If any native English speakers are out there looking for a teaching position is sleepy Isaan, Ubon Ratchathani then there are a few positions available for you at this time.
My old school Assumption College is looking for two teachers, one to teach primary 1 and 4 English and another teacher for secondary 1 to 4 English.
Yes, if you read this blog I have bitched and moaned about my old school many times but always said they treated me pretty well over the years.
In Thailand you will not find a perfect school, Assumption isn’t perfect but the majority of people in the English programme are great. If you are easy going and not highly strung (another words not a whinging pain in the ass) you will get along with the other teachers like a house on fire.
You are paid 30,000 baht per month, and this includes a 12 month contract with 11 weeks of holiday.
All classes are in air-conditioned classrooms, you have a Thai teacher to assist in some classes.
The head of the department, she can be frustrating but this is because of forgetfulness and lack of communication but she has a golden heart and will try and do anything to make you happy. Well almost anything!
They do ask that you have a bachelor’s degree, but again if you have experience or a TEFL or similar certificate I am sure you will be looked at closely.
This is the link to the job advertised on Ajarn.com or you can email mickandbob@hotmail.com a copy of your CV/resume and the lady who receives these is a lovely English lady and will be sure to contact you ASAP.
So again, a few positions available to start virtually immediately, good conditions and most the foreign teachers are friendly, even the American guy has a great sense of humour.
Don’t tell them Brunty sent you! Only kidding as the lady who helps with hiring teachers is a good friend.
Brunty
5 comments:
While I'm not going to apply to any positions, I have to wonder how much the cost of living has gone up in your region.
I taught in Thailand 10 years ago and the salary is the same then as it is now, yet the cost of living (at least in BKK) has gone up enormously.
Seems like you MUST have supplemental income to make it in Thailand as a teacher these days.
Amy, the cost of living has gone up here in Isaan as well.
Electricity prices, food, fuel and so forth to just name a few.
If a person was relying on just their wage here in Isaan or even Thailand I don’t know how they get by, I mean as in put money away for a rainy day or an emergency.
30,000 baht has become the standard amount of pay for many schools, and this is also including Bangkok. If you go to Ajarn.com and look at the positions available and the monthly salaries you can see this.
The international schools still pay well, in most cases 100,000 baht plus per month.
I supplement my income a few ways that thankfully have nothing to do with Thailand.
We live on less than 30,000 per month easily, but of course money needs to be banked for the future. Maybe many don’t worry about this I am not sure.
The amount of times I have leant money to people, usually only a few thousand baht here and there to get them over to pay day miffs me a little as I could never live like that.
I live in the 'ban nok' about 30km out from Ubon City- only met you once I think brunty, at the AFL final. $ aren't my issue- have a bit offshore and comfortably covered by rental income in Thailand. But sometimes I think I should 'do something'. I have an MBA, assume the likes of Assumption would take me on.
But the money is an insult! I'm no miser, but neither am I a spend thrift- and I reckon it costs me about 40k per month to live in the ban nok, and there isn't an awful lot to spend your money on out here. Does this include much in the way of 'perq's'- free lunches, subsidised rent, whatever? Just curious.
I'm quite happily living my lazy life, and getting the house and property together at 'Isaan speed', but who knows, one day I might take up a teaching job- the decent holidays are a saving grace, keeps the mind ticking over, hopefully helping some people too. But it would be in spite of, not because of the money.
Brunty thanks for you post -very interesting and informative. Please advise. I have a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business ( Worked in banking/leasing for 20 years...I need a life change
I just received my certificate for TEFL ... but I have no experience teaching yet. Would I have an outside shot at this position? Geoff
I have to say, as an experienced ESL Instructor, and as a proud speaker of the English language, I'm appalled at the level of English that's been displayed by the individuals who've posted on your site.
Shouldn't an individual "aspiring" to teach English to yearning, innocent, young children be at least "somewhat" accomplished - "somewhat" fluent in English?
I'm amazed that these individuals have (in one case a Masters, and a Bachelor's Degree, in the other) such obvious difficulty composing a coherent sentence.
Shouldn't that be the most important consideration when teaching something? Shouldn't you have sufficient "expertise" to teach that subject?
Interesting ... I wonder who you chose.
Best regards,
Bill Murdoch
(a lover of Thailand)
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