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Created: 2009-01-20, 04:52 AM CET Subject: Certified Teachers needed ASAPprintrecommend
Tired of the over crowded classrooms and unruly students? Beginning to question your choice to become a teacher? Still enjoy teaching but looking for something out of the ordinary? Have a BS/BA degree in something else, but have a passion for teaching? Trying to find a way to pay off student loans? Not quite ready to retire, but want a more relaxing opportunity to learn and earn? Come to Taiwan to teach English. It is a fascinating island, rich in history and culture. Students are eager to learn and the learning atmosphere is relaxing. Fantastic pay, great benefits and an overall enchanting experience awaits you.
* Enjoy a relaxed teaching environment, eager students, great pay and fantastic benefits, while sharing your culture, learning a new culture, and teaching public elementary and junior high students English in Taiwan. Prepare dynamic lesson plans and deliver fun and engaging lessons. * 22 - 25 teaching hours. * You do not have to speak Chinese to be an effective teacher of English. In addition to a prepared curriculum by each school, have fun using creative interactive games, chants, songs, and Internet activities. You can even add your own personal touch to your classes with your favorite hobbies such as playing guitar, using arts & crafts and of course your favorite teaching tools. * Teach Taiwanese students grades K through 6 EFL skills with local Chinese teachers and, while using a prepared curriculum. Through books, songs, chants, games and other activities, engage eager bright minds, all while earning and learning. * Teach the basics of English conversation, along with vocabulary development, sentence structure and overall communication skills with grades 7 through 9. School has a prepared curriculum and a local teacher to assist in the classroom. * Taiwan students and their families take education very seriously. Consequently, there are many private language schools that require foreign teachers to teach, and provide supplemental English lessons. In addition, public schools also contract with us for teachers, thus, you can work in a public school that has a private contract even if you only have a Bachelors Degree.
Please see the requirements below: Requirements for all positions: Minimum educational requirements * Bachelor Degree from an approved university * TESOL, TEFL is a plus but not required
Character Requirements: * Patient and professional * Enjoy working with all types of students * Open and eager to learn and accept new things * Non-judgemental about cultures outside of your own * Dedicated and hard working * Honest * No criminal record
Application: Please email : * Copy of your degree/certificates * Passport photo page * A recent photo or two * At least two recommendation letters from your previous employers * Available time to start working. * Detailed resume