Primary Teacher
Koje Island, South Korea
Start Date: ASAP
Region: Far East and South East Asia
School Curriculum: IPC / IMYC / GCSE / IB
Minimum Experience: 2+ years post qualification experience
The School
This is a not-for-profit co-educational international school in South Korea. Initially starting out as a Primary school, this school has built upon their successful IMYC middle years section and opened IGCSE classes in August 2018 and A-level classes in 2019 in August 2019. This is a truly international school with students from all over the world. The school has excellent facilities for up to 540 students however current shipping industry levels means the school has around 170 students. There are 27 classrooms, a gymnasium, a large library, maker spaces, science labs, music and art rooms, dedicated play areas for older and younger children, outdoor soccer pitch, basketball court, running track, rooftop garden, parents lounge and a cafeteria.
Living and Working in South Korea
Located on a small island off the coast of Busan connected by a series of highways, tunnels and bridges (all superb engineering feats) is the city of Okpo. A small fishing village just 25 years ago it has over time emerged as a fully fledged city, still manageable but growing daily! Okpo serves the needs of one of the largest ship yards and docks in the world and draws an international collection of workers to its shores to work in the ship building and oil industry on the island. Busan has an international airport and regular flights to; Japan, Shanghai, the Philippines and Thailand amongst many other destinations.
School Requirements
- Teachers must be fully qualified with a minimum of 2 years of full time class teaching experience.
- Experience will ideally be in a similar type of school environment, such as an international school with a high level of understanding of the needs of EAL students in an international school environment.
- Teachers need to be flexible, creative and open minded in their approach to teaching
- Teachers should be skilled in differentiation, have excellent team working and collaborative skills, show a commitment to school life and co-curricular programmes and to ongoing professional learning and skills development.
Salary and Benefits Package
- Salary from KRW 30,640,000 to 39,640,000 per annum
- Fully furnished housing for international teachers
- A generous allowance for utilities
- Annual return flights to country of origin
- Monthly travel allowance
- Korean medical insurance and pension.
- Severance bonus equivalent to one month's pay for each year of service, based on the final year's salary.
- 2 year contract