want to lose.