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Teachers Needed in South-Central Vietnam

Global English Center
 
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Teachers Needed in South-Central Vietnam

Our school is six years old now and has both, foreign and Vietnamese teachers. Trung Tâm Ngoại Ngữ Toàn Cầu, or the "Global English Centre", was founded by the current principal Mrs. Thao to provide the citizens of Quang Ngai with the opportunity to study abroad.

Currently, we have about 1,150 students aged between 5 and 17. Every class has three or four 90-minute lessons per week, depending on the age of the students: Young students have two classes with a foreign teacher and two with a Vietnamese teacher, who teaches grammar using the textbook the students use in school. Starting in 10th grade, students have three classes per week with a foreign teacher (and no grammar classes anymore). Depending on need, students also get additional help from our teachers and staff. The classes are small to medium-sized at about 12-14 students. For grades 1 and 2, the foreign teachers get one or two Vietnamese assistants who speak some English. We are also offering preschool classes. Our 23 foreign teachers are between 21 and 65 years old. Currently, we have 14 teachers/interns from the Philippines, three from the U.S., and one each from the U.K., Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, South Africa, and Germany. In November 2015, we moved to our new school building (I’ll provide photos once you have applied).

We are looking for two female proficient speakers from all over the world, ideally native speakers. We’d like one teacher to start soon (let’s say in the second half of May) and another in July or August. All nationalities and qualified non-native speakers with appropriate training and excellent oral language skills will certainly be considered. You need at least a Bachelor’s degree to legally work as a teacher in Vietnam. Needless to say, a higher degree in the field (TESOL, Linguistics, ECE or Special Education) would be an asset. We offer a supportive working environment in which you are encouraged to be creative. Our work hours are different from ordinary schools, however: We operate mostly from 15:30 to 20:40 (Mon to Fri) and 8-11:00 and 14-19:05 on weekends. You’ll be required to teach 20 90-minute classes distributed over six days per week. Your day off will likely be during the week, not on weekends. First Friends, Phonics, Super Minds, and the Solutions series form the backbone of our curriculum, and foreign teachers are supposed to encourage and facilitate oral communication.

Our ideal candidate is a native speaker who has a college degree in a relevant field (English Language Teaching, ECE, etc.) and a TEFL/TESOL/CELTA certificate, plus some experience, but we also consider inexperienced applicants from outside the field who are confident that they would like to try teaching English.

Our starting salary is US$ 1,300 per month (after taxes) for experienced applicants with a Master’s degree (native speakers) and US$ 900 for inexperienced candidates holding a Bachelor’s degree obtained outside the field of education but in a program where the language of instruction was English. The pay may not seem much, but keep in mind that you won’t have to pay rent (the teachers dorms are one wing of the school building), that you only need about 150 dollars per month to live well here in Quang Ngai, and that a thousand bucks per month puts you within the upper ten percent income bracket in the region (the average wage earner here walks home with something between USD 100 and 200 per month).

Applicants should have proof in hand that attests their ability to teach English as a foreign language. Contracts are typically for one year and renewable, provided satisfactory performance. Should you decide to stay with us for another year, your salary may increase by 10 per cent. As I have briefly mentioned, work compensation also includes accommodation (but not utilities, which run at about 20 bucks per month). In other words, you’d live at the school but since classes typically don’t start until 15:30 it is rather quiet during the mornings on which you don't have to work. Should you not be comfortable with the idea of living at the school, we’ll assist you in finding a place to rent somewhere else (renting isn’t really a ‘thing’ here, though; that’s why we decided to built a dormitory for teachers since renting hotel rooms was too expensive and we kept having some issues with landlords).

Here's what the position demands in a nutshell: 
Responsibilities: 
- Teaching the required hours, 
- Managing the classroom so that is conducive to learning, 
- A kind, professional demeanor (which needs to extend into town), 
- Taking part in meetings (there will be only a few), and 
- Developing curriculum and exercises conducive to students' success.

Skills and attitudes needed: 
- Ability and interest to teach English to students aged between 5 and 16, 
- Flexibility and the ability to improvise, 
- Sensitivity to students' needs, 
- Dedication to students' success, 
- Patience, a sense of humor, and a tad idealism.

To apply please submit: 
1) A concise letter of motivation in an email that addresses how your specific experiences, qualifications, and interests fit our needs. Please state your motivation to work for us and why you like the idea of coming to Quang Ngai—in other words, please submit a letter that indicates that you have read the job ad. Both, emails with nothing else but a CV attached and generic applications, will be ignored.

2) a one-page CV/resume that concisely lists relevant qualifications and experiences (attached to the same email),

3) an electronic copy of your degree(s) and TESOL certificate (as attachment).

4) two references (name, position, phone number, email address) who we could contact.

Please submit to toancauhiring@gmail.com

Please include a phone number/Skype ID in the same email and tell us where you reside at the moment (so that we can calculate the time difference. Ideally, include a link to a video of you teaching (we know/understand it's not possible everywhere to record yourself at work). If you have committed somewhere else until sometime in the near future, please don’t hesitate to apply. We pretty much hire year ‘round.

Some additional notes (compiled after some hiring experience): 
- Quang Ngai is not ‘hip’ or a place for people who are addicted to fun; you need to be able to amuse yourself. Your colleagues would be nice, fun-loving people, however. We party and go on trips together. If you like the idea of living in the ‘real Vietnam’ (and not in some expats enclave where the same topics and petty complaints about VN are being rehashed daily), Quang Ngai is the place to be. If you can’t live without Western food, on the other hand, look elsewhere. In other words, make sure that you’re willing to come to Quang Ngai (and look up where it is before you apply: we've had candidates who, after a lengthy email/interview process, realized that they didn't want to live in QN after all).

- Proficient non-native speakers may apply, but keep in mind that we already have 15 non-native speakers out of 23 teachers. In other words, you need to have excellent qualifications and must build a convincing case (submit a speaking sample if you can).

- We can't hire couples with children; there is no international school here.

- Please don’t apply if you “love Hoi An”. Hoi An is 100 km away, kind of hard to get to, and Quang Ngai is pretty much the antithesis of Hoi An. QN is a somewhat quaint provincial town of 125,000 people that pretty much closes down after 22:00. There are no Pizzerias or Western style bars here (but scads of nice coffee shops, decent street food, and one nightclub). There are also small places on the street where you can hang out and drink beer after 10 pm.

- We are looking for people who want and who are able to teach Vietnamese children. Don’t just tout your advertising skills or your Business English teaching experience that you garnered when you taught CEOs at some large company. Please match your experiences to our needs.

Here's the test: Imagine yourself in provincial Vietnam, teaching 30 hours six days a week, often in the evening until 8:45. You might have to teach 5 classes each on Sat and Sunday. If you think this is not for you, don’t apply. If you can see yourself doing that, however, you will be rewarded with working at a fairly new, well-equipped school, housing, a proper contract, a prospect for the future, more money that you can possibly spend in Quang Ngai, a bunch of fun colleagues, are rather low workload during from Monday to Friday (=the chance to sleep in on four or five days a week), hot/warm weather year ‘round, the beach just 30 minutes away, a bucolic countryside, beautiful temples nearby, decent food, and an appreciation rivaling that of rock stars.

                        
        

                                  



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