| teaching English in Taiwan isn't really that difficult to do | | | | able to find work in smaller run schools. You may only |
| thanks to the basic requirements, there still are a lot of | | | | be able to get a few hours a week, but many will be |
| foreign teachers in Taiwan who are teaching illegally. | | | | happy to pay you cash in hand and overlook that you |
| To be fair, they aren't all in the same boat. Some | | | | don't meet the legal requirements to teach English in |
| teachers in Taiwan are teaching illegally and they | | | | cram schools. The other kind of teachers are those |
| know they shouldn't. There are, however, another | | | | who have no idea that what they are doing is illegal. |
| group of teachers who have no idea that where they | | | | Many teachers who believe they are working legally |
| work and what they are doing is completely in violation | | | | actually aren't. How could this be possible? The main |
| of the law regarding just how can teach in classrooms | | | | reason this happens is because the laws regarding |
| and cram schools around the island. It might be hard to | | | | where and who you can teach English to aren't easily |
| believe that this is even possible, since teaching illegally | | | | available or published widely in English for teachers to |
| can get you deported and you won't be able to return | | | | read. Some common illegal activities teachers get into |
| to Taiwan for at least five years. Teaching illegally, | | | | are working at multiple branches. When you come to |
| whether by accident or deliberately, is something that | | | | Taiwan to teach, you are legally only allowed to teach |
| shouldn't be treated lightly. | | | | at the branch that granted you your working permit |
| The first group of teachers who work illegal in Taiwan | | | | and papers. This means that if you work, even if only |
| are those who know that they are breaking the law. | | | | for a few hours, at another school, it is illegal. The |
| This kind of teacher is one that might not be from an | | | | same goes for teaching in kindergartens. Many |
| English speaking country or doesn't hold the required | | | | teachers are completely unaware that it is illegal to |
| qualifications, such as a Bachelor's degree. How can | | | | work in kindys, yet many schools hire and continue to |
| they possibly find work if they don't have a degree or | | | | hire foreign teachers to fill positions. The sad truth is |
| aren't from a country approved by the Ministry of | | | | that your employer is fully aware of the law, but they |
| Education for native English speaking? Most of the | | | | break them because they are rarely enforced. The |
| large or big schools will turn you away of you don't | | | | downside is that when they are enforced, you will be |
| meet these two requirements; however, you will still be | | | | deported from Taiwan and they will receive a fine. |