Private Elementary School/English Immersion Program -

First Grade Teaching Position
Uchon Elementary is a private elementary school with an English Immersion program located in Seongbuk-Gu, close to Line 4, Hansung University and Sungshin Women’s University subway station.
We need a Second grade teacher who is presently working and living in Seoul, Korea, with more than three years experience, has a degree in English, Linguistics or Education, and presently has their own living accommodations.
Interviews will be conducted this week February 4~7th at our school. All candidates have the option of teaching a forty-minute class at our school with students or submit a video of you teaching a class.
If you meet the minimum requirements and your paperwork is ready to go, then reply with a briefly written email which includes your name, nationality, birth date, the amount of years teaching in Korea, contact references (name and telephone numbers), your telephone number, housing situation and preference, and attach a Word document or a scanned copy of the items listed below. Then, address your email to the Uchon English Immersion Program Director at emmapeeljohnsteed@gmail.com, cc: uchonimmersion@yahoo.com
1. Diploma with Apostille seal
2. Criminal Background Check with Apostille seal
3. 120 hour TEFL/TESOL or domestic certification certificate
4. Visa
5. Passport
6. Alien Registration Card (front and back)
6. Cover letter, resume and reference letters
7. University transcripts (Scanned copy)
8. Updated picture
Minimum Qualifications:
* B.A. in English, Education or Linguistics with a 120+ hour TESOL/TEFL certification or a U.S. State Teacher’s Certification or Canadian Provincial Teacher’s Certification.
* Must currently teach and live in Seoul, Korea with minimum of three years experience and have your own living accommodations, or desire to move into your own apartment at the end of February.
* Current E-2 working Visa
* Diploma with Apostille seal
* Criminal Background Check (FBI/RCMP) with Apostille seal.
Salary: (Electronically wired the 25th of every month)
*2.4 million KRW - B.A. in Education, Linguistics or English with TESOL/TEFL 120+ hour certification.
*2.5 million KRW - M.A. in any discipline or a U.S. State Teacher’s Certification or Canadian Provincial Teacher’s Certification.
Benefits:
National Medical Insurance - 50/50 split
National Pension - contribution 50/50 split
National Holidays - All Korean national holidays will be paid with time off.
Travel Allowance A 750,000 KRW travel stipend payment will be given to cover expenses of travel during vacation. It will be paid upon contract completion, or on a per year basis.
Severance Pay – A payment equal to one month’s salary will be paid for the successful contract completion, or on a per year basis.
Sick Days – 5 paid sick days. If not taken, then 600,000 KRW will be paid at the contract completion, or on a per year basis.
Compassionate/Marriage Leave – 5 paid days.
Relocation Allowance – A onetime payment of 300,000 KRW in the first month’s paycheck for moving reimbursement.
Housing: (Electronically wired the 2nd of every month)
Two options: A 600,000 KRW monthly housing allowance (no key money), or 500,000 KRW monthly housing allowance with a school down payment of 10 million KRW key money towards an apartment.
Vacation:
8 weeks paid vacation depending on the calendar year. We follow Seoul Ministry of Education breaks from school.General Information:
The teacher must be available February 25th ~ 28th, (Monday through Thursday) to set up their homeroom class, become familiar with the school, attend an orientation meeting with the Director (Mon. 25th), curriculum training (Wed. 27th), and an orientation meeting with fellow Korean teachers. Friday the 29th is a Korean holiday. The first day of school will be Monday, March 4th, 2013.