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BigInJapan
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 Posted: Tue May 03, 2011 6:18 pm Post subject: Opening A Hagwon |
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The missus and I are tossing around the idea of opening a small hagwon.
Nothing too expansive. Probably a single room affair, small classes, enough work that we'd make a bit more than our current PS salaries but neither of us are expecting to gross six figures a year.
For those of you who have done this, what has the experience been like?
Obviously, I'm not looking for an in-depth account of your successes and strugles. Just a general account of your experiences.
Thanks dudes and dudettes!
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Tue May 03, 2011 6:22 pm Post subject: Re: Opening A Hagwon |
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| BigInJapan wrote: |
The missus and I are tossing around the idea of opening a small hagwon.
Nothing too expansive. Probably a single room affair, small classes, enough work that we'd make a bit more than our current PS salaries but neither of us are expecting to gross six figures a year.
For those of you who have done this, what has the experience been like?
Obviously, I'm not looking for an in-depth account of your successes and strugles. Just a general account of your experiences.
Thanks dudes and dudettes!
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unless your wife is Korean it isn't going to happen.
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BigInJapan
Joined: 30 Mar 2010
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| Posted: Tue May 03, 2011 6:28 pm Post subject: |
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| Yes. And she is. |
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ttompatz
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| Posted: Tue May 03, 2011 6:32 pm Post subject: |
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| BigInJapan wrote: |
| Yes. And she is. |
If she is then you need to register a business.
Then you need to get a business license.
Then you need to get your education permit (meaning you have to have the school plans, location, etc. approved by the local MOE).
First stop is the GU-office.
Next stop is the MOE.
Start jumping through hoops.
You should be able to complete the process in 6-12 months.
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BigInJapan
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| Posted: Tue May 03, 2011 6:43 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks, ttompatz.
Is this something with which you've had personal experience?
I know that every situation is unique, and each prospective entrepreneur is saddled with his own quirks and abilities, so that the question "What has your experience been like?", is vague nearly to the point of being meaningless, even so, if you've done the hagwon thing what has your experience been like? |
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Juregen
Joined: 30 May 2006
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| Posted: Tue May 03, 2011 9:20 pm Post subject: |
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www.afek.com
They might be a bit more knowledgeable about those kind of things. |
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Axiom
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ThingsComeAround
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| Posted: Tue May 03, 2011 10:52 pm Post subject: |
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T-J runs a hagwon (or so he says  )
Sorry to throw your name out there, T-J!  |
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BigBuds
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| Posted: Wed May 04, 2011 1:31 am Post subject: |
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My wife (Korean) and I have owned a hagwon here for over 8 years now.
You won't be able to open a one room hagwon. There a certain size critieria that must be met.
If you're thinking of a study room, then you're not allowed to have a foreigner teach there, F series visa or not. |
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Axiom
Joined: 18 Jan 2008
Location: Brisbane, Australia
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| Posted: Wed May 04, 2011 2:28 am Post subject: |
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| BigBuds wrote: |
My wife (Korean) and I have owned a hagwon here for over 8 years now.
You won't be able to open a one room hagwon. There a certain size critieria that must be met.
If you're thinking of a study room, then you're not allowed to have a foreigner teach there, F series visa or not. |
You mean other than yourself. Right? |
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BigBuds
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| Posted: Wed May 04, 2011 3:42 am Post subject: |
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| BigBuds wrote: |
My wife (Korean) and I have owned a hagwon here for over 8 years now.
You won't be able to open a one room hagwon. There a certain size critieria that must be met.
If you're thinking of a study room, then you're not allowed to have a foreigner teach there, F series visa or not. |
You mean other than yourself. Right? |
What? |
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meangradin
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| Posted: Wed May 04, 2011 6:09 am Post subject: |
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| You won't be able to open a one room hagwon. There a certain size critieria that must be met. |
It's been a while since I opened a school, but as as I recall you have to have 30-35 pyg. of classroom area to be a hagwon. They will measure, so make sure you meet all the requirements or you won't get a license. Also, there are limits to the number of students you can legally have based on the size of the school. |
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tophatcat
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| Posted: Wed May 04, 2011 7:03 am Post subject: |
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| BigBuds wrote: |
My wife (Korean) and I have owned a hagwon here for over 8 years now.
You won't be able to open a one room hagwon. There a certain size critieria that must be met.
If you're thinking of a study room, then you're not allowed to have a foreigner teach there, F series visa or not. |
You mean other than yourself. Right? |
Study Room = Wife
Hogwon = Wife, You, Others... |
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Axiom
Joined: 18 Jan 2008
Location: Brisbane, Australia
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| Posted: Wed May 04, 2011 7:30 am Post subject: |
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| BigBuds wrote: |
| Axiom wrote: |
| BigBuds wrote: |
My wife (Korean) and I have owned a hagwon here for over 8 years now.
You won't be able to open a one room hagwon. There a certain size critieria that must be met.
If you're thinking of a study room, then you're not allowed to have a foreigner teach there, F series visa or not. |
You mean other than yourself. Right? |
What? |
Sorry, it wasn't very clear.
Can you open a study room as a foreigner?
What I have read in the past is that this is OK but, as you suggest, you can not employee anyone else to teach in the study room.
From what I have read before you can get away with employing your wife as admin. Is this your understanding or have I read incorrectly in the past. |
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BigBuds
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Location: Changwon
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| Posted: Wed May 04, 2011 8:40 am Post subject: |
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As said above, if it's a study room then only a Korean can teach there even if a foreigner owns it. Study room = no foreigners can work there.
If it's a hagwon, then Koreans and foreigners alike can work there. Hagwon = Koreans and foreigners can work there.
You can however, get a tutors license and teach privates from home legally but you can't work in a study room if you're a foreigner.
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