Kind of a bit of both - I mostly enjoy being in Korea, but I definitely want to save up enough money to have a bit of a safety net so that I can work in Europe next year!
You definitely don't need a CELTA (or indeed any kind of TEFL certificate) to work in Korea just as long as you have a degree and speak English, so go for it! If you haven't done any kind of teaching before, I can recommend shelling out £250 or so for a weekend taster TEFL course, eg through Cactus (I think its www.cactustefl.com)
It was SLP - they have a bit of a bad rep, but it depends on the individual branch. Mine was well run and we weren't overworked!
I'm working for another franchise now called Boston Campus. Its a much smaller school and I'm teaching more hours, but get paid overtime for any over my 30 hours a week. Also I've not got my own kindergarten class, so I don't have to spend unpaid time at work doing decorations etc.
At SLP, all the students had monthly progress tests which we had to mark in our own time and I don't have to do any test marking now!
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You definitely don't need a CELTA (or indeed any kind of TEFL certificate) to work in Korea just as long as you have a degree and speak English, so go for it! If you haven't done any kind of teaching before, I can recommend shelling out £250 or so for a weekend taster TEFL course, eg through Cactus (I think its www.cactustefl.com)
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I'm working for another franchise now called Boston Campus. Its a much smaller school and I'm teaching more hours, but get paid overtime for any over my 30 hours a week. Also I've not got my own kindergarten class, so I don't have to spend unpaid time at work doing decorations etc.
At SLP, all the students had monthly progress tests which we had to mark in our own time and I don't have to do any test marking now!
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