Hi all. I just joined TESOL (the organization) and they sent me a welcome package and a membership card, etc. Well, I was reading an article in one of the magazines that was enclosed and the author was talking about working conditions (particularly in the US). It sounded rather sad! She was focusing on the working conditions of those teaching English to adults at universities (which is my interest) and it turns out that many of these teachers do not have any health benefits, are paid VERY low, so low that they have to work at numerous institutions to make ends meet, have to find their own substitutes if they are sick, and so on....
I know that
ESL teachers don't make a lot of money, but the fact that their working conditions are so poor and they don't have any benefits seems a bit unsettling. Since they are not considered "full time" they don't have the same advantages as full time employees at universities do.
I'm wondering, does anyone here know of institutions that offer more benefits to their
ESL teachers? Perhaps places where one can at elast find a full-time position? Would you say that one could live better abroad as an
ESL teacher than in the US as an
ESL teacher as far as making ends meet and having proper healthcare? Thanks....
ETA: I have been looking at
ESL positions in the corporate setting and it seems that these positions are offering more pay and benefits....I'm wondering are corporate positions hard to come by? I actually do want to be qualified for teachign business English.