Tuesday, June 26, 2012

ESL Instructors Needed in Jochiwon - Fall 2012


Korea University Sejong Campus in Jochiwon, South Korea, has openings for ESL (English as Second Language) instructors. Our campus is in the small town of Jochiwon, located about 120 km south of Seoul and 40 km north of Daejeon.
Currently we have 21 native English-speaking instructors hired by the Foreign Language Institution.
We have openings, starting next semester (August 27th, 2012). We offer two-year contract which may be subsequently renewed three times through evaluation. The application deadline is July 10th, 2012. Please tell us where you saw this post.

POSITION
Full-time Instructor

QUALIFICATIONS
- Applicants MUST have at least a Master's degree and at least three years’ teaching experience in ESL. Preference will be given to applicants having a certificate in TESOL or Masters in Applied Linguistics and Bachelor's in English or related fields. We are looking for teachers who are not only competent but also enthusiastic, adaptable, creative, and cooperative.

DUTIES
The primary responsibility of this position is to teach several sections of the two-semester English conversation/writing courses, which are required credit classes for all freshmen and sophomores on our campus. Other responsibilities include teaching some elective credit courses and/or non-credit courses in English, holding office hours, and participating in faculty meetings and professional development. The minimum teaching load during semesters is 16 hours of credit courses per week. Additional teaching hours may be required with overtime payments.
Instructors have one-month-vacations at summer and winter vacation.

DOCUMENTS TO SEND
Interested individuals should e-mail us the following documents or send them via mail. All documents should be sent by July 10th, 2012 for you to be considered for the positions.
1. Resume
2. Copies of your original undergraduate and graduate diplomas.
- All diplomas should be apostilled, or verified by the Korean Consulate in the country of your nationality, or attached with documents issued by Korean Council for University Education and certificates (scanned and attached)
3. Copies of transcripts from undergraduate and graduate institutions clearly showing the date that the degree was awarded. (Original copies will be required)
4. Certificates of career or Copies of letter of reference regarding your teaching experience, abilities and character
5. Copies of certificates in TESOL or equivalents, if applicable
6. Copy of the personal data pages of your passport
7. Passport size color 1 photograph
8. A copy of criminal background records issued in 6 months should be sent by July31st, 2012.
- National Criminal Background Check apostilled, or verified after September 1st, 2011 by the Korean Consulate in the country of your nationality (scanned and attached)
F2 or F5 visa holders do NOT need to submit a national criminal background check or your apostilled diploma. All other documents are required.

PAY AND BENEFITS
The basic annual salary will be approximately 41,000,000KRW(Korea won). The exchange rate is normally around 1,100 won per US dollar. Airfare to South Korea from your home country will be reimbursed. You will only be reimbursed return airfare upon completion of your final contract. Benefits also include subsidized Korean National Health Insurance, and a semi-private office (shared by instructors). Instructors must also contribute to the Korea Teachers Pension Program.

HOUSING
Single dormitory rooms are standard. For a room in the faculty dormitory, instructors are charged approximately 1,250,000KRW per semester. Also, we have apartments near Campus which will be charged 2,560,000KRW per year. This will be collected throughout the year in 8 monthly installments of 320,000KRW per month and automatically deducted from your pay.
Utilities, including electricity, water, phone, internet, and other apartment maintenance fees, are the sole responsibility of the instructor. Instructors are also welcome to arrange their own local housing at their expenses if they wish.

ADDRESS
All documents should be mailed to:
Sukkyung Hong
International Affairs and Education Administrative Team
Korea University Sejong Campus
2511 Sejong-ro, Jochiwon-eup, Yeongi-gun, Chungnam, 339-700 South Korea
If you have any questions, feel free to send e-mail to:
E-mail: dajeong@korea.ac.kr

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