Korea: Foreign Teachers Launching Association

[Francis Hult]

The Korea Times

 

Foreign Teachers Launching Association

 

A group of foreign teachers has started a move to form an association for native English-speaking instructors to represent their interests and to play a bridging role between Korean and non-Korean English teachers.

Its tentative name is the Association for Teachers of English in Korea (ATEK: http://atek.or.kr/), and it seeks to become the first-ever national organization for contract foreign teachers.

Tom Rainey-Smith, 26, one of the ATEK founding members, said that the organization will take a leading role in building bridges between foreign teachers and parents, employers, government agencies and other stakeholders in English language education in Korea. He teaches at a private institute in Seoul. Among the founding members are teachers from public schools.

 

Full story:

http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2008/03/113_20528.html

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