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Finding Jobs at Tawian Universities Many people have written me asking about how to find universities in Taiwan that are looking for English teachers. Several sources are quite useful. Many jobs can be found in the English version of the Taipei Times and China Post newspapers classified ads. No particular day is better for this. Often, it is the new schools advertising here, but these ads have the advantage of clearly being aimed at local applicants. ESL Researcher is a good general site for jobs in Taiwan. It also contains many ads for university teachers. http://www.eslresearcher.org/ The Chronicle of Higher Education is the one of the best sources in the world of postings for university faculty positions. The site is a little unwieldy, unless you¡¦re used to it. ESL faculty positions can be located at http://jobs.chronicle.com/jobs/10/200/4000/ If this does not help, you can always write directly to the department. Web pages for individual universities can be found at http://icat.snu.ac.kr/ACPA/ssi/taiwan.html and http://www.mit.edu:8001/people/cdemello/tw.html also try http://dir.yahoo.com/Education/Higher_Education/Colleges_and_Universities/By_Region/Countries/Taiwan/Complete_List/ also http://www.geocities.com/athens/delphi/1979/taiwan/university.html Different schools have different mechanisms for hiring English teachers, and you may have to call them to find out more about this. Schools that I know have been looking for foreign English teachers include Da-yeh Institute of Technology Jin-wen University I-Shou University Kaohsiung Medical University Shih Hsin University Tunghai University A very large number of junior colleges have recently been promoted into universities. The resulting confusion has made the job search situation quite difficult. Many schools are now in need of qualified and experienced teachers, and I am certain that the true number greatly exceeds the ones I have listed here. My school, Ming Chuan University, is an excellent employer, and I strongly encourage anyone interested in teaching in Taiwan to apply there. The web page containing job information is located at http://www.mcu.edu.tw/department/app-lang/elcenter/english/elc/neut/employ/top.htm originally posted on http://www.eslcafe.com/jobinfo/asia/sefer.cgi?display:1046877271-44615.txt 9:58:20 PM    comment []

Qualifications for Teaching at Taiwan Universities Teaching positions at Taiwanese universities are very different from those in Korean universities. Many universities hire foreign teachers as full-time faculty. This means they are hired with tenure, exactly the same way that Taiwanese citizens are hired. As a result, they must have exactly the same qualifications as Taiwanese citizens hired to teach at a university. Taiwan universities that are accredited by the Ministry of Education (MOE) do not really do their own hiring. They can select candidates, but every application must be submitted to the MOE for approval. For teaching positions at the post-secondary level, the MOE will ONLY approve applicants who have at least a master's-level degree from those contained on a list of approved universities. Certificates such as a DELTA, a university-issued certificate in TESOL, or even valid teacher certification will not be sufficient. In fact, the Taiwan MOE does not currently recognize graduate degrees earned by distance education. The visa a university faculty member receives is not the same as an English teacher's visa. One's diploma and graduation are notarized by the Taiwan government office nearest your graduating school. I had to send a copy of my diploma and passport along with my student number and other information about my status as a student to the Taiwan Trade Commission in Ottawa. They contacted the registrar of my university to confirm that they had issued a graduate-level degree to the person whose passport they received (me) and that my diploma was genuine. Anyone who can not meet this standard will almost certainly not be eligible for employment as faculty at the post-secondary level in Taiwan. originally posted on http://www.eslcafe.com/jobinfo/asia/sefer.cgi?display:1042971103-8634.txt 9:56:30 PM    comment []

Teaching English in Taiwan Since I started posting information about teaching English in Taiwan at the university level on Dave's ESL Cafe, many people have written me asking for more information. I have decided to open this Weblog to promote understanding of the English teaching scene here. To begin the log. This log will contain general information about finding jobs and working here, as well as information about specific jobs advertised in Taiwan that may be difficult fof those living outside the country to find. I also plan to provide commentary on changes in language education policy and changes in the general job scene here. For starters, I have copied some of the postings about teaching in Taiwan that I have posted on Dave's. If you have any questions about teaching in Taiwan or anything else you think I can answer, please don't hesitate to send me mail. 9:54:11 PM    comment []

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