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Location: Viet Nam
Company: NCU
Experience: Mid-level
Highest Level of Education: MA - Academic Program



Job Responsibilities
Hiring staff(20%), teaching(75%), selecting teaching materials (5%).
Job Requirements
This is a bachelors in business administration program for Vietnamese students. The classes are taught by licensed teachers. All students are learning in a cohort and grading is on the NCU grading scale. The students workload is very demanding.
Uppers
The best part of my job is seeing the students learn and grow. My employer allows me the flexibility to teach with my own style and does not criticize me.
Downers
There are no downers.
Lifestyle
I teach about 22 hours per week. I attend many social events in order to maintain a database of qualified teachers. The students have a dress code.
Compensation
My salary is $36,000 per year, plus $2,000 for health insurance, plus $8,000 per year for housing, plus $2,000 per year for a flight back to the U.S.
Advice to Jobseekers
If you love teaching you can be a teacher, but if you have some doubt about it, don't teach. It is too demanding a job and you will never get rich!

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