debbielong

Travel insurance policies depends of the country and insurance company where the insurance is issued.

I have an Thai insurance which covers motorbike accidents. Had to pay a bit extra for it. Most likely the same applies to other insurance companies as well.

hi Oili, can you give me the name of your ins co? (or pm me) It's for Thailand.

ta

deb

well i read the small print and it says no cover if riding/driving a motor vehicle. so what does everyone do? i've looked around and i can't find a company that will cover. any leads please?

thx deb

ta for replies. i'll get him to go down there.

deb

hi,

anyone know where they're sold?

ta

deb

ahh , thx, yes he's got plenty of gcse's, so assume he could be a teaching assistant. bet the pay's low though. i don't suppose the schools advertise on a web site do they?

ta

deb

GCSE's are fine in our province for being a Thai English Teacher Assistant, full time 30,000 per month, 6 hours a week 10,000 per month. that what's offered here maybe other provinces do other things as well.

thanks, he lives near phuket town, i suppose he has go into the villages around and just ask then, don't they advertise?

thx

deb

ahh , thx, yes he's got plenty of gcse's, so assume he could be a teaching assistant. bet the pay's low though. i don't suppose the schools advertise on a web site do they?

ta

deb

thx all, i'll check website out.

deb

why are they more exp that uk? where is best non tourist place to get in phuket town?

thx

deb

[The school that requires my great expertise has classes 1/1 - 1/2 - 2/1 - 2/2 - 3/1 - 3/2 which I can cover in two days.

English classes in this school are :- Monday 4 English classes, Tuesday 3 English classes, Wednesday 3 English classes, Thurs 4 English classes and Friday 4 English classes.

They want another person as well.

my son is looking for a 'conversational english' job, as he has no tefl cert yet, so do they want a qualified teacher? he has been looking around schools in Phuket but he can't speak Thai and they don't speak english so it's difficult for him to ask about work.

We are in Sukhothai the job that's full time is for a girl only, there is only one part-time position left at the moment but others may come up.

The rule to be a English teacher in Thailand is to have Bachelor Degree but to get around that they are hiring people that speak English and write English with just final exam certificate from there last school as Thai English Teacher Assistants.

Hope that explains the situation. K

thanks, so he would have to have teaching experience from his last school? (He has none) or do you mean from the last school he attended? sorry bit confused.

my son is looking for a 'conversational english' job, as he has no tefl cert yet, so do they want a qualified teacher? he has been looking around schools in Phuket but he can't speak Thai and they don't speak english so it's difficult for him to ask about work.

Not sure about the others here but I dont have any training qualifications...............

ahh, so did you go directly to the schools to ask for work? did you get your work permit sorted and did they help you? i assume the pay is less than if you have quals. can you live on the pay? thx

deb

I didn't get asked to agree to anything, apart from choosing how many days I wanted to work and the 6 one hour periods covered the 6 groups of form classes.

Then just showed what qualification I had, filled out a form, stuck a picture on it and signed it, the second part had to be filled out by the school, signed the photocopies of passport, proof of address and qualifications.

Visa is not a problem as I have 1 year marriage extensions.

It is now I'm told, being sent off for approval, if approved, a work permit will be issued, and start date will be 14th May.

Thanks Kwasaki

I am still trying to find out the days/hours expected of me. You are being asked to cover 6 x 1hr lessons a week days/times to be agreed between you and the school?

Yes, at first they said one day 6 hours or spread them out over a whole week as long as I covered all the forms in the school.

It turned out the only way that could be done was to do 6 hours over two days at 3 hours per day according to there week form program if that's the correct term, I didn't want to hack it in one day anyway, so I chose Tuesday & Thursday. e.g.

The school that requires my great expertise has classes 1/1 - 1/2 - 2/1 - 2/2 - 3/1 - 3/2 which I can cover in two days.

English classes in this school are :- Monday 4 English classes, Tuesday 3 English classes, Wednesday 3 English classes, Thurs 4 English classes and Friday 4 English classes.

They want another person as well.

my son is looking for a 'conversational english' job, as he has no tefl cert yet, so do they want a qualified teacher? he has been looking around schools in Phuket but he can't speak Thai and they don't speak english so it's difficult for him to ask about work.

ta so much everyone, lets hope the <deleted> does it before it runs out. is anyone else off to kl next month? he'd like to join them

thx

deb

thx, he just told me it runs out on 27th april, so it was only a 2 month visa. he wants 90 day one really. and now he's just been told he can get one in Phuket town. i'm sure that's not correct. as he's going to do a telf course soon maybe they could help him get one.

thx for promp reply. what are the costs please? and will he have to give backhanders to anyone ? is there anyway he can find out if he can hook up with others going from Phuket, other than asking locally.

ta

deb

hi, my son lives in Phuket and needs to re-new his visa, where is best /nearest/cheapest place to get it please? is there anyone who needs to re-new that he could go with? it runs out middle of May.

thanks

Deb

hi all,

This is my first post so pls be easy on me!

My son (27yrs) is living in Phuket and about to start a TEFL course. He has no degree. The schools he is looking at say he will have no trouble getting a teaching job although not in government schools.

Would you agree with this and which schools in the Phuket town area would you recommend please? They all seem to be about the same price.

i'm sure this has been answered before but i've done a search and it takes ages!

thanks for any advice

Deb