Do not apply for a teaching position at Sunflower Trilingual School, located in Samut Sakorn, Thailand.
They fire teachers all the time. Last semester a total of 11 teachers were fired and quit. Lots of teachers won't even go to continue work on the second day. Knowing that the school has only just over 300 students, the number of teachers they get rid of, is insanely high!
There is a guy called Pete, working as a coordinator, and he is more like a head teacher and he can get you fired in a matter of minutes. He has sticked to that job and married a Thai woman working at the admin office, for the simple reason that he is uneducated and more importantly we all know that no education and working at a school in Thailand, is only temporary, so he has to get rid of anyone who is more educated, more knowledgeable and more experienced in the field of teaching or anyone who won't carry his workload for him. He has to feel superior and will do whatever evil it takes to (sack teachers and still) look like the best available person to do the job.
The director is 'Kwanthip' and her assistant is Aileen. They will ask you to write the syllabus for each and every book you teach!!! (We all know that is not a teachers responsibility) and lesson plans (that are 2 pages each and very detailed). Nothing is ever good enough for them and both Kwanthip and Aileen will have so many meetings with you everyday, and will grill you every time over either lesson plans, syllabus, your teaching in class (that they observe as a team all the time), and whatever else that you may not even imagine, right now. The teachers should prepare progressive tests every
month and correct papers and report the scores!!! Every month?!!!
The accommodation they offer on campus to teachers is terrible and honestly I wouldnt
even want to keep a dog there, let alone living there permanently!
No matter how long you work there, they can get rid of you any day, even if its your second day or second week.
The salary they offer is very low and the raise is nothing to look forward to.
You will never experience working harder anywhere else and I have never seen or heard
anybody having that many responsibilities as a teacher at any other school whatsoever.
Its your decision to work at Sunflower School or not, but I felt that its my duty to inform foreign teachers that they will be victimized, there.
Forewarned is forearmed.
Good luck