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First day of school: September 1, 2008.
Teach 15 to 18 classes a week, Monday through Friday.
Classes are 45 minutes long.
Teach students from 9th through 12th grades.
Maintain records of daily student attendance, daily lesson plans, and grades with the Estonian Ministry of Education's E-kool (www.ekool.ee).
Use "I Love English" textbooks for 9th graders, with a workbook.
Use "Upstream" textbooks for 10th through 12th graders, with a workbook and CD.
Add your own supplemental material from library, Internet, and audio resources.
Attend school meetings and in-service training programs as well as meetings of the school's foreign language department and the English language section.

Benefits:
The salary is about 8,000 Estonian kroons a month, which is average for a first-year teacher.
Most classrooms have Internet access and white boards.
The English classroom and media classroom have computers with speakers, Internet connections, and projectors.
Traditional fall, winter, spring, and summer breaks with a few holidays inbetween.
Twelve month contract.
An apartment is provided within walking distance of the school.
Rent and utilities are paid by the school.
The school helps with living and work permit applications, too.
National health care is provided once these permits are issued.
Unfortunately, you must pay for your own airfare here.

Kevin Hogan, from Chicago, is teaching in Tapa now and will help with the transition into Estonia, into Tapa, into the high school, and into teaching.

TEFL certificate is desired but not required.
Knowledge of Estonian or Russian is not required.
Creativity helps, since students are accustomed to lecture-style learning.

Tapa Gümnaasium http://www.tapa.ee/gymnaasium
Central high school for Tapa and smaller communities around Tapa.
About 750 students in grades 1 through 12.
About 50 full- and part-time teachers.
More female teachers than male.
After Estonian, English is the next language taught, then Russian and German.
A sports hall is adjacent to the school.

Tapa http://www.tapa.ee
City of about 7,000.
Working class to lower class community.
Center of Estonian railroad industry.
90 minutes from Tallinn and Tartu by train.
45 minutes to Rakvere, the county seat, by bus.
Winters are not really any colder than in Chicago, just longer.

Questions welcomed.
Email your resume with a short statement that explains your teaching experience and your interest in teaching high school students in Estonia to Kevin Hogan at robkevhogan@gmail.com