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| Application & Interview Tips |
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• Tips for Your ESL Resume
• Preparing for Your Interview
• Sample Interview Questions |
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| Tips for Your ESL Resume |
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| Here are some tips to get your resume noticed: |
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Provide clear contact information, double-checked for accuracy. |
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Use simple, international English terms to describe your qualifications and education. |
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Emphasize all experience working with children, including both paid and volunteer work. |
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Provide full contact information for your previous employers. |
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Avoid using fancy templates and obscure fonts, as some may not be supported by Korean software. Simple formatting, organized by using tabs and underlines, is most likely to display as you intended. |
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Limit or omit references to religious, political or social action groups. |
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If you have had several short-term jobs that are unrelated to teaching, combine them into one resume entry. |
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Include the country code in your telephone number but do not prefix it with any ones or zeros. International dialing procedures differ from country to country and often don't involve any zeros at all. |
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Make sure your e-mail address is current, and that you plan to continue using it throughout your time in Korea. Applicants who change their e-mail addresses run the risk of not receiving important information from their recruiters, as well as details about procedures throughout the year from their district or Education Board. |
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Make sure your full name appears clearly in the 'from' column of e-mail recipients' in-boxes. |
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When including attachments with an e-mail, make sure that the files and documents are clearly labeled, in case they become separated from your message. Instead of using a file name like 'Photo1' opt for one like 'AnnetteJohnston_Photo' or Thomas_Smith_resume'. |
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Adjust your 'junk mail' filter so that important correspondence or job offers aren't automatically marked as 'spam' or deleted.. |
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Designate one e-mail address for all your employment -related correspondences. |
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| Preparing for Your Interview |
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| Interviews are the most crucial step in getting a job. Prospective native speaker English teachers that are overseas can expect to do interviews via phone or webcam. Those in Korea will most likely do in-person interviews, although these interviews are sometimes also held over the phone. |
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| When applying for a position that is hiring through an Education Board, a correspondent coordinator will interview you. Job interview for individual schools may be conducted by a manager, the owner of the school, a head teacher, or a co-teacher. |
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| Things You May be Asked About: |
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Your educational background
Your teaching background
Your teaching philosophy
How you reward and encourage students
Ideas for lesson plans for specific topics (such as grammar, reading comprehension, or pronunciation skills)
Why you want to teach in Korea (Express your desire to live and teach in Korea)
What kind of teacher you want to be
Role-playing activities, based on your teaching experience
A classroom management situation |
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| Interviewers from Korea would receive the best impression from perspective teachers that are both friendly and polite at the same time. If interviewing in person or over a webcam, responding with a smile would be a definite plus. |
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Sample Interview Questions |
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| Here are some specific interview questions for your final interview with the schools. It would be helpful to read over this list and think of appropriate answers prior to the interview. |
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What contributions can you make to our school? |
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What current trends in public education please you? Displease you? |
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Tell me about three people who have most influenced your own education and educational career. |
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What kind of students do you like to work with? What type of students could you teach most effectively? |
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You gave an assignment. A student ridicules the assignment, saying it doesn't make sense. What would you do? |
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How do you help students experience success? |
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How would you individualize instruction for students? |
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What procedures do you use to evaluate students progress besides using tests? |
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How would you challenge the slow learner and the advanced learner within the same class? |
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What kind of teachers would you prefer to work with? Why? |
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What activities would you like to work with at our school? |
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What quality or qualities do you have that would enhance our teaching staff? |
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What are some personality characteristics you find undesirable in people? |
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Who should be responsible for discipline in a school? Why? |
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What needs and/or expectations do you have of the school administration? |
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Describe any school experience you have had, particularly in student teaching (or in another
teaching position) that has prepared you for a full-time position at our school.
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How would you integrate technology into the curriculum you would teach? |
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Describe any innovative projects you have been involved in developing. |
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Give an example of how you have used cooperative learning in your classroom. |
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What four words would students use to describe your teaching strategies? |
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What rules do you have for your classroom? |
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Describe your teaching style and how you accommodate the different learning styles of the students in you classes. |
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What do you consider to be your strengths and how will you use them in your teaching? |
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What are your plans for continuing your professional growth? |
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