Just ran across something interesting online and wanted you TEFLer's take on this...
American TESOL Institute offers a 3-week TESOL training program in Phuket (in April, before the next semester) where for $990 you get housing accomodations, a TESOL certification (equivalent to TEFL), and a guaranteed 4-5-month teaching contract at a school that includes 30K Bht salary and housing accomodations from the school for the duration of your contract. That almost sounds too good to be true! I understand the pay is average at best but the housing part (even if crappy) helps, correct? Also, the 4-5 month contract is nice because I'm a father and staying away from my son for an entire year is very difficult. Skype is great to talk everyday but I have my son 50-50 so this is a HUGE decision to be away from my little man this long. The half-year position gives me the opportunity to decide whether or not I could continue teaching in a foreign country, and bring my son there eventually. I've taught 8 years in the states but so few teaching positions are available right now so is it just me or is this half-year position ideal for me?
Thanks guys!
How do you expect to come out on top on a 5 month contract? Course and Airplane ticket is 2k right there. I don't get it.
What happened to the 100k jobs, Herr Dean?Originally Posted by HerrDean
See Fleabag's thread to understand just how crappy it can get.
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Who said 100K? Lol. This is the education field dude.
---Update---
No, I can get a ticket for $700, so more like $1600, but regardless it's a short-term experience to get my feet wet.
This half year position is absolute horse shite. But you knew that, right
Do you have coke?
I've read some pretty nasty stories with regards to that 30k, 4-5 month guaranteed employment.
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Ask these folks about the place of work, expectations in terms of working hours, etc.
(You don't want to be doing substituion teacher duties for 5 months...and I wouldn't rule the possibility out that this is exactly what is entailed)
I've heard of people doing that course, being shifted from one school to another over the course of a week, having to work Saturday and Sundays.....
...........so back to a general truth in life.
If it sounds too good to be true, then it isn't true.
I'd have a long hard look at the details before getting involved...
just my two cents..........
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The "free" accommodation could easily be on school grounds. Wave your privacy goodbye.
100k is so much amount..!!!
Yesterday,I brought some
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for my mini truck and i got two months of service free..!!! So..Happy..!!!
it's rainy season hereabouts. wet feet, overrated IMO.
Imodium can't stop me.
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