We have had a large number of employment posts recently. Many of these are questions that are specific to you, asking for advice, or new-hire questions. I will begin to remove specific employment threads starting today. Therefore, I have made this sticky post which will remain until the end of the term.
Please post your employment related questions here.
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Anybody go over with TEFL heaven? What’s your experience?
I’m currently working as a JET ALT in a rural area with a Masters in Teaching ESL and a few years of teaching experience in the US and Hong Kong. I’m thinking about not renewing my JET contract primarily so I can move to a more urban area. Ideally, I’d like a more legit teaching job at a university or international school, but I wouldn’t mind a direct hire ALT position if it got me into a city. Additionally, I don’t have publications and am not interested in writing any. I understand that this limits a long term future as a professor more to part time jobs for now, and I’m okay with that. I’m also not interested in eikaiwas at all.
My main concern is the timeline: my contract ends at the end of July, but the typical school year starts in April. Does anyone have any idea what my chances are like of finding a teaching job where I could start as early as August? Or if I had a to wait a bit, I could do that as well. I’d just rather not break my current contract if I can avoid it. Thanks in advance!
I have a question I just got hired at Sunnyside English school and it’s a part time job. I’ve tried to look up reviews on this school and I really can’t find any. It’s a small eikaiwa school it looks like a startup school as it is only a few years old and the school looks like a house. They pay cash only (this is a red flag for me but I can’t be sure until I get my first paycheck), they never gave me a contract yet but also I haven’t started to work so I don’t know if they would give me a contract on my first day. The pay is 1500 an hour for part time or 250k for full time. I’ve been in a situation where I got caught up in a black company and from that experience I’ve become jaded and overly cautious. I wanted to know what are the signs to look for when working part time? Thank you for any advice you give.
I posted an earlier comment that got more university-focused responses, so I’d like to post again seeking advice around private/international schools.
I’m currently working as a JET ALT in a rural area with a Masters in Teaching ESL and a few years of teaching experience in the US and Hong Kong. I’m thinking about not renewing my JET contract primarily so I can move to a more urban area. Ideally, I’d like a more legit teaching job at a private or international school, but I wouldn’t mind a direct hire ALT position if it got me into a city. I’m also not interested in eikaiwas at all.
My main concern is the timeline: my contract ends at the end of July, but the typical school year starts in April. Does anyone have any idea what my chances are like of finding a teaching job where I could start as early as August? Or if I had a to wait a bit, I could do that as well. I’d just rather not break my current contract if I can avoid it. Thanks in advance!