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I know the administration of some of the schools is looking at ways of cutting down on the number of foreign teachers used in schools. This is especially true of Western teachers. Some schools are starting to use Native speakers only for English language instruction and to increasingly use Filipinos for other subjects (especially in Bilingual and mini-English type programs).

Filipino teachers are increasingly being used for homeroom teachers for KG level programs.

I am guessing that the need for Western native speakers is fairly high. We recently had the administration allow us to hire two native speakers for whom we had no position, something that it the past was unheard of. The Admin would never allow for such an expense unless they were in short supply.

I was surprised at your post, I have a Filipino gf who has more than 20 years experience and teaches Maths/English. She is currently teaching in Pattaya area and finding it very difficult to receive a salary commensurate with her experience. Her English is very good.

Unfortunately for her, most Thai Admin people don't speak English well enough themselves to know if her English is very good or not. Also, for every job she applies for there will be 20 or so of her fellow countrymen also applying who will work for considerably less.

BS. That's why there's the TOEIC or TOEFL test requirement. Just hire the ones that score over 900. Max. is 990, mine was 975.

That said, the min. requirement score is 600. Very frustrating working with PI teachers because of this. Half the time you're busy rewriting their speeches and plays, and they can act hostile whenever you try to correct their spelling and grammar mistakes.

If you were a English teacher, Then you would understand that Nothing Is Demanded,,,, It is Asked for only

Undercut, ( I am English) The Wording "DEMAND" means (I order you) ,,,, You do NOT Demand .....You ask

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I know the administration of some of the schools is looking at ways of cutting down on the number of foreign teachers used in schools. This is especially true of Western teachers. Some schools are starting to use Native speakers only for English language instruction and to increasingly use Filipinos for other subjects (especially in Bilingual and mini-English type programs).

Filipino teachers are increasingly being used for homeroom teachers for KG level programs.

I am guessing that the need for Western native speakers is fairly high. We recently had the administration allow us to hire two native speakers for whom we had no position, something that it the past was unheard of. The Admin would never allow for such an expense unless they were in short supply.

I was surprised at your post, I have a Filipino gf who has more than 20 years experience and teaches Maths/English. She is currently teaching in Pattaya area and finding it very difficult to receive a salary commensurate with her experience. Her English is very good.

"Teaching abroad is an attractive option for many Filipino teachers, who stand to earn as much as 25 times their standard salaries in the Philippines. In Baltimore, which has been actively recruiting in the Philippines since 2005, Filipino teachers earn as much as $45,000 a year, as compared to an average of $3,500 earned for teaching public school in the Philippines (and slightly more for teaching private school)...

Sumber : http://philbasiceducation.blogspot.com/2014/05/teachers-salary-in-philippines-must-be.html#ixzz3PSHlRQqR

$ 3,500 per year in the Philippines for real teachers with a teacher's license from their country. Let's see, that's around 112000 baht a year, or 9,333 baht a month, considering the greenback on 32 baht.I know quite a few Filipinos, most of them couples where both have a salary of 25,000 baht, while some Thai teachers are on a starting salary of 9,000 baht.

I've just interviewed 14 Thai English teachers today, who applied for a teaching position at our school. The one woman we finally hired has an outstanding command in English, she's Thai and has quite a few years of teaching experience. She'll have a starting salary of 11,000 baht teaching in the EP.

I made a very difficult test, which most of the Thais passed. My colleague from the PI was asked to answer some questions, but he completely failed. Only one out of ten was right.

Our male Filipino teacher's English is really very questionable, compared to our new Thai colleague's English.

The Filipino can't even write a simple speech for a third grader and even tops the O-net test question makers from Bangkok.

And he makes more than twice of her salary per month. Would you consider that fair?

Show your girl girl friend this link and consider to move to the States.......

Huh? "command in English"??

Not just Palestinians then, was to be expected, what else is new? Aren't they God's chosen ones?

Since most have left since the purge, there should be a higher demand than a year ago, if not much higher.

It's pretty much a lawless district, Bang Buathong Village, the villagers had to organize themselves and start a neighborhood watch, this was in 2009, when things had already been getting out of hand for a while, and with a total of three police men, it wasn't getting any better. Local government, red, controlled the money. It took over ten years to finally do something about the ever deteriorating condition of the streets, sewage system. It still couldn't prevent it from flooding in Oct. 2011 though. This lasted over 2 months with 160 - 200 cm standing water inside the houses. 10 people were found dead, floating inside their homes - electrocuted - because the local government had neglected to shut down the electricity - Nuff said

On the very same day Prayut launches his "Discover Thainess" campaign!!

Say no more.............................

Well, obviously this has nothing to do with Thainess, more with everyday reports of shootings and bombings in the international news reports. These kids have no idea about traditional Thai values and respect. These are problems of 21th century Thailand.

Ah, Phuket... Great place to kick back - or forward!

First Rule of Thai Club: "Don't bring your emotional hangups into the kingdom (we have enough of our own)"

Second Rule of Thai Club: "You beach-bum Farang are not human - you are big, ugly ATM machines who come here to rape & pillage at your leisure. So don't be surprised if one or twenty of us local bucks happen to take issue with you from time to time!"

Any queries or complaints? "Refer to the first rule"

No need for thai apologists to insinuate that it must have been the fault of the tourists.. No matter what thai people do they not only absolve themselves of any guilt but eagerly point the finger at those they have wronged.

Mickey Mouse country that becomes more and more 2 dimensional every day.

JAF

Hello Mr and Mrs Tourist: For our first Thainess tour, we will do these things:

1. Put on a red shirt and walk up and down Songkla

2. Put on a yellow shirt and walk up and down Chiang Mai

3. Get on a shiny new jet ski and experience the waves, both naturally and figuratively

4. Enjoy the scenery of a taxi ride with a broken meter and how to negotiate with a taxi driver holding a machete

5. Enjoy our double pricing created especially for YOU!

Love,

Thainess I love Farang Campaign 2015

Seems the ill informed are out in full force again, save the double pricing though.

Wasn't it Thainess that caused tourism number to drop off. Still can't get travel insurance whilst martial law is in force and doesn't this dimwit leader realise that?

I read this yesterday, and didn't understand why TV still hadn't reported on it this afternoon. Finally it's here, otherwise I would have planted it here myself.

This 6 month arrangement is what is usually the maximum period of time one can stay in many western countries, and it seems this has finally been understood to be a reasonable plan by the Thai authorities. It would be perfect for many who are less than pleased with the harsh weather conditions during winter, and would perhaps allow for a migrating pattern similar to that of migrating birds.

Multiple Choice I reckon?

Love it here

Stuff like this.....it's ....... different, quirky. I didn't come here to be in a tropical version of Frankfurt.

It seems you are one of the few. No idea what the others are here for if life is soooooo much better back home.

Kirk to Enterprise, beam me up Scotty, no intelligent life to be found here.

Bye.

Aren't there any daytime buses going from KK to Muk?

So they stopped giving them other people's money i.e. the US taxpayers'.

It has been noted that the practitioner also recites a famous, ancient mantra during the treatment, "snack snack fit fit, ngoo ngoo pla pla"!

It's "that we have borrowed the money", not "that we have loaned the money" from you.

It'll motivate many to zig zag along the road, it's so much fun!

You slaughter us for our ivory tusks. You steal our children. You beat us with spikes to make us submit to your will. You tether us with chains in elephant camps and do not care when we show distress. You drag us around city streets amidst the noisy and polluting traffic, begging bananas from tourists. You humiliate us by allowing stupid fat ignorant tourists to ride on our backs all day in the sweltering sun. We have had enough.

We are Elephant. We do not forgive. We do not forget. Expect us.

Whahaha, splendid! Yes, it would be really funny if it weren't so sad to see the last elephants going mental because of the severe pressure they are under.

"Too much pressure, this pressure has got to stop!"

It is still same day service.

I don't think the bus will stop. It is only a short walk from the bus station back to the consulate according to other reports about Savannakhet.

You are right, it doesn't.

So they thought they were firing at human traffickers? Sounds fishy to me! Think it's a load of crab.

In other news, Bin Laden was not buried at sea

The water tasted weirdly salty when this happened last year. Then I read in the newspaper about the sea water getting into the water supply and realized why. I could certainly do without a repeat of that. It's tolerable, but it's pretty unpleasant to drink.

Normal filters won't get the salt taste out, the filter has to be capable of desalination.

You drink tap water in Thailand ?

I run it through a filter (buy them in home pro ect) and then drink it. It would certainly inconvenience me and many people from BKK. I don't see why farmers should be able to take all the water. Just let them use as much water as someone from BKK would use, fair is fair. That is probably not as much as they normally use but I don't see why they should have more rights to natural resources as other people.

So farmers only get water to drink/shower just like anybody in Bangkok does?

Why do you think they are farmers?

Why would they have more rights as other people on the water ? Fair is fair.. natural resource shared by the people. You can't have some claim much of it when there is not enough.

Everyone has just got dumber reading your comment