Opportunities for everything.

I had a great experience with Avalon, in particular the Pyeongchun Campus.
I had never been out of the United States for either work or play and I had just signed a one year contract. Still wondering what the hell I had gotten myself into I got on the plane to Korea and was nervous. I got off the plane to Korea and was nervous. I got to the hotel where I stayed for 2 weeks, still nervous. After my first day at work I felt at home. This was mostly due to the foreign teacher staff. I could not imagine how the experience would have been had I been at a campus with only 1 or 2 other teachers. At the Pyeongchun campus we had 12-13 foreign teachers. This exponentially increased the chances of meeting people that are awesome, and spending quality time doing things in groups and sharing the experience. At all times of the year someone was always doing something fun and looking for recruits to go with.
Having a base of people around that were like family made the job a piece of cake. Have you ever had a bad day at work, been yelled at by your boss, had a bunch of crap put on your desk and told to do it? This all happened at Avalon just like any other job in the states. There are bad days but all that ended after work when someone would recognize you had a bad day and take you out for some barbeque or a beer at the local convenience store. And really, the expectations of the foreign staff were not that tall of a an order. Go through the books, interact with the class, be presentable, and if you don't get it ask for help. Not very difficult to meet the minimum standards. Compared to what the Korean staff had to do we had it easy, with 35 hours in the office, 20 teaching per week, and a rare saturday for a few hours. I was paid on time and what salary you signed on for is what you will get plus a bonus for overtime work during winter and summer.

My experience teaching for Avalon was wonderful, especially at aforementioned campus but there are many different campuses so YMMV.