Today I received an email with information on the school I'll be working at in S. Korea: the Chuncheon National University of Education!

Like it's name implies, this is actually a University, (where people study to become teachers). Here's the website: http://sukwoo2.cnue.ac.kr/eng/index.htm (in English).

I love this description from the University President: I am pleased to welcome you to Chuncheon National University of Education. Our university, founded in 1939, trains elementary school teachers. CNUE is a small but strong and competitive university. We have 2,300 undergraduate students in 12 academic departments and 540 graduate students (all elementary school teachers) in 17 graduate courses. More than 90% of our students become elementary school teachers.We strive to create an academic environment in which outstanding students and scholars are continually challenged and inspired to excel. We educate our students to be the best citizens as well as the best teachers, emphasizing not only teacher education but liberal education. We focus on the students having dreams and realizing them. Looking towards the future, our university will endeavor to become more competitive and the most successful teacher education institution in the world. I hope you will find your stay both enlightening and enjoyable. Kim, Sun-Bae, Ph. D., President

So you are probably thinking... wait, a University? I thought Danielle was teaching elementary school?!..............

I am. The University has an elementary school. It's kind of like if there was a school called "University of Arizona Elementary school". It is still a public school (The Gangwondo office of Education is the school "district"), but it is privately funded.

The official website for the elementary school is: http://cnue-e.es.kr/?main. It has some great pictures, but other than that it's basically useless to me bc it's all in Korean! :)

I received my employment contract, too. I am going to read through it all this evening and make sure everything is correct and there are NO SURPRISES.To be honest, I am freaking out a little. This all just got a lot more real... I think in the back of my mind, I never expected anything to actually work out with me EVER going to live overseas...especially not in less than a month! But, I am excited and ready for an adventure!