Paid Teaching Through LanguageCorps Thailand

  Thailand

• Bangkok: 
Bangkok
• All Other Areas in Thailand: 
Rayong,  Pattaya,  Chonburi,  Klaeng,  Nonthaburi

Length of Position: Usually 10-12 months

Description: LanguageCorps offers four Programs in Thailand, giving you the flexibility to tailor your experience to suit your needs. Some program features include TESOL training & certification, guaranteed job placement, and exciting excursions, amongst others.

Our Programs provide the perfect introduction to Thailand a land of beautiful beaches, plummeting waterfalls, gilded temples, mouthwatering food, and smiling, gentle people. Program participants are regularly placed in teaching positions throughout the country, and demand for English teachers remains consistently strong.

LanguageCorps offers the following Programs in Thailand:

* TESOL Certification
* TESOL Plus
* Flagship
* Volunteer

Each program is summarized below, and further details can be found by clicking the appropriate program link.

Participants in all Asia programs (Cambodia, China, Thailand, and Vietnam) begin their adventure at our training facility in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, before traveling to their destination country. This allows participants in all 4 programs to:

    * Meet participants from other programs extending their LanguageCorps network and making great contacts for future travel or vacations
    * Participate in our most popular excursion to Angkor Wat
    * Consider the option of switching to a different country for their teaching
    * Learn about the options for obtaining an advanced degree and receiving academic credit for LanguageCorps TESOL training

At the conclusion of the joint training in Cambodia, Thailand program participants travel to Thailand for in-country training and practice teaching at our training facility in Pattaya.

The TESOL Certification Program includes...

    * Four-week TESOL Certification course
    * Thai Language and Cultural Awareness program
    * 24/7 emergency support during the course
    * Cell phone during the course
    * Job placement assistance
    * Excursion to Siem Reap and Angkor Wat
    * Graduation dinner
    * Transportation from Phnom Penh to Pattaya, Thailand

The TESOL Plus Program includes everything in our TESOL Certification Program, as well as...      

    * Airport pickup
    * Tour of Phnom Penh
    * Housing during training
    * Transport to school during training
    * 1-year enrollment in basic emergency travel insurance

The Flagship Program includes everything in our TESOL Plus Program, as well as...      

    * US-based pre-departure support including information package and visa support
    * Welcome dinner
    * Guaranteed job placement
    * Comprehensive medical and evacuation insurance
    * Cell phone for the duration of your stay
    * Corps Advocate support throughout your stay
    * 2-3 additional excursions
    * Re-entry package upon your return

Our 8-week Volunteer Program includes...      

    * Two weeks TESOL training
    * Additional weeks of training and TESOL Certification (Volunteer Plus only)
    * Thai Language and Cultural training
    * US-based pre-departure support including information package and visa support
    * Airport pickup, tour of Phnom Penh and dinner with peers
    * Transportation from Phnom Penh to Pattaya, Thailand
    * 6-month enrollment in basic emergency travel insurance
    * Six weeks volunteer experience (four weeks for Volunteer Plus) teaching in a partner orphanage or special needs school
    * Eight weeks housing
    * Cell phone for duration of the program
    * Gift to orphanage or school (USD 100 donation given in your name)
    * Transportation to and from the orphanage/school
    * Excursion to Siem Reap and Angkor Wat

Highlights: All Asia programs (Cambodia, China, Thailand, and Vietnam) feature the same TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) Certification course and training methodology. All Thailand programs include initial training at our facility in Phnom Penh, Cambodia; transportation from Phnom Penh to Thailand; and in-country training at our facility in Pattaya, Thailand.

TESOL Certification Course

LanguageCorps' academic staff has over 30 years of experience in the English language-training field, both in pure academics and in day-to-day teaching in classrooms worldwide. The LanguageCorps TESOL Certification course in Asia relies on this wealth of experience to combine the best and most current academic thinking in the TESOL field with decades of hands-on wisdom from practical teaching in remote areas of the world.

The 140+ hour, four-week course integrates the aspects of real teaching that we have found most important:
    - Ninety hours of classroom-based Academic Inputs
    - Approximately thirty hours of Language and Cultural Awareness Training
    - Up to thirty hours of Teaching Practice and Observation

LanguageCorps' Language and Cultural Awareness program is designed to:
    - Give you the local language skills necessary for daily life in Southeast Asia
    - Put you in the learner's seat, re-acquainting you with the struggle to acquire a new language
    - Let you be part of the learning process
    - Provide a major cultural overview and orientation to local customs what's polite and acceptable, how to fit in, the importance of making an effort toward understanding, etc.

LanguageCorps' Teaching Practice program is similarly goal-based:
    - You will typically be seeing the same students on a regular basis for 8 to 10 hours each week, so your lessons will be continuous, one building-on and leading-to the next. The students you teach are actually your students, allowing you to plan from class to class based on student progress and need.
    - Your teaching assignment will often be a local community resource (hospital, police station, city hall, orphanage, immigration office, etc.) so your teaching time directly benefits the community. By the end of the class, your students will have had approximately thirty hours of English Language classes, free. This may not seem like much, but it is approximately the same number of hours a class in many public schools will get in one academic year.

Qualifications: The Primary Qualifications for successful LanguageCorps Applicants include:

    * Excellent native or native-level English speaking skills
    * A valid and current Passport issued in your name. U.S. citizenship is not a strict requirement
    * A level of maturity and flexibility to be successful living and teaching abroad.
    * A Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university is required for some programs.

LanguageCorps Teacher Profile

From our experience, we know that these are key factors that will make your overseas teaching adventure enjoyable and rewarding for you, and valuable for your students!

    * You have a genuine interest in living and working in a different country and culture than your own
    * You have the flexibility to adapt to new surroundings and new ways of doing things
    * You are comfortable being the center of attention and curiosity
    * You are a self-reliant, outgoing, charismatic person, who will be able to engage a classroom of eager students, and who enjoys interacting with new people

LanguageCorps teachers see themselves as true "global citizens". They are comfortable with, and excited about genuine intercultural exchange. They embrace opportunities to share their own culture with others, and to immerse themselves into new and different worlds.

Minimum Education: Bachelors

Cost in US$: from 1,695

Salary / Pay: Typical wages for LanguageCorps teachers range from USD 800-1,200/month. Benefits vary greatly from school to school. (Salaries are always paid in baht and are usually paid at the end of the month.) Quite often, if a Teacher stays for one year, the school will pay for the airfare to another destination or will give a bonus. As you would expect, the larger cities have higher living costs, but pay rates are also higher.

Experience Required: no

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

Participants Travel to Thailand Independently

Typically Participants Work Independently

Application Process Involves:

• Phone Interview
• Transcript
• Written Application

Post-Program Services Include:

• Alumni Network
• Exit Debriefing Abroad
• Re-Entry Debriefing at Home

LanguageCorps's Mission Statement: LanguageCorps' mission is to offer participants a rewarding experience living in, working in, and learning about a new culture; affording them a unique opportunity to learn and apply new skills and challenging them to develop a wider perspective about the diversity of cultures and populations around the world.

Year Founded: 2002