Another job possibility

I spoke to Paul at Canadians with Seoul and he said that they have a possible job for D'Arcy and I with two positions available at the end of June and beginning of August. It's in a city called Cheonan which is an hour bus ride Southwest of Seoul. There are only 500,000 people in the city so I guess it's small in comparison to Seoul's ten million.

I'm expecting the people at the school to call sometime tonight or tomorrow night to interview me.

So far so good with CWS. They are friendly and quick. And they can't say enough nice things about Blake. Apparently he is the friendliest, easiest to work with guy they've met. Wow.

In other news, I emailed CCLCS to ask them about the repercussions if I don't do my teaching practicum. The response was this:

You will have until May of 2007 (2 years from the core class) to complete the programme without repeating it. After that, if you wish to get certification from us, you'll need to repeat everything (but you can appeal this on the basis of your experience teaching overseas).

In short, if you don't go through with the practicum, you will be fine for a couple of years. You can do it next year if you return for the summer or whenever. I would suggest getting the assignments in (even emailed from Korea after you settle in) to reduce marking fees.

Hmmm.. I'm ever so tempted to jump ship on the practicum. That way, if I return and want to continue in some capacity in the ESL field I can complete it and if not, well then, it doesn't matter.

The job in Choenon starts on June 25th. That's two and a half weeks from today.