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You can try to improve by yourself for a few weeks by playing regularly. If it brings you nowhere, you can still get a teacher. (Of course, if you prefer learning from a teacher anyway, you can get some immediately.)

How to get a teacher? Ask every potential teacher whether he would like to teach you!

http://senseis.xmp.net/?KGSTeachers

Unless you happen to find a free teacher by chance, the fees depend on teacher, teaching modes, discounts and other factors. I guess that everything from EUR 5 to 150 per hour exists:) Typical discount prices vary between EUR 5 and 25 per hour. Higher prices can mean two things: the teacher demands more money for his higher rank (independently of whether that means better teaching quality) or the lessons have a better quality.

How expensive it becomes also depends on how frequently you take lessons, of course.

How it works? E.g., KGS has a teaching mode, which allows playing game, showing variations and adding comments. Written forms of teaching are also possible, such as you send in SGFs and get a trivial or (more expensive) very profound commentary.