Gwangju International Center

GEPIK (English Teachers in Gyeonggi Public School)

About GEPIK

GEPIK (Gyeonggi English Program in Korea) has been recruiting native English speaking teachers for better English education in Gyeonggi Province since 2000. There are more than 2,000 public elementary and secondary schools in Gyeonggi, and over 2,000 native English speaking teachers participate in GEPIK.


Eligibility
- A citizen of one of the seven countries: Australia, New Zealand, USA, Canada, UK, Ireland, and South Africa
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution in one of the seven countries: Australia, New Zealand, USA, Canada, UK, Ireland, and South Africa
- Korean nationals with at least 10 years of residency in one of the seven countries can also apply. You must have completed minimum 3 years of secondary education and university education at the seven countries.
- Must be able to obtain E-2 VISA (Clean criminal record)
- Physically and mentally healthy
- TEFL, TESOL, or CELTA Certificate of minimum 100 hours (exempt if your degree is in English Literature, English Language, or Linguistics or if you have Teaching Certificate)

Responsibilities and Duties
GEPIK teachers conduct English classes in elementary (1st-6th grades), middle (7-9th) or high school (10-12th) in Gyeonggi with or without assistance of a co-teacher. Some schools have after-school English programs , English Camps, English clubs and other extracurricular programs. Teachers are not required to participate in those, but it is highly recommended that they conduct the programs if their school offers one (overtime paid, 20,000 won/hour). When they are not in class, teachers create teaching materials and prepare lesson plans.

Not only should they respect and understand Korean culture, teachers should share their own culture with students as representatives from their home country. Teachers must love children. The goal of GEPIK program is that students acquire English language naturally and improve English communication skills. So teachers should be friendly and encourage conversations. Classes should be fun and creative, and students should feel comfortable in. Lastly but most importantly, they should enjoy teaching and have fun because students cannot if teachers are not.

Conditions
Teachers should commit minimum of one year at the same school. Working hours are Monday through Friday, 8 hours per day, and there are 22 classes (40-50 min each) per week. Hours are usually 8:30am – 4:30pm or 9:00am – 5:00pm.

Salary
Category S (2.5 Million KRW)
- Category 1+ teacher renewing contract at the same school
Category 1+ (2.4 Million KRW)
- Category 1 teacher renewing contract for GEPIK
Category 1 (2.3 Million KRW)
- Category 3 teacher with at least three years of English teaching experience at an accredited institution
Category 2+ (2.2 Million KRW)
- Category 2 teacher with at least one year experience for GEPIK
Category 2 (2.1 Million KRW)
- One of the following:
-Category 3 teacher with at least one year teaching experience at an accredited institution
-Master's Degree in English Language Education
Category 3 (2.0 Million KRW)
- Bachelor's Degree and one of the following:
- TEFL, TESOL, or CELTA Certificate of minimum 100 hours (exempt if you are degree is in English Literature, English Language, or Linguistics)
- English Teaching Certificate


Benefits
- 300,000 won settlement allowance
- Round-trip airfare: one-way airfare is reimbursed upon teacher’s arrival and return airfare reimbursed at the end of the contract.
- Airport pickup
- Severance pay of one month salary
- Rural area: additional allowance of 100,000 won per month
- 20 paid vacations in addition to all Korean national holidays
- 50% of medical insurance (4.8%; teachers pay 2.4%) and 50% of national pension (9%; teachers pay 4.5%; US and Canadian citizens reimbursed at the end of the contract; South African citizens are exempt from joining pension)
- Full-furnished single housing or housing allowance of 400,000 won per month
- There is no tax for the first two years of employment in Korea (with the exception of Canadian citizens).

Required Documents
- Application form
- Photocopy of passport
- Resume with photo
- Cover letter
- Sealed Official Transcript
- Apostilled copy of diploma
- Original copy of Teaching Certificate, TESOL/TEFL/CELTA (if applicable; bring the original to the school and make a copy at the school)
- 2 recommendation letters
- Apostilled Criminal Record Certificate (must be federal, not state); if you are Canadian citizen, your Criminal Record Certificate must include Vulnerable Sector Screening
- Self Health Assessment Report
- Experience Letter (if you have teaching experience at an accredited institution)

※ If you are a Korean national, you must submit a proof that you have lived more than 10 years in one of the seven English speaking countries and that you have received secondary education (from 10th grade) and Bachelor's Degree at institutions in one of the seven countries.

Gyeonggi Province Government: http://english.gg.go.kr/
Gyeonggi Province Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyeonggi_Province

Apply
Please email your resume and photo with the following information to gepikteachers@gmail.com
- Date of Birth
- Required documents that you have now (a photocopy of Apostilled degree, Apostilled nation-wide level CRC, sealed transcript, etc)
- Preferred teaching age group (elementary, middle, and/or high school)
- Preferred location in Gyeonggi area