[ladymac]

hey so i was reading that usually when you get a teaching job in korea, housing is one of the benefits. but is it shared housing or by yourself? and if it is shared, how many ppl do you end up living with?

It's rare that you would share housing now, unless you're married. Koreans finally figured out that westerns just need some of their own space, however small. If you work at a summer camp type thing, where the housing is at a univ. or something THEN you might have a roomate, but just one.

[rahrah]

uh. this is random, but my good friend is like a manager at one of the CDIs in Seoul.

She said her CDI, she manages 3 white girls and 3 white guys, and rest 20 or so teachers are Korean or Korean American.

haha i dunno if that helps anyone, but after reading this whole thread, i wanted to type something.

[Majah Flavah]

uh. this is random, but my good friend is like a manager at one of the CDIs in Seoul.

She said her CDI, she manages 3 white girls and 3 white guys, and rest 20 or so teachers are Korean or Korean American.

haha i dunno if that helps anyone, but after reading this whole thread, i wanted to type something.

maybe i'll apply to CDI if the pay is good enough. A word to everyone in this thread (and I can't put it in nicer terms):
do not settle for a teaching job in korea that does not pay more than 3,000,000 won/month or more than $25/hour if you hold a BA from a top-tier (top 20) or second-tier (top 50) university. my goal is to teach in korea for the next year and make an annual salary of at least $50,000. a few of my friends, including myself, have received $30-$40 an hour from hakwons, so the goal is very possible to meet. however, now it's an issue of me being picky and deciding which hakwons to choose... preferably one that deals with either highschoolers or college students. i know i helped someone from this forum find out about andyprep last summer, so if you're still floating around (or anyone else who's worked there) it'd be nice to know how your experience was.

as for the academy i worked in last summer, Hoyah Academy... never work there. the administration is completely shady in every regard. too bad they paid well, because that was the only reason i stayed with them for as long as i did.

[jurassic5]

maybe i'll apply to CDI if the pay is good enough. A word to everyone in this thread (and I can't put it in nicer terms):
do not settle for a teaching job in korea that does not pay more than 3,000,000 won/month or more than $25/hour if you hold a BA from a top-tier (top 20) or second-tier (top 50) university. my goal is to teach in korea for the next year and make an annual salary of at least $50,000. a few of my friends, including myself, have received $30-$40 an hour from hakwons, so the goal is very possible to meet. however, now it's an issue of me being picky and deciding which hakwons to choose... preferably one that deals with either highschoolers or college students. i know i helped someone from this forum find out about andyprep last summer, so if you're still floating around (or anyone else who's worked there) it'd be nice to know how your experience was.

as for the academy i worked in last summer, Hoyah Academy... never work there. the administration is completely shady in every regard. too bad they paid well, because that was the only reason i stayed with them for as long as i did.

yeah...korean parents hold "brand-name" colleges in high regard. you could be the worst teacher and have a poor interview, but if you came from UPenn etc....you got a good chance..

as for shady administration....that and hakwons can pretty much be interchangeable.

[ginger]

Thanks for bumping this topic! I'm interested in teaching at a hagwon starting in June. If anyone has any thoughts, advice, or experiences to share, *please* do.

-ginger

[renjitehsmex]

---ok. sorry. ignore this---

[Aziraphale]

i'm a preschool teacher and am interested in teaching preschoolers in korea... went to 'Daves ESL Cafe' but found out that they sort of cater to the higher than preschoolers thingum jobs =( and is there anyway i can know what qualifications i need?

okie... i'm actually turning 20 this november... XD

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[Majah Flavah]

this thread deserves a bump, so bump bump bump.

[e t u d e]

maybe i'll apply to CDI if the pay is good enough. A word to everyone in this thread (and I can't put it in nicer terms):
do not settle for a teaching job in korea that does not pay more than 3,000,000 won/month or more than $25/hour if you hold a BA from a top-tier (top 20) or second-tier (top 50) university. my goal is to teach in korea for the next year and make an annual salary of at least $50,000. a few of my friends, including myself, have received $30-$40 an hour from hakwons, so the goal is very possible to meet. however, now it's an issue of me being picky and deciding which hakwons to choose... preferably one that deals with either highschoolers or college students. i know i helped someone from this forum find out about andyprep last summer, so if you're still floating around (or anyone else who's worked there) it'd be nice to know how your experience was.

as for the academy i worked in last summer, Hoyah Academy... never work there. the administration is completely shady in every regard. too bad they paid well, because that was the only reason i stayed with them for as long as i did.

How random.

I haven't stopped by this thread in so long, but someone PMed me about working at AndyPrep, so I decided to swing by.

So I worked at AndyPrep all last summer, and I'd give it mixed reviews. The pay was pretty good (around 3,000,000 won/hour, depending on your background), but the environment is pretty intense. Many of the students at AndyPrep come from prestigious backgrounds. There are some children of celebrities, top businessmen, government officials, etc. To put it bluntly, they are basically "jae-buhl-jip" students. AndyPrep is also known to be one of the most (if not the most) expensive TOEFL/SAT hakwons in Korea. The students pay a ridiculous amount to go there, so the parents and staff expect A LOT from the teachers. I'm not saying that this isn't fair, but it is stressful. There are video cameras that also record audio in every classroom, to make sure that each class is on task. To be blunt, I constantly felt like I was being watched by "The Man" -- which I was. This isn't to say that it was completely awful. I became great friends with some of the other teachers that I worked with, and have been considering going back. I'm also still keep in touch with many of my students. I'm graduating this year, and will have received teacher certification, so I'm debating about going back to AndyPrep, or trying to find a place that would pay me more since I have the credentials.

We'll see what happens. ^^

[Majah Flavah]

How random.

I haven't stopped by this thread in so long, but someone PMed me about working at AndyPrep, so I decided to swing by.

So I worked at AndyPrep all last summer, and I'd give it mixed reviews. The pay was pretty good (around 3,000,000 won/hour, depending on your background), but the environment is pretty intense. Many of the students at AndyPrep come from prestigious backgrounds. There are some children of celebrities, top businessmen, government officials, etc. To put it bluntly, they are basically "jae-buhl-jip" students. AndyPrep is also known to be one of the most (if not the most) expensive TOEFL/SAT hakwons in Korea. The students pay a ridiculous amount to go there, so the parents and staff expect A LOT from the teachers. I'm not saying that this isn't fair, but it is stressful. There are video cameras that also record audio in every classroom, to make sure that each class is on task. To be blunt, I constantly felt like I was being watched by "The Man" -- which I was. This isn't to say that it was completely awful. I became great friends with some of the other teachers that I worked with, and have been considering going back. I'm also still keep in touch with many of my students. I'm graduating this year, and will have received teacher certification, so I'm debating about going back to AndyPrep, or trying to find a place that would pay me more since I have the credentials.

We'll see what happens. ^^

etude, do you remember me? i'm the reason you got that job at AndyPrep in the first place... i remember a year back you PMed me about the job I had signed for at hoyah and i directed you to the andyprep website instead (lucky you, hoyah turned out to be a nightmare). you still owe me dinner haha. good to see you again, and it's nice to hear some comments about the place. i'm actually in the middle of negotiating over a 1-year contract with andyprep, amongst two/three other academies... i think we should talk with one another and swap ideas/opinions/stories/suggestions about our job situations... should be of decent benefit to both of us.

PM me your AIM/MSN when you have time so we can have a nice talk about it.

Sincerely,
Majah

p.s. - the same person who PMed you about andyprep PMed me about hoyah, lol.

[709394]

i am considering doing andyprep as well...
do they teach basically, sats/toefl?
iom graduating from a pretty school right now, yet im kind of hesitant to teach SATs ...as most of the big money makers are doing.

ANyone heard of IBS? Apparently they pay pretty damn good, but theyve been contacting me these few months constantly on trying to get me to work there...seems kind of shady...but i met the guy face to face and he seems pretty legit, as well as the email i got from somebody else that works in that academy. However its also teaching SATs/AP courses, taking them is one thing but actually teaching it...how on earth do u do that? oiy...

maybe i should jsut stick to teaching elementary/middle school kids...

[emily_mt]

Hey guys!
one of the things on my 'to do' list is to teach english either in Japan or Sth Korea. I have now decided to go to Sth Korea, as Korean was a compulsory language taught at my highschool. I will graduate next year with a bachelor in Commerce and plan to apply to teach in korea mid next year.
however the thing that is playing on my mind is how easy or the acceptance for hiring an English speaker but of asian appearance. i'm 25 now and have been living in australia since i was 7. Do people of asian or not caucasian appearance have a harder time finding work? do they get paid less? Is it common having Asian people teach English in Korea?
Thanks for all your help.

[sashimiii]

getting a job is easy if you know people. even if you don't know people i have a friend who runs an agency for kyupoks (korean-americans) or any english speakers who can easily hook you up with a job if you graduated high school. you don't even need a college degree as long as english is your first language. my friend gives out like 3-4 jobs a week to people who need it. well this is in seoul.

you basically get like 1.8-2g (well in won 1,800,000-20,000,000 and around 2,500,000 if you don't want housing) a month with free housing and no taxes. working about 30 hours a week mon-fri. i'm just saying this because some numbers other people are naming are pretty low.. this is how much the people i know are getting and it's like the minimum. i guess it's illegal kind of but it really doesn't matter because we're providing our good english skill service to koreans who wish to become fluent.

right now though i'm just doing private teaching because of my schedule. if you get one job and do well then damn you'll be rolling in money. since the mothers talk to other mothers and you get introduced like that. if you graduated college you can get at least 50,000 won a hour i'm just getting 30,000. but a lot of my friends who graduated are working a lot in private tutoring.. like 6 hours a day.. so you can add up the math.. i got some friends who are even getting 100,000 an hour.. but he's white haha.

[Aziraphale]

getting a job is easy if you know people. even if you don't know people i have a friend who runs an agency for kyupoks (korean-americans) or any english speakers who can easily hook you up with a job if you graduated high school. you don't even need a college degree as long as english is your first language. my friend gives out like 3-4 jobs a week to people who need it. well this is in seoul.

you basically get like 1.8-2g (well in won 1,800,000-20,000,000 and around 2,500,000 if you don't want housing) a month with free housing and no taxes. working about 30 hours a week mon-fri. i'm just saying this because some numbers other people are naming are pretty low.. this is how much the people i know are getting and it's like the minimum. i guess it's illegal kind of but it really doesn't matter because we're providing our good english skill service to koreans who wish to become fluent.

right now though i'm just doing private teaching because of my schedule. if you get one job and do well then damn you'll be rolling in money. since the mothers talk to other mothers and you get introduced like that. if you graduated college you can get at least 50,000 won a hour i'm just getting 30,000. but a lot of my friends who graduated are working a lot in private tutoring.. like 6 hours a day.. so you can add up the math.. i got some friends who are even getting 100,000 an hour.. but he's white haha.

Born June-10-1988

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[709394]

Hey guys!
one of the things on my 'to do' list is to teach english either in Japan or Sth Korea. I have now decided to go to Sth Korea, as Korean was a compulsory language taught at my highschool. I will graduate next year with a bachelor in Commerce and plan to apply to teach in korea mid next year.
however the thing that is playing on my mind is how easy or the acceptance for hiring an English speaker but of asian appearance. i'm 25 now and have been living in australia since i was 7. Do people of asian or not caucasian appearance have a harder time finding work? do they get paid less? Is it common having Asian people teach English in Korea?
Thanks for all your help.

i'm not korean, but i'm chinese-american and i'm having no problems at all landing jobs right now with several companies...
then again i think they really look at the college you graduated from

[emily_mt]

dou you think americans has better chances of landing better jobs than australians? i want to try short term for about 3-6 mnths, are people willing to hire on such short term basis?

[tictac]

hey i didn't know about this thread so im going to post this up again...


My brother who just turned 22 has no idea what to do with his life...working full time at an office job that pays around (10.50$). He's thinking about going to teach english in Indonesia. I thought that was a great idea and will be a big learning experience for him. Thing is, do they accept asians for the position? I know a lot of countries (mainly Thailand) would rather have white skinned teachers.... because when they see 'English Teacher' they automatically think 'Caucasian'. He's going to pay 1000$/cnd for this seminar and get his teaching certificate (which I think is way too much). He has no post-secondary education. Anyone here ever experienced this kind of career move?

[709394]

hmm...things r quite different when you don't have post-secondary education. Usually I woudln't bother getting teaching certificates but since he doesn't have that, I guess he should get it...is he getting the toefl certificate or...?

[jurassic5]

what certificate is he going for? the TESOL, TEFL, CELTA etc?

[tictac]

hmm...things r quite different when you don't have post-secondary education. Usually I woudln't bother getting teaching certificates but since he doesn't have that, I guess he should get it...is he getting the toefl certificate or...?

what certificate is he going for? the TESOL, TEFL, CELTA etc?

He's getting the TEFL one. He's actually considering traveling to a certain country and get it there...i think they teach/train you for like a month? Not sure here's the site.


http://www.onlinetefl.com/travelcuts/viewP...php?pageid=1568