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For comparison I have posted a copy of a Korean Public School contract. It has been split into 2 post as it is too large for one. I hope this helps.



2007 CONTRACT FOR TEACHERS TO_________ SCHOOLS


This Employment Contract (hereinafter this “contract”) is made by and entered into between Principal of
elementary school province, the Republic of Korea (hereinafter “Employer”), and the native
English teacher, (Name) (hereinafter “Employee”) a (an) citizen residing at .

Article 1-1(Purpose) This contract is made for the purpose of setting forth the terms and conditions of employment for teachers who will teach English at an elementary school in ____________ city.

Article 2(Duties) Employee shall perform the following duties.
1. To teach English as an assistant teacher at an elementary school in _______ city.
2. To do lesson planning and develop teaching materials with a Korean co-teacher.
3. To be involved in extra-curricular classes, teacher training, or English camps requested by the school.
4. To be involved in other activities relevant to English teaching
5. To conduct English Conversational Class(es)/course(s) for Korean teachers, parents, and students
6. To be positively involved in English program at a Youth training center and a Community center designed by ________ city. (2 times a week, 20,000 won per hour)
7. To be participated with the English Camp for less than 2 weeks (from 09:00 AM~16:00 PM, M~F) during students’ vacation.
8. To perform other duties as designated by Employer.

Article 3(Supervision) Employee shall perform the duties specified in the foregoing Article 2 supervised by Principal of your host school designated by Employer (Superintendent).
Article 4 (Term of employment) The term of employment shall begin on , 2006 and end on February 2008.

Article 5(Airfare and Resignation)
1. The one way airfare for Employee’s flight, actual purchasing price, to Korea shall be reimbursed by employer based on an economy class airfare of the most direct flight available from his/her permanent residence to In-cheon International Airport.
a. Teacher residing outside of Korea: The Employer shall pay for airfare between the nearest international airport from the Employee's place of residency and a In-cheon International Airport in Korea. Airfare will be paid in the following fashion:
A one-way ticket to Korea will be reimbursed after Employee’s arrival in Korea and after the completion of the employment contract a one-way ticket to the airport of departure will be provided
b. Teacher residing in Korea: Teachers hired in country shall have the visa trip to the nearest country from Korea (round-trip airfare) reimbursed by the Employer. After the completion of the employment contract a one-way ticket to the Employee’s foreign residence will be provided.
2. If Employee should decide to resign during the Term of Employment, he/she must give Employer a sixty (60) day prior written notice of resignation stating a date of and a reason for resignation.
3. In the case of Employee’s resignation, the airfare for his/her return trip shall be borne by Employee, and his/her visa shall be cancelled.
4. In the event that Employee returns home before completing the contract for reasons beyond his/her control, the airfare for his/her return trip may be provided by Employer.
5. In case of the termination of this Contract within six (6) months, Employee shall immediately pay back 100% of the one-way airfare to Employer. If Employee works more than six (6) months during the term of employment, Employee’s obligation to pay back the airfare shall be waived by Employer.

Article 6(Work Place)
1.Employee shall work at a _____________ elementary school in Ui-wang city. Employee may work another place that designated by the Employer also.
2. Employer may designate Employee to work at a Provincial Office of Education, training center or other educational institute while school is in recess. In this case, Employee shall not claim for any additional pay.

Article 7(Work Hours)
1. Employee shall work eight (8) hours per day (including lunch hour) for five (5) calendar days per week from Monday to Friday and shall not work on Saturdays, Sundays and Korean national holidays.
2. The Work Hours of Employee may follow the normal work schedule of civil servants of the Korean Government; however, such Work Hours may be adjusted by Director as he/she deems appropriate.
3. Employee’s regular teaching hours shall not exceed twenty-two (22) hours per week. Employee may be asked to teach some extra classes. Extra teaching should not exceed 6 hours a week without Employee’s consent.
4. Employee shall be paid for the extra working hours. If Employee’s actual weekly class instruction hours exceed twenty two (22)hours, Employee shall be entitled to a supplementary class instruction pay of 20,000Won per hour. Contribution leave may be requested in place of overtime pay. Contribution leave will be calculated as one hour of paid leave for each hour of extra class taught. In case of contribution leave, eight extra classroom hours will be calculated as one day.


Article 8(Salary)
1. Employee shall be paid won per month. However, the Korean income tax(*exempted for the first two employment years with the exception of Canadians) and the national pension contribution (*refundable for only Canadian and US citizens) as required under Korean law shall be withheld each month from Employee’s salary.
2. Regarding status of employment: Employee shall be hired pursuant to this Contract as a ___1st level (Pay: 2.3 million won monthly) English Language Instructor(ELI)/___2nd level(2.0 mill)/___3rd level(1.8mill).
3. Employee’s salary shall be paid on the 25st of each month. If this day falls on a National Holiday, Saturday or Sunday, the salary will be paid on the immediately preceding business day.
4. When Employee has not worked a full month, salary for that month shall be paid on a pro rata daily basis either from the first day or until the last day of work.
5. If Employee should be absent from Work without a prior approval, his or her salary for that month shall be deducted by the amount calculated on a pro rata daily basis for the number of unauthorized absent days.
6. Upon completion of a one-year contract, Employer shall pay Employee thirty(30) calendar days, average wage as a severance pay for Employee’s continuous employment of one year.
7. Employee shall not claim against Employer any compensation and/or payment other than those provided for in this Contract.


Article 9(Contract Completion)
1. The Term of Employment stated in Article 4 may be renewed by a mutual written agreement between Employer and Employee, provided that each renewed employment term is one(1) year.
2. In the case of renewal of this contract pursuant to the foregoing 1, Employee shall be given a two-week (weekends and holidays included) home leave which is extra, beyond the 7days vacation. Home leave should be taken in the summer vacation just before or just after the contract year is up.
3. In the event Employee travels to his/her home country pursuant to the foregoing 2, Employee will be given a free round-trip ticket. The round-trip airfare for Employee’s flight shall be based on the rate provided for in 4 hereafter. In the event employee does not travel to his/her home country pursuant to the foregoing 2, Employee will be given the amount of money equivalent to the round-trip airfare to the different location (expense of this travel fare must be less then the fare of homeland visit) he or she may embark to during their home leave period or if member decides to stay in Korea during this period, the employee will be given the amount of money equivalent to the round-trip airfare to their homeland..
4. The round-trip airfare for Employee’s home leave shall be loaned by Employer based on an economy class air-fare(less than 75% of the regular price) of the most direct flights available from Incheon to the airport nearest to Employee’s residence.
5. If Employee completes the Term of Employment without the intention to renew and leaves Korea within 10 days from the expiration date, Employer shall pay for Employee’s one way return flight.