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Hiring Watch: who is hiring this week

Checked 14 Oct 2026
52institutions tracked from official lists
7with roles listed now
34roles visible on official pages
  • Gyeonggi Suwon International SchoolRoles listed10 roles listed for 2027-28 · Suwon
  • Seoul Foreign SchoolRoles listed10 roles listed for 2027-28 · Seoul
  • Korea International School Pangyo CampusRoles listed9 roles listed for 2027-28 · Seongnam
  • George Mason University KoreaRoles listed2 roles listed for Spring 2027 · Incheon
  • Branksome Hall AsiaRoles listed2 roles listed · Jeju (Seogwipo)
Read from each school's official careers page. Teacher Korea is not affiliated with these schools.Open Hiring Watch

2027–28 recruiting season

International schools in Korea hire a year ahead.

Pattern seen on school careers pages this autumn: several schools already list 2027–28 roles, others post in January. Individual schools differ.

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Hiring cycles

When Korean schools hire

International schools often recruit for the next year from autumn. Academies hire year-round.

The market · UPDATED 08 OCT 2026

A wider market than one school category

Official counts sit next to our own estimate, and each is labelled: OFFICIAL CORE MARKET figures come from government lists and statistics; the TEACHER KOREA ESTIMATE is our planning model.

Official source52

International education institutions and campuses

38 foreign schools, 2 foreign kindergartens, 8 foreign educational institutions and 4 Jeju international schools on official lists, combined by Teacher Korea.

Ministry of Education, 2026 list · Last verified: 2026-10-08

Official source253,434

International students in Korean higher education

Degree and non-degree students enrolled at higher education institutions.

Ministry of Education · KEDI, 2025 (survey date 1 April 2025) · Last verified: 2026-10-14

Teacher Korea estimate≈900

Core international-education hires a year

A planning model built from the 52 institutions, staffing assumptions and annual replacement or growth. Not a count of open vacancies.

2026 model · Last verified: 2026-10-08

Core-market annual hiring range

The range shows how staffing scale and annual replacement or growth change the estimate. It is a market model, not a vacancy count.

Conservative≈560
Base case≈940
Expansion≈1,400
20,374Early childhood, primary and secondary institutionsMinistry of Education · KEDI
421Higher education institutionsMinistry of Education · KEDI
2.78MForeign residents in KoreaMinistry of Justice, Korea Immigration Service
How Teacher Korea estimates annual hiring demand
  1. Start with the 52 institutions and campuses in the official international-education reference set.
  2. Apply conservative, base and expansion staffing scenarios.
  3. Estimate replacement and growth hiring rather than treating every position as a yearly vacancy.
  4. Reconcile with employer evidence from official careers pages, including Hiring Watch.

The estimate does not claim that 900 vacancies are currently open. It is a directional annual market estimate for planning and will be versioned when inputs change.

Details pending Teacher Korea's extended network across educators, education operators and professional relationships will be reported once its definition and counting scope are approved.

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