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gecko2112
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 Posted: Mon Apr 12, 2010 4:30 am Post subject: Philippines Salary |
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Anyone have, or know of someone who has worked in the Philippines teaching at a Korean school? Just wondering what salary one can expect to earn there?
sweltering in Bangkok
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laconic2
Joined: 23 May 2005
Location: Wonderful World of ESL
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| Posted: Mon Apr 12, 2010 2:09 pm Post subject: |
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Around 1600 USD a month plus O/T.
Contact me by PM if you want more info. |
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BoholDiver
Joined: 03 Oct 2009
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| Posted: Mon Apr 12, 2010 4:02 pm Post subject: |
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| That's not too bad. For Philippines, that's much higher than locals make. |
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Jerkstores
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| Posted: Mon Apr 12, 2010 6:55 pm Post subject: |
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| I haven't posted enough to send a PM. How much experience is required for this? Is housing included? |
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randall020105
Joined: 08 Apr 2008
Location: the land of morning confusion...
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| Posted: Mon Apr 12, 2010 8:29 pm Post subject: re: Philipines. |
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Hey.
what's the income like in the Phillipines? what can one do with say...1 mill won over there? on a weekend i mean...
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lifeinkorea
Joined: 24 Jan 2009
Location: somewhere in China
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| Posted: Mon Apr 12, 2010 10:34 pm Post subject: |
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| The question to answer is where would you teach? I have looked into this and it's not easy to find a place. It's better to look into Thailand, China, or Japan. |
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creeper1
Joined: 30 Jan 2007
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| Posted: Mon Apr 12, 2010 10:42 pm Post subject: Not the place |
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I don't know why this is being discussed in the Korea job related discussion forum
This question has been asked before on the Asia general discussion forum. There is no forum for Philippines in particular (this is a hint as to what kind of demand there is for foreign teachers there) |
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gecko2112
Joined: 09 Apr 2010
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| Posted: Tue Apr 13, 2010 10:41 am Post subject: |
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Ok, $1600 is what I was expecting. I'm flying to Manila from Bangkok this Saturday to meet a guy who is getting this school up and running which will house Korean students. Just wanted some idea as to what to ask for/what to expect.
BTW, anyone interested in coming to Bangkok to teach, it's brutal at the moment. I've been here 6 months now after finishing up in Korea last October and all I've been able to get is part-time work teaching Business English. Not enough work to go around and very stiff competition. Love this place, but at this point I'm hoping this gig in Manila pans out.
thanks for the replies guys
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laconic2
Joined: 23 May 2005
Location: Wonderful World of ESL
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| Posted: Tue Apr 13, 2010 2:59 pm Post subject: Re: Not the place |
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| creeper1 wrote: |
I don't know why this is being discussed in the Korea job related discussion forum
This question has been asked before on the Asia general discussion forum. There is no forum for Philippines in particular (this is a hint as to what kind of demand there is for foreign teachers there) |
This kind of question is discussed here all the time.
Also, your info is dated.
PI is one of the fastest growing ESL markets in the world. The "Korean Wave" phenomenon alone in the Philippines is causing a much higher demand for ESL teachers than was previously the case. Schools are springing up all over the place and the salaries and benefits at the better schools are actually quite respectable.
Dave's Cafe will have a Philippines forum on the international board in the near future is my bet.
Time will tell. |
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guava
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I-am-me
Joined: 21 Feb 2006
Location: Hermit Kingdom
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| Posted: Tue Apr 13, 2010 6:59 pm Post subject: |
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| You will be lucky to make $100 in the Philippines. They are requiered to hire filipinos by law unless its run by a church and then its usually koreans who teach. I would be wary of what you are being promised. Peak time for students are during their breaks in Korea. |
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laconic2
Joined: 23 May 2005
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| Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2010 1:58 am Post subject: |
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| I-am-me wrote: |
| You will be lucky to make $100 in the Philippines. They are requiered to hire filipinos by law unless its run by a church and then its usually koreans who teach. I would be wary of what you are being promised. Peak time for students are during their breaks in Korea. |
I work for a non-church school and the only thing Korean teachers teach is Korean. There are very few Filipino teachers.
$100? Come on.
Peak times for camps are during breaks in Korea, but there are a whole lot of Korean students that live in PI and could care less about break times in Korea. |
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Kurtz
Joined: 05 Jan 2007
Location: ples bilong me
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| Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2010 3:46 am Post subject: |
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| I-am-me wrote: |
| You will be lucky to make $100 in the Philippines. They are requiered to hire filipinos by law unless its run by a church and then its usually koreans who teach. I would be wary of what you are being promised. Peak time for students are during their breaks in Korea. |
How strict are they with work visas for foreigners? A Korean mate of mine wants me to teach Korean college kids before they get sent to the US on a working holiday visa in Borocay, if I didn't want to get out of EFL I'd be more than tempted (reason I'm asking is it's good to keep your options open) |
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ttompatz
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Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2010 4:03 am Post subject: |
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| Kurtz wrote: |
| I-am-me wrote: |
| You will be lucky to make $100 in the Philippines. They are requiered to hire filipinos by law unless its run by a church and then its usually koreans who teach. I would be wary of what you are being promised. Peak time for students are during their breaks in Korea. |
How strict are they with work visas for foreigners? A Korean mate of mine wants me to teach Korean college kids before they get sent to the US on a working holiday visa in Borocay, if I didn't want to get out of EFL I'd be more than tempted (reason I'm asking is it's good to keep your options open) |
hmmmm there is no "working holiday" visa for visitors coming to the Philippines. They are working (illegally) on a tourist visa. There are always lots of English speaking back-packers in Boracay who are willing to put in a couple months for cheap in order to spend more time in the beach discos or windsurfing.
Unless you are working in management for a multi-national corporation or married to a Filipina you won't get legal work here.
I have NEVER met a NES working here (outside of a couple of the international schools) that was on a work visa.
They are 13a (like a Korean F2), Balikbayan, SRRV (special retirement), or an investors visa.
The remainder are on extended tourist visas (59 days at a time for up to 16 months).
If you get a position in one of the real international schools you can expect a salary in the range of 28k+ per year. You will also need to be teacher certified with a B.Ed or PGCE in your home country and be qualified to teach a subject(s).
If you work for one of the "language institutes" like Cleverlearn, AITI, CPILS, GEOS or some of the others you can expect about p400 per hour for your "in class" time. Hours are not consistent so your salary bounces around a lot.
It's OK for someone who lives here full time but wouldn't work for someone making a career out of it. (again, you would be competing with all the semi-retired Americans and Balikbayans (returning Filipinos) who don't need big wages, housing or visas.
Sorry for rattling and rambling around so much... I hope it is still clear enough to be understood.
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Kurtz
Joined: 05 Jan 2007
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| Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2010 4:10 am Post subject: |
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| ttompatz wrote: |
| Kurtz wrote: |
| I-am-me wrote: |
| You will be lucky to make $100 in the Philippines. They are requiered to hire filipinos by law unless its run by a church and then its usually koreans who teach. I would be wary of what you are being promised. Peak time for students are during their breaks in Korea. |
How strict are they with work visas for foreigners? A Korean mate of mine wants me to teach Korean college kids before they get sent to the US on a working holiday visa in Borocay, if I didn't want to get out of EFL I'd be more than tempted (reason I'm asking is it's good to keep your options open) |
hmmmm there is no "working holiday" visa for visitors coming to the Philippines. They are working (illegally) on a tourist visa. There are always lots of English speaking back-packers in Boracay who are willing to put in a couple months for cheap in order to spend more time in the beach discos or windsurfing.
Unless you are working in management for a multi-national corporation or married to a Filipina you won't get legal work here.
I have NEVER met a NES working here (outside of a couple of the international schools) that was on a work visa.
They are 13a (like a Korean F2), Balikbayan, SRRV (special retirement), or an investors visa.
The remainder are on extended tourist visas (59 days at a time for up to 16 months).
If you get a position in one of the real international schools you can expect a salary in the range of 28k+ per year. You will also need to be teacher certified with a B.Ed or PGCE in your home country and be qualified to teach a subject(s).
If you work for one of the "language institutes" like Cleverlearn, AITI, CPILS, GEOS or some of the others you can expect about p400 per hour for your "in class" time. Hours are not consistent so your salary bounces around a lot.
It's OK for someone who lives here full time but wouldn't work for someone making a career out of it. (again, you would be competing with all the semi-retired Americans and Balikbayans (returning Filipinos) who don't need big wages, housing or visas.
Sorry for rattling and rambling around so much... I hope it is still clear enough to be understood.
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Sorry, my poor writing. I meant the Korean students will be studying English in PI, then going to the US. My buddy wants a native speaker if possible to teach them in the PI in his academy before the students head off to the US.
I don't have a B.Ed so I guess I would be out of luck even if I did change my mind. |
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