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aweitzm1
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 Posted: Thu Apr 01, 2010 1:04 pm Post subject: What is considered an accredited institution? |
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| Are hagwon's considered an accredited institution? I was reading the SMOE pay scale. After working in a Hagwon for one year and having my TESOL certificate would I be considered a level For G. |
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ttompatz
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Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Thu Apr 01, 2010 4:09 pm Post subject: Re: What is considered an accredited institution? |
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| aweitzm1 wrote: |
| Are hagwon's considered an accredited institution? I was reading the SMOE pay scale. After working in a Hagwon for one year and having my TESOL certificate would I be considered a level For G. |
If you have a certificate of employment (to confirm that you worked there) then the government agencies will give you credit for a year in a hakwon.
You will also get a bump for the tesol cert as long as it was longer than 100 hours.
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blackjack
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Location: anyang
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| Posted: Thu Apr 01, 2010 4:26 pm Post subject: Re: What is considered an accredited institution? |
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| aweitzm1 wrote: |
| Are hagwon's considered an accredited institution? I was reading the SMOE pay scale. After working in a Hagwon for one year and having my TESOL certificate would I be considered a level For G. |
If you have a certificate of employment (to confirm that you worked there) then the government agencies will give you credit for a year in a hakwon.
You will also get a bump for the tesol cert as long as it was longer than 100 hours.
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so it's longer than 100hrs or is a 100hr course enough? |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Thu Apr 01, 2010 5:02 pm Post subject: Re: What is considered an accredited institution? |
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| blackjack wrote: |
| ttompatz wrote: |
| aweitzm1 wrote: |
| Are hagwon's considered an accredited institution? I was reading the SMOE pay scale. After working in a Hagwon for one year and having my TESOL certificate would I be considered a level For G. |
If you have a certificate of employment (to confirm that you worked there) then the government agencies will give you credit for a year in a hakwon.
You will also get a bump for the tesol cert as long as it was longer than 100 hours.
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so it's longer than 100hrs or is a 100hr course enough? |
I know for a fact that GEPIK and EPIK accept the 100hr TESOL cert even though the contract says "more than".
I suspect the other POE programs are the same.
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Ramen
Joined: 15 Apr 2008
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| Posted: Thu Apr 01, 2010 5:21 pm Post subject: Re: What is considered an accredited institution? |
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| ttompatz wrote: |
| blackjack wrote: |
| ttompatz wrote: |
| aweitzm1 wrote: |
| Are hagwon's considered an accredited institution? I was reading the SMOE pay scale. After working in a Hagwon for one year and having my TESOL certificate would I be considered a level For G. |
If you have a certificate of employment (to confirm that you worked there) then the government agencies will give you credit for a year in a hakwon.
You will also get a bump for the tesol cert as long as it was longer than 100 hours.
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so it's longer than 100hrs or is a 100hr course enough? |
I know for a fact that GEPIK and EPIK accept the 100hr TESOL cert even though the contract says "more than".
I suspect the other POE programs are the same.
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I'm going to make an official complaint to GEPIK, EPIK, and POE about this. We shouldn't get a bump on pay for having 100hr tesol/tefl cert.  |
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World Traveler
Joined: 29 May 2009
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| Posted: Fri Apr 02, 2010 7:02 am Post subject: Re: What is considered an accredited institution? |
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| aweitzm1 wrote: |
| Are hagwon's considered an accredited institution? |
no |
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aweitzm1
Joined: 23 Mar 2010
Location: Florida
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| Posted: Fri Apr 02, 2010 7:09 am Post subject: |
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| If Hagwons are not considered an accredited institution then what is considered an accredited institution? |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
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| Posted: Fri Apr 02, 2010 4:04 pm Post subject: |
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| If Hagwons are not considered an accredited institution then what is considered an accredited institution? |
IF it is licensed by the POE then it is accepted as a school and school expereince when applying for a PS position in Korea.
Accreditation does not always reference quality - just physical, licensed, government approved, presence.
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World Traveler
Joined: 29 May 2009
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| Posted: Fri Apr 02, 2010 10:02 pm Post subject: |
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| American teachers in hagwons don't get a tax exemption their first two years working in Korean, and the reason for this is that hagwons are not accredited institutions, correct? |
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ttompatz
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Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Sat Apr 03, 2010 12:31 am Post subject: |
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| American teachers in hagwons don't get a tax exemption their first two years working in Korean, and the reason for this is that hagwons are not accredited institutions, correct? |
Nope...
PUBLIC schools and PUBLICLY funded universities and research facilities foreign staff get the 2 year tax break (with the exception of Canadians).
PRIVATE schools, universities, hakwons, etc. do NOT get the tax break for their staff.
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