Looking for cool young teachers for a new international school
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Re: Looking for cool young teachers for a new international school
Cambodia is in dire need of teachers currently. I cannot see this happening in the near future, but at some point down the road (30 years maybe?), yes. My school currently has 2 teachers they cannot afford to get rid of.
I'll cut the op a break because I believe he didn't choose his words wisely. I'm hoping he wants teachers that are infectiously positive, energetic towards young learning minds who enjoy the role of teaching and strive to make learning fun for students.
Still here, in country...
Re: Looking for cool young teachers for a new international school
Some countries like to think they're special and 'tighten up" or "crack down" in this manner. In the end, they just end with fewer teachers as they don't seem to realize that the schools need to offer additional incentives to attract higher quality candidates.
It's a kind of backward logic. "If we make it more difficult to teach here, better teachers will come."
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Re: Looking for cool young teachers for a new international school
How can this be?Ravensnest wrote: ↑Sun Feb 09, 2020 1:20 pm
Cambodia is in dire need of teachers currently. I cannot see this happening in the near future, but at some point down the road (30 years maybe?), yes. My school currently has 2 teachers they cannot afford to get rid of.
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I may be going to hell in a bucket,
but at least I'm enjoying the ride.
I may be going to hell in a bucket,
but at least I'm enjoying the ride.
Re: Looking for cool young teachers for a new international school
Because fully qualified teachers with degrees and experience can pick and choose wherever in the world they want to work. Whereas those without said criteria are forced to work where they can legally find employment. Hence why so many no-degree TEFLers come to these shores. Not only is Cambodia one of the few countries in the world where people can teach English legally without a degree, but the paperwork and red-tape involved is also pretty much hassle-free compared to other countries.sigmoid wrote: ↑Sun Feb 09, 2020 1:48 pmHow can this be?Ravensnest wrote: ↑Sun Feb 09, 2020 1:20 pm
Cambodia is in dire need of teachers currently. I cannot see this happening in the near future, but at some point down the road (30 years maybe?), yes. My school currently has 2 teachers they cannot afford to get rid of.
Not meaning to disrespect Cambodia but if you're looking to live and work as an English teacher, and had the option of any country in the world, I doubt many would choose Cambodia against the likes of Korea or Japan for example, where the pay and working conditions far exceed anything Cambodia offers. The main reason teachers do choose Cambodia is exactly because of the no-degree-no-problem policy.
Yet still, there is a huge shortage of teachers here. Good ones at least. If there was ever a move to force people to have degrees in order to obtain work permits, they'd find that the resource pool would simply dry up pretty much overnight.
*Disclaimer - I have no problem with people teaching without degrees. I have met some fantastic teachers who didn't have a degree and have also met some awful ones who did.
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Re: Looking for cool young teachers for a new international school
But Cambodia's economic growth rate for 2019 was 7.1%, whereas that of South Korea and Japan was merely 2%.xandreu wrote: ↑Sun Feb 09, 2020 3:55 pmBecause fully qualified teachers with degrees and experience can pick and choose wherever in the world they want to work. Whereas those without said criteria are forced to work where they can legally find employment. Hence why so many no-degree TEFLers come to these shores. Not only is Cambodia one of the few countries in the world where people can teach English legally without a degree, but the paperwork and red-tape involved is also pretty much hassle-free compared to other countries.sigmoid wrote: ↑Sun Feb 09, 2020 1:48 pmHow can this be?Ravensnest wrote: ↑Sun Feb 09, 2020 1:20 pm
Cambodia is in dire need of teachers currently. I cannot see this happening in the near future, but at some point down the road (30 years maybe?), yes. My school currently has 2 teachers they cannot afford to get rid of.
Not meaning to disrespect Cambodia but if you're looking to live and work as an English teacher, and had the option of any country in the world, I doubt many would choose Cambodia against the likes of Korea or Japan for example, where the pay and working conditions far exceed anything Cambodia offers. The main reason teachers do choose Cambodia is exactly because of the no-degree-no-problem policy.
Yet still, there is a huge shortage of teachers here. Good ones at least. If there was ever a move to force people to have degrees in order to obtain work permits, they'd find that the resource pool would simply dry up pretty much overnight.
*Disclaimer - I have no problem with people teaching without degrees. I have met some fantastic teachers who didn't have a degree and have also met some awful ones who did.
It seems that schools in Cambodia could solve the teacher shortage by simply paying more and offering some benefits in order to lure qualified teachers away from those countries where growth has peaked and the cost of living is much higher.
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I may be going to hell in a bucket,
but at least I'm enjoying the ride.
I may be going to hell in a bucket,
but at least I'm enjoying the ride.
Re: Looking for cool young teachers for a new international school
So you're not going to tell us how to hit her up on Instagram?WildA wrote: ↑Sun Feb 09, 2020 9:19 am So whats the pay? My brat may want to leave her International School in Shanghai. Shes like 28, a millenialish political twerp with a Masters Degree in Science Education, US Teaching certifications, USA and International experience. She doesnt have any tatoos, but sometimes doesnt wash her hair and I think shes kind of a slattern, not like her father is any better, she travels all over the place diving and wears like beads and does Intstagram flashing her ass in tropical pools and all that silly tribal shit with beer and sarongs, I think shes looking to get $50K a year. I told her this probably aint the place, she should just keep sucking off the Chinese and be prepared to flee overland if the baloon goes up.
What a tease!
Re: Looking for cool young teachers for a new international school
That would be a new low, even for me.Jim Gil wrote: ↑Sun Feb 09, 2020 9:18 pmSo you're not going to tell us how to hit her up on Instagram?WildA wrote: ↑Sun Feb 09, 2020 9:19 am So whats the pay? My brat may want to leave her International School in Shanghai. Shes like 28, a millenialish political twerp with a Masters Degree in Science Education, US Teaching certifications, USA and International experience. She doesnt have any tatoos, but sometimes doesnt wash her hair and I think shes kind of a slattern, not like her father is any better, she travels all over the place diving and wears like beads and does Intstagram flashing her ass in tropical pools and all that silly tribal shit with beer and sarongs, I think shes looking to get $50K a year. I told her this probably aint the place, she should just keep sucking off the Chinese and be prepared to flee overland if the baloon goes up.
What a tease!
Hmmmmmm....
How much $$ ya got?
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Re: Looking for cool young teachers for a new international school
^^^^^
Yeah at the moment money is a little bit of an issue but I will be able to claim my old age pension at the end of the year.
Yeah at the moment money is a little bit of an issue but I will be able to claim my old age pension at the end of the year.
Re: Looking for cool young teachers for a new international school
agree w/ @sigmoid on this... Cambodia is also so transient-- people come and go. if the benefits/ infrastructure was better, I think more qualified teachers would be attracted to Cambodia and stay longer. Obv there is a trade off living/enjoying Cambodia. There are other benefits for living in Cambodia - even for a short whilesigmoid wrote: ↑Sun Feb 09, 2020 7:21 pmBut Cambodia's economic growth rate for 2019 was 7.1%, whereas that of South Korea and Japan was merely 2%.xandreu wrote: ↑Sun Feb 09, 2020 3:55 pmBecause fully qualified teachers with degrees and experience can pick and choose wherever in the world they want to work. Whereas those without said criteria are forced to work where they can legally find employment. Hence why so many no-degree TEFLers come to these shores. Not only is Cambodia one of the few countries in the world where people can teach English legally without a degree, but the paperwork and red-tape involved is also pretty much hassle-free compared to other countries.sigmoid wrote: ↑Sun Feb 09, 2020 1:48 pmHow can this be?Ravensnest wrote: ↑Sun Feb 09, 2020 1:20 pm
Cambodia is in dire need of teachers currently. I cannot see this happening in the near future, but at some point down the road (30 years maybe?), yes. My school currently has 2 teachers they cannot afford to get rid of.
Not meaning to disrespect Cambodia but if you're looking to live and work as an English teacher, and had the option of any country in the world, I doubt many would choose Cambodia against the likes of Korea or Japan for example, where the pay and working conditions far exceed anything Cambodia offers. The main reason teachers do choose Cambodia is exactly because of the no-degree-no-problem policy.
Yet still, there is a huge shortage of teachers here. Good ones at least. If there was ever a move to force people to have degrees in order to obtain work permits, they'd find that the resource pool would simply dry up pretty much overnight.
*Disclaimer - I have no problem with people teaching without degrees. I have met some fantastic teachers who didn't have a degree and have also met some awful ones who did.
It seems that schools in Cambodia could solve the teacher shortage by simply paying more and offering some benefits in order to lure qualified teachers away from those countries where growth has peaked and the cost of living is much higher.
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Re: Looking for cool young teachers for a new international school
Don’t think like a westerner to solve the problem. Think like a local Khmer boss. The country excels in getting donations - from foreign NGOs to direct aid from other countries to fill in the holes that a government should provide for it’s people. To the land/house/apartment owners who would rather keep rents high and empty than lower to get occupancy. To many other things.sigmoid wrote:It seems that schools in Cambodia could solve the teacher shortage by simply paying more and offering some benefits in order to lure qualified teachers away from those countries where growth has peaked and the cost of living is much higher.
In Cambodia, there is no teacher shortage in their minds. And will never be.
Especially if westerners keep paying Khmer for the privilege of flying overseas to teacher other Khmer for free.
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