But why Thailand?
Postbox letter from Tim, Kaohsiung
Why is it a binary choice between Thailand and going home to teach?
I can't get the top teaching jobs anymore
Postbox letter from Old Bloke
I'm still getting some good offers, but not at the level I'm used to. And it's only going to get worse as I get older.
Poor pay means a higher turnover
Postbox letter from Russ
When you pay poorly you will always get either lower level candidates or high turnover. Teachers, like the rest, need money to live.
Ways to recruit more foreign teachers
Postbox letter from Mark
More (and better) people willing to teach would be lured to Thailand and stay longer if the conditions were changed.
Vietnam is calling
Postbox letter from Jonathon
Having no education degree, I have one more year here and then I'm going to have to bid my home in Chiang Rai a fond farewell, and set my sail in the direction of Vietnam.
Do Filipinos really do it better?
Postbox letter from Jim Hensby
I have worked with Filipino teachers, and it has been no easy task. The English material they produce for students is consistently riddled with grammar errors and inappropriate language.
Hire the best teacher for the job
Postbox letter from John
Sadly, many schools in Thailand prefer native speakers over Asians, even to teach math and other technical subjects.
Older teachers can still lead the way!
Postbox letter from Michael Heaney, Providence, RI, USA
The older and wiser you are, the more likely you are to have genuine compassion for students... especially important with all the possible roadblocks students can encounter, learning a second language!
My perfect teacher
Postbox letter from Mark
I've been hiring in Thailand for a long time, and here's the teacher that I'm looking for in a nutshell...
The logistical impossibility of verifying TEFL job ads
Reasons it turns into one big 'time-waster'
You can sometimes have a dozen staff members in a school admin department, one staff member will have the job of recruiting foreign teachers and the other eleven staff members won’t have the first clue which one of them it is.
