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Korea International School

Korea, Republic of

Accreditation

Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC)

Curriculum

United States of America, Advanced Placement, Common Core

Instructional Language

English

Total student numbers

1392

Teacher numbers

199

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Korea International School welcomed its first group of students in 2000, at our current Seoul campus. Our founder dreamed of preparing Korean and international students to pursue further education, laying the foundation for our future thinkers, innovators and leaders. During the school’s early years, the KIS board, administrators and educators considered the best course for our learners. We committed to applied learning and the development of a strong STEAM program. We created makerspaces, and developed transdisciplinary learning units to help learners make connections between content areas. In 2006 KIS opened the Pangyo campus housing elementary, middle and high school grades. In 2018, we celebrated our thousandth graduate.

Our commitment to innovation continues. We practice design thinking, taking our best ideas from past to present iterations. KIS responds to our learner community, providing excellent academic and extracurricular opportunities which empower learners and teach authenticity and adaptability. KIS applies learning within our school community, and is now developing service components for different courses. KIS features an experiential education (EE) program to take learning outside, inspiring some classes to extend outdoor education throughout the school year. Our learners continue to matriculate at top colleges and universities around the world.

Korea International School is proud of our history. When a school is founded, the first group of administrators, educators and learners are part of a daring venture. Twenty-five years later, we choose to keep daring as we design our future.

Number of Contract Days

192 contracted days per year, 180 instructional days per year

Starting Salary Range

Faculty starting salary scale: $49,000 to $57,000 (net) for overseas hires on E7 teaching visa issued by the immigration office for 2-year contract

Accommodation

Furnished housing provided to foreign hires on E7 teaching visa

Flights/Transport

Flight ticket provided by employer to Korea upon initial hire from overseas, annual summer allowance provided to E7 visa overseas hired employees and their families at 100%.

Utilities

All private housing related utility fees will be paid by employee.

Furniture

School provided rental furniture will be paid by employer

Moving Allowance

$1500 (single) up to $2000 (teaching couple with children) provided to E7 visa oversea hired faculty staff for relocation and shipping allowance

Dependent Opportunities

Dependent holding an active teaching credential with 2 years of teaching experience may be offered subbing opportunities based on availability.

Medical

Global medical insurance ($200 annual deductible singles, $600 for families), vision, dental, life, LTD provided by employer for E7 visa faculty staff.

Other

Salary paid in both USD and Korean Won equalling the amount stated in the salary range, working hours 7:30am-5 pm Mondays (PD, faculty meetings), 7:30 am-3:15 pm Tues-Fri, (7) sick, (3) personal with rollover benefits. (5) emergency leave days. One teacher per child tuition support for foreign nationals with E7 visa, PD, exit shipping after four years, etc.

Retirement

One (1) month salary (severance) retirement fund annually for all employees. Korean national pension participation is based on Korean pension law and eligibility with reciprocal countries.

Bonus

Employees who are offered continual employment after successful completion of contract and performance evaluation, a re-signing bonus will be paid for either 1 or 2 year extensions.

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The majority of our new international faculty now come to us through Schrole. In fact, our school exclusively uses Schrole as our global recruitment tool, having tried and stopped using other sites. This is how much faith we have in Schrole as a valuable resource with good customer service.

Donald Holder Foreign Principal
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