In late December our head teacher Soon-Jae made an announcement saying that she had decided to leave Connexus in January. Her reason was because she and her husband Harry had decided to move to Chile. (Harry is actually Korean. I forgot what his Korean name is.) Harry's mother and some of his siblings live down there, so I think the plan to move was motivated by that fact.
Anyway, this has of course left a vacancy in our staff, and I was asked to possibly take her position as head teacher. However, due to my busy schedule as a full time teacher, I wouldn't be taking this position until my contract ends at the end of July. So for the time being I would remain as a normal teacher.
But after thinking about it more, I don't think it is something that I want to do. The advantages of the head teacher position would be that I would be overseeing teachers, scheduling classes, conducting monthly workshops and teachers meetings, and I would be in the classroom less, which sounds like something I could do. This would also involve less teaching time, but more responsibility. But the disadvantages that I see though are that their wouldn't be much of a pay increase, and I would continue to do the same thing. I like teaching English, but I don't see teaching as a long term career for me. Maybe teaching is something that I could see myself doing long term, but for now I'm not sure.
So probably I won't be taking the position, but this raises a different concern, which is what I plan on doing after my contract is up. At this point here are my options:
1. Stay at Connexus as head teacher for an additional year starting in August.
2. Leave Connexus and find another teaching job in Korea. (This would also mean that I would have to stay for an additional year)
3. Leave Korea and try to find something new to do, whether it be back home or another country.
I think for me though it's a really hard decision to make because nothing seems to be pulling me in any particular direction. On the one hand, living in Korea is good, and there are a lot of conveniences to living in Seoul (such as good public transportation, cheap food, and job stability). On the other hand though, I feel like if I choose to stay longer, I might find myself regretting staying because I think for me teaching English is not my long term goal. Also I'm a little homesick, so going home also sounds like a good choice.
Anyway, I'm not sure what my plans are at this point, but I'll try to keep everyone posted on what I plan to do.
