Looking For Teaching Jobs During The Holidays?

[davidst01]

Hi there,

Im currently looking for a teaching job in Bkk or pattaya- most likely in a government or private school only as I don't think that an International school is possible based on my experience / qualifications.

It is my understanding that most government and private K12 schools were in session until around 9 March 2012. Academic year 2012 will start around 14 May 2012 although many foreign teacher will probably start on 1 May 2012 doing prep work.

My strategy at the moment is looking for work via agencies and hitting the pavement. This week I had an interview at a school 2 hours on a bus from where Im staying in central bangkok and they really liked my demonstration in front of 30 kids and offered me the job that day. I declined due to the location.

In the next couple of weeks I was intending to hit the pavement more and visit the schools around this area of Bangkok that I like. This leads to my question... Between now and the beginning of May do the schools completely shut down with no staff i.e. no director or principal? Am I wasting my time visiting the schools in these coming weeks? Will there be any 'decision makers' at the school during the holidays?

When is the best time for me to seriously looking for work if I want to start around the 14th May in a new job?

many thanks

Edited March 25, 2012 by Scott
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[Scott]

The schools will be doing summer school programs and will be doing new student intake for the upcoming year. There are plenty of staff around the schools.

[SlyAnimal]

Yeah Thai teachers and admin are usually required to sign in every day, even if there isn't any class. So there should be people around, although a lot will combine their annual leave with songkran if they're not teaching in summer school