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Darkness · Joined: 12 Oct 2006

How hard is it to find a part time job teaching private lessons? I'm not looking for your moral stance on it, or if you can or can't do it. So please leave all the B.S I've read on other threads about private lessons....its a simple question:

Is it HARD to find part time work to teach private english lessons to koreans??

ChopChaeJoe · Joined: 05 Mar 2006 Location: Seoul

Just put up a sign with a low-ball price. You'll get some takers within a couple of days if you advertise right.

Darkness · Joined: 12 Oct 2006

A sign? lol...where?

I think 40,000won/hour is the going rate is it not?

ttompatz · Joined: 05 Sep 2005 Location: Kwangju, South Korea

Darkness · Joined: 12 Oct 2006

I appreciate the facts, thats all I ask for Wink

If its NEVER legal, wtf am I paying 60k won for? lol. I was told if you pay the fee then it IS legal?

Glad to know there are tons of available to teach part time, the school I am at has already ok'd me working part time.

I'm in a city of 280,000 people, called Gunsan, near Jeonju

ChopChaeJoe · Joined: 05 Mar 2006 Location: Seoul

40,000 an hour? How much english can you learn in an hour? And what good is 40,000 won? Charge by the month. Just pu u a bunch of signs by soju tents, subway entrances, "barbershops," health clubs, anywhere. Get a few clients, then take down the signs before the authorties rush in.

Darkness · Joined: 12 Oct 2006

I'm talking part time on sats. I have a full time position already, and just looking to make extra cash while I'm in Korea. I was told $40usd/hour is the going rate......

ttompatz · Joined: 05 Sep 2005 Location: Kwangju, South Korea

Darkness · Joined: 12 Oct 2006

oh I see!! So if I work in another school part time, that's legal! But if I do it in someones house that's ILLEGAL!!!

Whats a hogwon, hakwon, btw?

ttompatz · Joined: 05 Sep 2005 Location: Kwangju, South Korea

Juregen · Joined: 30 May 2006

grainger · Joined: 21 Sep 2006 Location: Wonju, Korea

If your school has already ok'd you to work part time see if you can't set up privates through the school. That's what I do. I started teaching two kids that had graduated from the school (we run a kindy) and then added an older brother of another student. I even do my teaching at the school, but the parents pay me directly. Since it's all done with my director's knowledge, at the school, it's just considered another class and it's perfectly legal. Kind of like overtime.

BigBuds · Joined: 15 Sep 2005 Location: Changwon

Darkness · Joined: 12 Oct 2006

Oh nice, I can set it up through tht school and do it right there. That's great, that way the school knows, and I can make extra cash. I heard theres quite a bit of money in privates....

sheba · Joined: 16 May 2005 Location: Here there and everywhere!

Be careful what you say to the boss. I asked my boss if I could do private tutoring over the winter vacation through the school and he said yes. Then I found out yes meant he was going to take 50% of my pay from these classes..... Not to mention he started advertising these 'special classes' and it just ended up being like a whole lot of overtime rather than private tutoring.

The following vacation period he decided he was going to make all the teachers do this, but changed it to 'special classes' and only charged each student 60,000 won per student for 15 classes. Didnt even cover my overtime rate. Keeping in mind I still had to split that with the boss as well.... I tell ya every teacher was really pissed off about that.

The winter vacation pay was 20,000 won per hour per student, split with the boss, minimum 3 students per class. Summer vacation was 4000 won per hour per student, split with the boss, no minimum students. Or worse in the korean teachers cases, their classes were only half the cost of mine.