International Schools

[David1962]

Hi ladies and Gents,

I would firstly like to say hello to you all, I am a newbie.

Is there anybody here that works for an International school paying an English Salary in Thailand? The reason I ask is because I previously taught English (Thai salary) and found myself to be porning off my bloody telephone etc every month, just to make ends meet!!! This was no way to live.

However, I actually enjoyed teaching and have decided to follow this as my chosen career path either in England or Asia once trained up. Having seen posts in places such as TES etc, I have noticed that there is a lot of International schools paying English salaries and offering great expat packages. This is something that interests me as I would like to return to Thailand in a couple of years or so.

I would like some advice really from people that work at these schools and if it is all that it's cracked up to be? I want to be a teacher regardless but would also like to return back to Thailand for a few years.

This has probably been covered in previous topics but any tips or advice would be much appreciated.

Kind Regards,

Scott

[aussiestyle1983]

Are you refering to a high salary paid in Thai Baht that would be similar to a good salary back home, or are you refering to a salary being paid in a foriegn currency?

There are many many schools that pay good salaries, but these jobs are harder to get and are available to the most qualified teachers with the most experience, unless you know someone. But you can earn over 200,000THB per month, it is very rare, but if you are the right person, it is doable.

If you want you salary paid in foriegn (English) currency then you should just learn how to spend your money more wisely. As they say "A fool and his money are soon parted"

[Ijustwannateach]

It isn't a great mystery. Go through whatever hoops your own country requires to become a teacher there. Teach there for a year or two. Then apply through normal channels.