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The news of the arrests of native English-language teachers on charges of using drugs is yet another reminder that a strict standard needs to be adopted for the hiring of language teachers from abroad. Of the 12 who were arrested or booked without detention Monday, seven Korean-Americans were allegedly involved in gang activities in the United States and expelled on felony charges. Armed with fake diplomas, these criminal suspects found teaching positions at private language institutes here.
According to the police, these people had worked at language institutes in Seoul and Gyeonggi Province since early 2000. One of teachers caught was even selected as teacher of the month at a language institute in Ansan, Gyeonggi Province, where he taught.
With the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education planning to have native English-language teaching assistants in all Seoul elementary, middle and high schools by September 2008, it is imperative that a high standard for recruiting teachers be established and a stringent screening process implemented.
According to the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education plan, 920 native Englsih language teaching assistants will be required by 2008. There are about 6,000 English language institutes in the country with 20,000 officially registered native English-speaking teachers and many more unregistered who work in small neighborhood institutes.
All one needs to receive an E-2 visa that will allow him to teach at a language institute here is a diploma from an accredited four-year college. The Ministry of Justice has no access to criminal records from the home countries and no background checks are required. This is how alleged felons on drugs ended up teaching our children.
The primary responsibility for hiring these illegal workers rests with the language institutes who employ them, whether knowingly or unknowingly. A director at an internationally recognized language institute in Seoul said that frequently the smaller institutes will hire a person despite doubts about the authenticity of his degree. This willingness to turn a blind eye stems from a dearth of qualified native English-language teachers in the country. Because many of the recruiting agencies that supply the institutes are small operations, they do not do a thorough job of verifying a potential teacher`s credentials. In the meantime, our children are at great risk of being taught by unqualified people.
To ensure that the aim of providing better language instruction is fulfilled, the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education should institute high standards and viable mechanisms for hiring foreign language teachers before continuing with its ambitious project to place hundreds of native English-language teachers in the classrooms.
Of the 12 who were arrested or booked without detention Monday, seven Korean-Americans were allegedly involved in gang activities in the United States and expelled on felony charges. Armed with fake diplomas, these criminal suspects found teaching positions at private language institutes here.
According to the police, these people had worked at language institutes in Seoul and Gyeonggi Province since early 2000. One of teachers caught was even selected as teacher of the month at a language institute in Ansan, Gyeonggi Province, where he taught.
With the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education planning to have native English-language teaching assistants in all Seoul elementary, middle and high schools by September 2008, it is imperative that a high standard for recruiting teachers be established and a stringent screening process implemented.
According to the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education plan, 920 native Englsih language teaching assistants will be required by 2008. There are about 6,000 English language institutes in the country with 20,000 officially registered native English-speaking teachers and many more unregistered who work in small neighborhood institutes.
All one needs to receive an E-2 visa that will allow him to teach at a language institute here is a diploma from an accredited four-year college. The Ministry of Justice has no access to criminal records from the home countries and no background checks are required. This is how alleged felons on drugs ended up teaching our children.
The primary responsibility for hiring these illegal workers rests with the language institutes who employ them, whether knowingly or unknowingly. A director at an internationally recognized language institute in Seoul said that frequently the smaller institutes will hire a person despite doubts about the authenticity of his degree. This willingness to turn a blind eye stems from a dearth of qualified native English-language teachers in the country. Because many of the recruiting agencies that supply the institutes are small operations, they do not do a thorough job of verifying a potential teacher`s credentials. In the meantime, our children are at great risk of being taught by unqualified people.
To ensure that the aim of providing better language instruction is fulfilled, the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education should institute high standards and viable mechanisms for hiring foreign language teachers before continuing with its ambitious project to place hundreds of native English-language teachers in the classrooms.
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