Assistant Professor Job Description

The ideal candidate will have demonstrated teaching experience in a variety of classrooms, extensive knowledge of teaching English at various levels (especially to Korean students), and a personality suited to teaching our students and becoming part of our team of dedicated teachers. We prize organizational skills, attention to detail, flexibility, and a positive attitude in and outside of the classroom.

Please note: only email applications are accepted, no phone calls please.

Qualifications:

• Masters degree

• Two years (24 months) of university teaching experience in Korea or abroad (verifiable with documentation by your former employers)

• Experience living and working in Korea (though it is not necessary to presently be in Korea)

Terms of Contract:

• Two-year contract with the possibility of renewal

• 12 hours/week plus required overtime (most teachers currently teach 14-16 hours)

• Four teaching days per week plus a research day, on which you will usually not be required to be on campus

Pay:

• Salary of KRW 2,550,000/month

• Housing allowance of KRW 300,000/month, no key money is offered

• Overtime paid after 12 hours/week and is KRW 13,000 - 52,000 depending on the department

Shared Pension & Health Insurance:

• Korea Teachers Pension

• Korea's National Insurance Service

Vacation:

• There are two periods of vacation: summer (July – Aug) and winter (January - February)

• During vacation, you continue to receive your salary, benefits, and housing stipend

• Teachers may choose to volunteer for 3 week summer/winter intensive programs, compensated at an overtime rate of 52,000 won per hour

Courses:

• Most of our English Classes are taught through the General Education Department's Silla English Program (SEP) levels 1 and 2. This is one year of basic conversation classes taken by all majors as a degree requirement.

• You may be asked to teach conversation or writing classes in other departments, such as English Language and Literature or English Education.

• Teachers can create and teach special interest elective classes taught in English. Past classes have covered topics such as comedy and humor, drawing, yoga, and photography.

• Teachers may volunteer to teach in Silla's Global Business Support Center's KMove Program to prepare students for overseas internships.

• Our Center for International Education provides extra non-credit English classes for students who are looking for more opportunities to improve their English skills

• Teachers may apply to teach content based instruction courses in English like History of Southeast Asia, Philosophy and Linguistics