Sarasas Bilingual School

  Thailand

• Bangkok: 
Bangkok

Length of Position: 1 or 2-year contracts

Description: We are expanding our Music Program: in need of qualified violin teachers for November 2009 start! Come and join us in Bangkok for a new adventure!

Other positions available for a late March 2010 start. Particularly in kindergarten or as a phonics teacher!

Sarasas Ektra School: Sathupradit and Saimai are located in Bangkok, Thailand. We have vacancies for native English-speaking teachers or university graduates in our schools. Students learn subjects (English, Math, Science, Modified Physical Education through Language, Social Studies, Phonics and Music) in English with their foreign teachers and subjects in Thai with their Thai teachers.

Kindergarten to Grade 2 foreign teachers are homeroom teachers for their class, teaching the full range of English subjects to one class: about 18 x 50 minute contact periods per week. Elementary and Secondary teachers are subject specific teachers: about 30 x 40 minute periods per week.

Our class sizes are large compared to western classrooms, on average up to 36 at Ektra and up to 40 at Saimai.

Sarasas Ektra, Saimai: On the northern outskirts of Bangkok.
Sarasas Ektra, Sathupradit: Central Bangkok, close to the business district.

Sarasas Ektra School believes in the importance of maintaining Thai culture and ethos while fostering an appreciation of the importance English plays in the global community. We are a private Thai Catholic Bilingual school. We have many staff members from around the world making it a very multicultural environment to work in. (South Africa, Uganda, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, U.S.A, England, Belgium, Holland, Ireland, Russia and Japan): currently over 170 at the two locations in Bangkok.

Highlights: Current Positions at our Saimai Campus:

1. Kindergarten - Grade 3 home room teachers. (5 positions)
2. English (Elementary and High School) teachers. (5 positions)

Due to increasing enrollment.

Qualifications: Preference is given to native or near native English-speaking teachers.

Minimum requirements:
1. Minimum of a Bachelor of Arts / Science / Education
    a) Transcripts
    b) Degree Certificate
    c) Confirmation letter from your university
    d) A police clearance certificate from your home country
All the above documents will be required to be presented to the Thai Ministry of Education on appointment. Therefore applicants will need to have access to originals.
2. TEFL certificate or TESOL certificate or ESL experience. (Not essential)
3. Computer skills with Windows, MS Office and Internet.
4. Lots of energy, a sense of adventure, a flexible nature and a culturally tolerant personality.

Minimum Education: Bachelors

Salary / Pay: Contract Package: 1. Monthly salary from 30,000 - 43,000 baht per month. (depending on school teaching experience) 2. Off campus accommodation is provided for overseas employees who accept a 12-month contract. 3. One-way airfare reimbursed over the first twelve months, then a one-way airfare home at the end of the second 1-year contract. (No. 2 & 3 are not applicable for teachers already in Thailand) 4. Paid staff holidays. (October 2 weeks, Christmas/New Year about 10 days, Late March to Early May is the summer break) 5. Accident and Hospital insurance. 6. Visa, Work permit and Certification with the Thai Ministry of Ed. 7. Option to renew contract.

Experience Required: yes

Applicants with teaching experience in their home countries are preferred, however teaching graduates or applicants with a background of study in education are also favourably considered.

This Program is open to American, Australian, Canadian, European, Kiwi, South African and Worldwide Participants.

Participants Travel to Thailand Independently

Typically Participants Work Independently or in Groups

Application Process Involves:

• Letters of Reference
• Other
• Phone Interview
• Resume
• Transcript

Sarasas Ektra School: Sathupradit and Saimai's Mission Statement: Sarasas Ektra School was the first bilingual school (English-Thai) to be approved and granted the first bilingual license by the Thai Government in April 1995 and is part of the Sarasas Affiliated Schools established by the Yongkamol family. The program was an innovative project aimed at fulfilling the need for a quality English program while still maintaining Thai education. It stands in between the traditional Thai school and the International school as an opportunity for Thai parents to give their child an early fluency in English while keeping Thai culture. Since 1992 the school has been undergoing significant progress in the field of education. 1. To give students the skills of a world language in order to confidently communicate in English. 2. To give students the skills to listen to, read, view, write and in particular, speak in English. 3. To provide a communicative, thematic and student centered classroom in order to build a sequential and prolonged study of English over a number of years. 4. To uphold and preserve Thai traditions, customs and culture while students are being made aware of the world community and its' diverse cultures. 5. To provide practical experiences and discovery learning in order to develop critical and analytical thinking skills. i.e. Learning by doing. 6. The outcome should be for students to be confident in using key skill areas of English, particularly spoken English. (The target of a student who has studied for their entire primary and high school life at either of our schools would be the ability to score highly on an international English language placement test for non-native English speakers. (IELTS or TOEFL)

Year Founded: 1992