FAQ

During winter and summer breaks, you will have to be in school during working hours, either for teaching or for preparing classes. There might be some camps. Usually winter camps last 2-3 days and summer camps last 3-4 days.

You will get the public holidays off and get 10 days of paid leave per year.

The New Taipei City government only accepts seniority in overseas public schools and domestic public and private schools.

Local coordinators from Teach Taiwan will assist in finding accommodation for you. Normally it will be within walking distance. If not, it will be reachable by bus.

As for the tax, the first 6 months you will have to pay 18%. This will be deducted from your salary by the school. Starting from the 7th month you only have to pay 5% of tax. If in that year you have stayed for longer than 183 days in Taiwan, you can get a tax refund of 13% for the first 6 months. This is a cycle that repeats every year starting from January.

You will have to work five days a week (Monday-Friday), and eight hours per day, from 8 AM to 5 pm. There will be a one-hour break for lunch. You will have 19 teaching periods per week (45 to 50 minutes per period), including conducting team teaching activities with local teachers, providing lessons or trainings to local teachers, and/or etc.

You will get a housing stipend of 5000 NT per month. However, schools will not pay your salary up front.

Since you will only get paid after the first month of working, we suggest you bring around 1500 USD to pay for rent, deposit and daily expenses.

You will have to provide your budget and preferences (kitchen, rooms, …). The coordinator will find a few options (2-3) around a week before your arrival. If you don’t like the options, you will have to stay in a hotel first (own cost) and look for an apartment yourself (with local help).

Normally you don't have to work overtime. Your contract states that you will have to work 40 hours a week. If in exceptional circumstances you are asked to work overtime, e.g. during a school event, the overtime pay rate is NT$450 per 45 minute period for junior high schools and NT 500-550 per 50 minute period for senior high schools.

10-15 minutes.

Winter break (2-3 weeks around Chinese New Year), summer break (July-august) and public holidays.

There will be a year curriculum, but how that is implemented is up to the teacher.

Expense is reimbursable if it is produced during the required applications of documents to teach in Taiwan.

The coordinator will discuss your starting date with you. This will depend on the status of your work permit.