Private Elementary School/English Immersion Program

Uchon Elementary is a private elementary school with an English Immersion program located in Seongbuk-Gu, close to Line 4, Hansung University subway station. We have one 3rd grade homeroom position open starting August 19th, 2013 through February 28th, 2014 (a 6 month contract) for a teacher who is presently working and living in Korea. Upon a favorable teacher¡¯s performance, a one year contract will be offered in November 2013 for the March 2014-15 school year.
Uchon is NOT a hogwan. It is an accredited private, Korean elementary school, 1st through 6th Grade. Uchon was founded 40 years ago as a Christian mission school. In 2006, the school received a special charter from the Ministry of Education to become one of only a handful of English immersion education schools in Korea. The Immersion Program began in the 1st Grade in 2006 and has grown to the 6th Grade in 2011.
Native English teachers are co-homeroom teachers with their Korean partner teacher. Each homeroom class has 24-28 students. The homeroom class is divided into an A and B group with 12-14 students in each group. A sliding wall divides the homeroom when A group is receiving Korean curriculum, while the B group is with the Native teacher receiving their English curriculum. Later, teachers exchange groups. Currently, we have 25 native teachers at our school.
Content classes are: Language Arts, Social Studies, Science, and Math. Students go to Specialist teachers for Music, Art, English Library, English/Korean P.E., Instrument practice, and Bible class.
Minimum Qualifications:
* B.A. in any discipline
* Currently teaching and living in Korea with 2 or more years teaching experience.
* Current E-2 working Visa
* Diploma with Apostille seal
* Criminal Background Check (FBI/RCMP) with Apostille seal.
* Have own apartment
Preferred Qualifications
* B.A. in Education or English with 120+ hours TESOL/TEFL or with U.S. or Canadian Teacher¡¯s Certification.
* 3 or more years teaching experience in an elementary school in Korea
* Currently living and teaching in Korea.
* Current E-2 working Visa
* Diploma with Apostille seal
* Criminal Background Check (FBI/RCMP) with Apostille seal.
Salary: (Paid the 25th of every month)
2.4 million KRW B.A. in any discipline with TESOL/TEFL 120+ hour certification.
2.5 million KRW M.A. in any discipline with a U.S. or Canadian teacher¡¯s certification.
Benefits:
National Medical Insurance 50/50 split
National Pension contribution 50/50 split
National/School Holidays
During the 6 month contract which covers the fall semester, there will be 7 National/School paid holidays.
Housing:
The teacher needs to already have their own apartment. The school will provide a housing allowance of 600,000 won per month. This is electronically wired to the teacher¡¯s bank account the 2nd of every month.
Vacation:
During the six month contract, there will be a total of 5 weeks paid vacation (4 weeks in January and 1 week in February).
General Information:
The teacher should be available five days prior to the start of the fall semester, Monday, August 19th, and come to school and become familiar with the curriculum, student roster, school and prepare the classroom. We are looking for teachers who are flexible with schedules, have great time management skills, a delightful personality, develop interactive activities in their lesson, and also know Korean private school parents and students well.
If you desire to have an opportunity to be a 3rd grade homeroom teacher at a fast pace private elementary school with an English immersion program, meet the minimum requirements, and your paperwork is ready to go, then please submit a scanned copy of everything on the list below and send via email to the Uchon English IP Director atemmapeeljohnsteed@gmail.com & uchonimmersion@yahoo.com.
1. Apostille seal Diploma
2. Apostille seal Criminal Background Check
3. TEFL/TESOL or domestic certification
4. Visa
5. Passport
6. Resume and Cover letter
7. Transcripts
8. Updated picture
9. Alien Registration Card (front and back)After receiving the above list, a reply from our school will be sent via email with an attached Word document which contains questions. Please answer the questions and email them back. If we find the answers satisfactory, then a personal interview will be arranged at Uchon elementary school with the Director and Assistant Director. If the interview goes well, then a day and time will be scheduled to return to Uchon and teach a 40 minute demo class to 14 students with the English and Korean administration in attendance. The topic lesson and material will be provided ahead of time for teaching preparation.