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About Us – Promise Open Doors

Korean Horizons is a free service financed by the Korean government to place teachers in public schools in South Korea. Promise Open Doors have developed a noteworthy reputation among teachers, providing premium, comprehensive and personalized service. We provide support until the very end of your contract.

About the Position

There are elementary, middle and high school placements.

No Experience Required.
Work hours are: Monday to Friday 8:30 am – 4:30 pm.
There are approximately 22 classes per week – 4-5 per day.
Elementary classes are 40 minutes, middle and high school 50 minutes.

Korean Horizons is accepting applicants for the 2025-2026 school year, starting August 2025.

Requirements:

Bachelor’s degree in education.
If your bachelor’s degree is in any field OTHER than education, you will need a TEFL Certificate minimum 100 hours, in person or online.
Passport: a valid passport from one of these countries:
- US, UK, Ireland, Canada, South Africa, Australia or New Zealand.
- NO OTHER PASSPORTS WILL BE APPROVED BY THE SOUTH KOREAN GOVERNMENT.

Salary:

Paid monthly, is in accordance with the pay scale found here Pay Scale and is location dependent. For reference, 2m won is about $1400 and 3m won is about $2100.

Benefits:

Rent free single furnished apartment.
300,000 won (about $210) one time settlement allowance.
Round trip airfare allowance of 3,100,000 won – (USD $1250 entrance/$900 exit).
26 working days paid vacation PLUS national holidays – 7 weeks in total.
Medical contributions.
Pension contributions.
Sick paid leave allowance.
Special leave allowance.
1 month salary bonus on completion of contract, and after every contract if renewed.
1,300,000 won ($900) contract bonus renewed (except Seoul).
700,000 won ($485) renewal bonus provided upon completion of each renewed contract.
Order anything you like using our interest free Supermarket credit service from any Korean online store and pay us back once you get paid your salary