Teaching English Positions with public schools in Seoul (EPIK-SMOE)

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The Seoul Metropolitan City Office of Education (SMOE) announced that they would place native English Speaking teachers at all Elementary and Junior secondary schools from 2008. SMOE has allocated more than $200 million in additional budget to place at least one native English speaking teacher per school, for a total of approximately 800 teachers in the school district. Since 2010, EPIK (English Program In Korea ) has been recruiting English teachers with SMOE.


Seoul Metropolitan City, the Capital city of South Korea

• Population: 11 million
• 11th Most advanced city in the world
• World’s second largest metropolitan area
• Total area: 605.52 square kilometre
• City information : http://english.seoul.go.kr/
• SMOE (Seoul Office of Education): http://english.sen.go.kr/index.jsp

Benefits and working conditions of English teaching job with Seoul public schools
Employer	Seoul Public Schools
Starting date	February 15th or August 16th
Applicattion Openings	April 1st for August starting positions, Oct 1st for Feb starting positions
Job openings	400-800 positions per sememster
Job location	Seoul, South Korea (http://english.seoul.go.kr/)
Working hours	8:30 AM to 4:30 AM (M-F); 8 hours per day, 40 hours per week including 22 hours of teaching.
Teaching hours	22 hours or week
Length of class	45~50 Minutes per class
Number of students per class	35~40
Student age group	Grade 1 to 12 students, But mainly elementary school students (Grade 1-6)
Monthly salary	1.8 Million Won ~ 3 Million Won
Income tax	A citizen of USA, UK,Ireland, Australia, New Zealand do not pay income tax in Korea (Candians pay 3. 3% of monthly salary)
Medical insurance (50%)	2.38% of monthly salary will be deducted from the salary by the school every month.
National Pension Plan (50%)	4.5% of monthly salary will be deducted from the salary by the school every month.
Vacation days	20 days of paid vacation; 2 weeks in summer, 2 weeks in winter
Sick leaves	15 Days
Housing	Free furnished single studio type apartment, 5 mins to 45 minutes to school by public transit or on foot
Settlement allowance	300,000 KRW
Air fare	A total 2.6 M KRW of entrance and exit allowance will be provided
Couple positions	Only married couples may apply for couple positions. Friends or siblings or unmarried couples cannot apply for couple positons or couple housings.

<Salary guide>
Seoul public schools have a very standard salary guide for English teachers. To find out whether you are eleigible or how much your monthly salary will be, please see below:
Level G: 2.0 million won per month
One of the following:
 A Bachelors degree in Education
 A Bachelors degree in English, English Education, English Literature, or Linguistics
 A Bachelors degree in any discipline plus one (1) full year of teaching English
 A Masters degree in any discipline
 A currently valid elementary or secondary teachers certification
 A TESOL/TEFL or English Teaching Certificate comprised of a minimum of 100 course hours
Level F: 2.2 million won per month
One of the following:
 A Master’s degree in Education
 A teachers certification with a specialization in English Education
 One of the Level G requirements plus one (1) full year of teaching English
Level E: 2.3 million won per month
One of the following:
 A Master’s degree in TESOL/TEFL or in English Education
 One of the Level G requirements plus two (2) full years of teaching English
 Employed as Level F at the SMOE for one (1) full year
Level D: 2.4 million won per month
One of the following:
 A Bachelors degree in English Education plus three (3) full years of teaching English
 A Masters degree in TESOL/TEFL or in English Education plus one (1) full year of teaching English
 A teachers certification with a specialization in English Education plus two (2) full years of teaching English
 Employed as Level E at the SMOE for one (1) full year
Level C: 2.5 million won per month
One of the following:
 A Masters degree in TESOL/TEFL or in English Education plus two (2) full years of teaching English
 A teachers certification with a specialization in English Education plus three (3) full years of teaching English
 Employed as Level D at the SMOE for two (2) full years
Level B: 2.6 million won per month
One of the following:
 A Masters degree in TESOL/TEFL or in English Education plus three (3) full years of teaching English
 A recommendation by the superintendent or school principal of a current school (public or private) where applicant has taught English (at the same school) for at least three (3) full years
 Employed as Level D at the SMOE for three (3) full years
Level A: 2.7 million won per month
One of the following:
 A Masters degree in TESOL/TEFL or in English Education plus four (4) full years of teaching English
 A recommendation by the superintendent or school principal of a current school (public or private) where applicant has taught English (at the same school) for at least four (4) full years
Level S: 3.0 million won per month
One of the following:
 A Masters degree in TESOL/TEFL or in English Education plus seven (7) full years of teaching English
 A recommendation by the superintendent or school principal of a current school (public or private) where applicant has taught English (at the same school) for at least seven (7) full years
 Be hired to work as a curriculum developer with Doctoral degree in TESOL/TEFL or in English Education

If you have any questions about qualifications, working benefits, etc, please contact us.