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Marcilla · Joined: 24 Oct 2005

1. School address? Keumcheongu, Seoul (around Doksan subway station on line #1)

2. Available: March, 2006

3. Numbers of foreign teachers at school? 5

4. Student age? Kindergarten

5. Class size? 10

6. Teaching hours (class schedules please)? 120 hours/month

Between Am 9:50 ~ Pm7:15 or between Am11:00 ~ Pm 7:50

7. Saturday class? No

8. Distance between accommodation and the school? 5~10mins

9. Salary range? 2 million won

10. Health insurance coverage? Yes

11. Description of accommodation? Single studio

12. Round trip air ticket? Yes
13. Other info?
GMSC Vancouver
Contact: Soon Chan

I think it looks pretty sweet, plus I got a good reference for this recruiter

Kindergartners might be a might troublesome, but I'm sure that if I read this forum for some tips on managing them it'll be okay

I'm pretty level-headed, so hopefully I can find a nice medium between being too nice and them walking all over me, and trying to be too controlling and having them slip away

Son Deureo! · Joined: 30 Apr 2003

It sounds OK, not great, just OK. A decent first year job if you don't mind teaching kindy. The schedule makes a 9+ hour day, which is a little long, but pretty typical of a kindy job.

If you're in Korea, try to visit and meet the teachers and see the apartment. If not, at least try to talk to two of those foreign teachers on the phone.

ontheway · Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2006 7:49 am Post subject:

All kindergarten. I hope you like very young kids. They start kindy "yoochiwon" here at age 3, maybe younger. 3-6 year olds. You won't really be teaching like you were thinking. But, if you love these little one's it could be a dream. Playing, crying, coloring, songs, potty accidents, sickness all over the room from time to time, hugs, wet slobbery kisses, kids climbing on you, sitting in your lap, falling asleep as you carry them ...

The money and other stuff sounds fair for newbie (I've followed some of your other posts) who is really an engineer on a pre career vacation.

And, yes, talk to some of the other teachers there. Ask many questions.

Grotto · Joined: 21 Mar 2004

Contact people currently working there and see what they say.

babtangee · Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2006 10:22 am Post subject:

jlb · Joined: 18 Sep 2003

I also wonder about the long hours that you have to be at work. Assuming you teach 6 hours a day, that's a lot of hours expected for prep or hanging around. You could possibly go home during the big breaks, but that's only depending on the schedule of course.

You will be tired after a year of that.

Marcilla · Joined: 24 Oct 2005

That's a good point..

All right, I'll ask about the long hours

yeah, I don't really care about the pay that much.. so long as it's plenty to get by on and maybe send some back to my dad

It looks like an okay job to me, I'm gonna go ahead and get in touch with the employer and see about talking to some foreign teachers there via e-mail

Worse come to worst, I end up with the most awful teaching job ever and put up with it until I can't handle it any more while enjoying the country, then come back to the US and become an engineer