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[ghost]

Folks:

Ghost has been offered a position as a ``teacher trainer`` for a company in Korea, with a 40 hour work week made up of office hours (about 19 hours) and teaching (not more than 21 hours). The pay is around 2.5 million - the original offer being for 3.0 million, but as ghost was unable to prove that it (ghost) had taught ``successfully`` for 10 years (with documentary evidence) it was constrained to accepting the lower salary.

Positives about the job (at least from one`s perspective at this point in time) - regular hours (9-5), no weekends, more vacation time than average, free housing, close to Seoul location (although that can be both good and bad, depending on needs and disposition).

The job is a very official one, and the Ministry of Education (Korea) is involved in the paperwork processing for ghost, so one assumes the job has a lot of responsibility....teaching future Korean teachers of English.

Ghost believes it will be involved in ``curriculum development`` as well as training of Korean teachers, and other tasks related to those ones.....but it is difficult getting the full details, hence this query...


Has anyone here worked as a teacher trainer, and would it be possible to find out what the job entails in more detail, because the company offering the position to ghost has not provided all the details, but ghost still accepted, because it thinks this might be an interesting opportunity....and truth be told, ghost would like a change from teaching the usual stuff in ``New Interchange`` and ``Headway.`` Ghost has not yet been to or taught in Korea, but spent most of last year teaching and learning Mandarin in Taiwan.....

Any info. would be most gratefully appreciated.

Ghost - (currently a substitute teacher in Montreal, Canada - stress, stress!) (ghost - B.A., B.Ed., M.A., T.E.S.L. certified teacher, E.S.L, F.S.L.)

[zappadelta]

This is like your 2nd or 3rd posting about this.

[ddeubel]

My first suggestion "ghost" would be to stop referring to yourself in the 3rd person. Really condescending and it doesn't shine brightly on you....

Second, if you have those "said" teaching credentials, why are you asking for advice other than teaching "Interchange" etc.....???? You should know about methodology and how to teach this. If not, stay teaching just plain old English and gain some experience. Don't make it up as you go along.

Third, you might truly be a ghost.

DD