A Financially and Professionally Rewarding Experience Awaits You in South Korea!

  South Korea

• Busan: 
Busan (Pusan)
• Seoul: 
Seoul

Length of Position: 1 year

Description: Pagoda Academy (Est. 1969) has been providing teachers with not only a financially rewarding but personally enriching experience here in Korea. Pagoda Academy has built a solid reputation amongst teachers (many re-sign and some have been teaching here for 3 to 5 years!) and students (Voted most popular foreign language institute in Korea by college students according to Korea University News Network for the fourth consecutive year.)

Pagoda Academy has positions openings year-round so apply at anytime. We do hire a lot of teachers for July 1st and January 1st.

Highlights: Top 10 Reasons To Teach at Pagoda Academy

1. Location, location, location! Seoul, Inchon and Busan!
2. Use Pagoda's well-known curriculum that teachers and students love!
3. Pagoda Academy is a stable company. Established 1969!
4. Realize financial goals, whatever they may be! 2.6-3million/month
5. Training and a chance to develop and grow professionally!
6. Our eager students! University, business people and professionals!
7. Current teachers and staff make for a wonderful working environment!
8. Modern classrooms and a well-equipped teacher's room in every branch!
9. Pay increases after three and six months!
10. Free days off, national holidays and a Month Long Vacation!

We have teaching positions at our Shinchon, Jongro, Kangnam, Guro and Busan branches all year round. In Kangnam, Shinchon and Jongro we have more than one position so couples may find a great fit here too! Please let us know when you are looking to start.

We would need the following paperwork about a month prior to when you are hoping to teach and get started on the required documents for an E2 Visa if you are serious about teaching English in Korea:

1) Original Degree or Diploma: (BA or higher from a native English speaking country...sorry India and Philippines). Don't worry you will get this back. Your school should give this back to after you arrive - if they don't within 2 weeks I would be suspicious. Go on to number 2 if you will be sending your original degree.

If you are uncomfortable sending the original then you can get a a lawyer or notary to notarize (Find a notary! What is a notary public?) it and then get an apostille (Click to see an example of one). American, New Zealand, South African, British, Irish and Australian teachers need to get an apostille for notarized degree and criminal checks!

Canadians would have to get a notary first and then have a Korean Consulate notarize it.

Get at least 2 copies of your degree as Korean immigration and the local board of Education Korea will want a copy. You won't get copies back in most cases, but you should be able to get your original degree back from your employer after no more than 2 weeks after arrival. Any longer than that could be cause for concern so you may have to ask for it back at that time.

2) Sealed Transcript: The university seal, stamp or sticker must be directly across the back flap of the envelope (Example Sealed transcript image) . If your university doesn't do that, try to have the registrar sign across the back flap. If you order them online be sure to call or email to be sure your university transcript request is being handled properly. Immigration is very picky with how your documents look so just beg your school to do it that way.

(Be sure to order at least 3 transcripts in different envelopes: 1 for you (never know when you may need another and you won't get the others back from your academy/hagwon). You should keep 1 for your records and you'll need 1 for your E2 application process and 1 just in case the Korean Consulate wants to see them when you get your degree notarized or when apply for your visa after receiving a visa issuance number from your school or recruiter. Atlanta and Washington Korean Consulates require another transcript with your application and passport!
List of Korean Consulates in the USA and stories from teachers who have had good and bad dealings with them.

3) Criminal background check or Subject access request: This must be the original (and have no record, naturally) and it must be notarized by a notary or lawyer and then have the apostille. (How do you get an apostille?). Only Canadians can have it notarized by a notary public and then by the Korean Consulate.

Qualifications: Pagoda Academy is a great place for teachers with a little or a lot of teaching experience (CELTA teachers do very well here!). We have training and offer classes that will stimulate all types of teachers and backgrounds. We offer a chance to teach conversation classes (SLE), business English classes, Job Interview Training classes and intensive reading, writing and conversation classes (PIP). We also offer TOEIC, TOEFL and IELTS classes.

Minimum Education: Bachelors

Salary / Pay: 2.6 to 3+ million won/month

Experience Required: no

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

Participants Travel to South Korea Independently

Application Process Involves:

• In-Person Interview when Feasible
• Letters of Reference
• Phone Interview
• Resume
• Transcript

Pagoda Academy Inc.'s Mission Statement: Pagoda was founded in 1969 with the objective of developing foreign language education in Korea. With your great love and sincere support, Pagoda has achieved enormous success so far and recently celebrated its 37th anniversary earlier this year. Focusing only on foreign language education, Pagoda has contributed to the enhancement of nation's competitiveness by producing competent people with the ability to communicate on a global level.

Year Founded: 1969