What do I need to apply for a position with ECC? You must be a native English speaker and have the following documents to qualify for the E2 visa: a university diploma on hand, officially sealed university transcripts, criminal background check, and a valid passport. The ideal applicant will be someone who enjoys working with children as well as possessing the temperament and patience to teach them. What is the best way to apply for a position? The best way to apply is to email our personnel coordinators with your resume, recent photo, and passport page. State your possible starting date and preferred location if any. Once your application has been reviewed and you are short-listed you will be contacted by email or phone. How long does the visa process take? The visa process usually takes between two to four weeks depending on how close you are to a Korean Consulate, documents being in order, Korean Immigration Office visa processing time and courier delivery time. What is the difference between a “company” owned ECC and a “franchise” owned ECC? The company owned ECC schools are as stated owned by the company and managed by YBM Education Inc and contracts are guaranteed by the head office. The franchise ECC schools are individually owned and YBM Head Office will not be able to mediate disputes over contracts or any employment conditions. Please research the franchise ECC school before accepting a contract. YBM Head Office will not place candidates at franchise ECC schools. Schools listed on this website are all owned and operated by YBM Education Inc. Whom will I be teaching? What type of students? Most of our students are young children. The typical student has been studying at YBM ECC for a few months to a couple of years. Their level of English will range from beginners to advanced. The students are placed in the appropriate classes according to their level of English. Do you provide materials and curriculum for the classroom? Yes, YBM/ECC provides our own supply of set curriculum for our teachers. You may also use your own materials to aid the class. The curriculum is developed by the Head Office and used throughout all the YBM network schools. When do I get paid? Your monthly paycheck will be paid on the 7th of the following month. It will be deposited directly into your bank account in Korea. You will receive a monthly statement that includes your income tax, residence tax, national pension, and health insurance of your gross monthly pay. How much can I make? Grade 1: 2,400,000 Grade 2: 2,300,000 Grade 3: 2,200,000 Grade 4: 2,100,000 Grade 5: 2,000,000 Overtime payment is made at the rate of 16,000 to 20,000 Won per 40-min (Please note this is not an hourly rate but the calculated rate for 40 minutes of teaching.) How much can I save a month? It really depends on your life style. Here is a breakdown on average expenses. Housing: Rent is paid for by your school Utilities: 60,000 - 150,000 won (Electricity, Cell Phone, Heating, Maintenance fee) Transportation: 30,000 - 50,000 won Meals/Food: 250,000 - 400,000 won Taxes: 120,000 - 190,000 won (Pension, Income and Health Insurance Tax) Entertainment/Misc.: none - Your limit The average monthly expenses can be 500,000 to 800,000 won. How do you arrange the air flight to and from Korea? Is it prepaid? YBM/ECC will prepay a one-way ticket from most major international airport to Korea. Please ask your personnel coordinator about the airport you wish to fly out from. If the airport you wish to use is not one of airports we can get tickets for then you will need to purchase your own air ticket within our price range and receive reimbursement from the school after you have arrived. What type of accommodation is given? Upon immediate arrival, teachers are placed in a motel near your ECC school or at a spare bedroom in one of our apartments. Usually within a week of arrival you will be placed into your permanent housing after the teacher you will be replacing has left. Rent free housing will be provided by YBM ECC for the period of the contract. The accommodations for our teachers will be non-shared private single studio and for couples a two bedroom apartment. Can I email/contact a teacher already teaching at your ECC institute? Once you have been contacted by a personnel coordinator and have been short-listed for a specific location you may request to receive an email address of a current teacher at the school you are being consider for. Can I choose my location? You will never be asked to work at a location you do not want to work at. The contract you sign will always have a specific school location. Each given month we will have different openings in various locations throughout Korea, we will try to fit you in with the location that you are looking for. If the only position we have for that month was not the location you wanted you can either choose to consider that location or wait for the following month to see if the location you want will have an opening. What will I be typically teaching? What is my role? You will be teaching English conversation, phonics, some grammar and other English skills. Your job is to give your students a chance to practice their English conversation with you and for you to teach them to speak English properly in a manner that will allow them to converse with other English speakers. Do I teach with a Korean teacher? You will not be teaching the same class at the same time with a Korean teacher, however a Korean teacher will teach the same class at a different time. Usually our Korean teacher is a female English teacher who majored in English or early childhood education. Their job is to teach the base grammar skills and to set the structure for the students to be able speak English with our Native English teachers. You and your Korean English teacher partner must work as a team to ensure that the curriculum is covered properly. FYI, you can never skip a particular lesson because your English partner will be covering half the lesson for that chapter. How many students are in a class? Average number of students per class will be around 8-12 students. Depending on registration the class could be as small as 4 students or possibly just over 12 students.