Foreign teacher at a public or private school

In these Regulations the term “foreign teacher” refers to a foreigner who is employed as a teacher at an educational institution in any of the following categories: 1. A teacher at a public or registered private university or tertiary college. 2. A teacher at an educational institution for international residents. 3. A qualified foreign language course teacher at a public or registered private elementary school, junior high school, or senior secondary school. 4. A teacher of a bilingual department or school of public or private experimental senior high school, and a teacher of special classes for children of foreign professionals, foreign specialized professionals and foreign senior professionals approved by competent authority .

An educational institution at all levels that plans to appoint a foreign teacher shall submit the following documents to the competent authority and apply for a work permit to be issued: 1. Two copies of the application form; 2. A photocopy of the employment contract stating the position title of the foreign teacher to be employed and the period of their employment;

From 2018 February 8, Work permit application for school teacher shall be submitted to and issued by Ministry of Education.

If, within the period that their work permit is valid, a foreign teacher employed at any level of educational institution has to transfer to another educational institution or has to be employed by two or more educational institutions, the educational institution（s）planning to employ the foreign teacher shall apply for a work permit. If a transfer is being made to another educational institution, the educational institution planning to employ the foreign teacher shall submit documentary proof of the termination of that teacher’s previous employment. If the foreign teacher referred to in the preceding paragraph transfers to another employer that is not an educational institution within the period that their work permit is valid, the educational institution that formerly employed them shall notify the competent authority within seven days of the occurrence of such a fact to revoke the original work permit.

Matters regarding the management and rights and obligations of the foreign teachers referred to in Article 3, Subparagraph 1, Subparagraph 3, and Subparagraph 4 who are full-time qualified staff members whose position is listed as part of the current staffing complement of the school shall be subject to the provisions of the Act for the Recruitment and Employment of Foreign Professionals, the Teacher’s Act and other related ordinances. For other foreign teachers, unless the provisions of some other ordinance apply, such matters shall be conducted in accordance with their employment contract.

The maximum period of a work permit issued by the competent authority for a foreign teacher to be employed by any level of educational institution is restricted to three years. An educational institution that needs to continue the person’s employment after this period ends shall submit two copies of the application form, a photocopy of the current work permit documents, and a photocopy of the renewed employment contract and apply to the competent authority for a new work permit within 60 days before the date that that the person’s current work permit expires.