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[Sansibar1]

Hi everyone,

Does anyone know about this place? Are they legit?

I have checked their website and the most recent updates are from 2005.
Sounds kind of strange to me.

Thanks for your help.

[Anda]

Um, it would seem they are still in business. It sounds like they could be okay other than the place below.
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http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=New+Dynamic+Institute&btnG=Google+Search

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New Dynamic Institute Kunshan Recruitment Information - Cnhotjobs.comAs a leading English training group in China, New Dynamic Institute now has 10 schools in China and is expecting to have more in the next year. ...
www.cnhotjobs.com/Company_Detail.asp?cid=290 - 7k -

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http://www.nabble.com/(job)-New-Dynamic-Institute's-Dirty-Little-Trade-Secret-td19160949.html


by Jada Rufo Aug 26, 2008; 08:08pm ::

New Dynamic Institute (NDI) Gaoxin, Xi��an, is a private language
center with a great curriculum but it also has one of the worst
bosses I��ve ever had to work with.

Her name is Dingle Xu and she is very sneaky when it comes to
business matters. She pretends to be a friend, but in reality she
has lied to several foreign teachers as well as students. Here is a
laundry list of those lies:

1. Tells students that some teachers will continue to teach
next year when teachers clearly have other plans. This is in an
effort to get students to register for the next term.

2. Asks students to write ��letters of criticism�� against the
foreign teacher. Some criticisms are legitimate but most are not.
I guess having ten years of teaching middle school and university
students doesn��t qualify as being ��experienced��. Nor does
wearing a blouse and a skirt qualify as being ��neatly dressed��.

3. Betrays people's trust by showing what is supposed to be
confidential to others. My letter of "complaint" was shown to an
Australian colleague of mine for "proof reading".

4. Makes big promises but doesn��t deliver. This is in
relation to my birthday cake. She promises that the school will get
me a big cake. I said that I really didn��t need it but if they
wanted to do that it is up to them. I was expecting a cake but
nothing came of it. I did get a beautiful bouquet of flowers.

5. Twists other people��s words to distort the truth. Our
center director and Dingle were debating on whether to have classes
available for students on Wednesday mornings.. They told us of
their plans and we discussed amongst ourselves. My fellow American
colleague said that if the school can get students, great! Go for
it! BUT no student was going to sign up for a 11 o��clock class on
Wednesday because they have school or they have to work!

We were all called in one at a time and were told of this plan. I
decided to test Dingle. I asked her if my American colleague,
agreed with this idea. She said, ��yes, he agreed!�� I knew it was
an outright lie because Mohammed had told me his opinion several
days earlier. She failed my simple test MISERABLY!

All of my foreign colleagues believe that Dingle is NOT the best
person to be education department head since she just doesn��t have
very good communication skills especially when it comes to dealing
with foreigners. I sometimes feel like a chess pawn in a game I
have no idea is being played. I certainly avoid being in the office
as much as possible when she is around because it makes it a very
unpleasant working environment for me. As a result I haven't eaten
properly and my psoriasis has definitely flared up. The only people
I can trust to tell the truth are fellow foreigners. I do not trust
any Chinese anymore.

Please note that there is another NDI center in Xi��an that is run
by a more professional and more experienced education department
head and that is the one near Xi��an��s Bell Tower. Also, there are
several other branch schools in other cities throughout China that
you may want to concider. But as long as Dingle is head of the
education department at Gaoxin, she will continue to practice her
lying ways on unsuspecting foreign teachers. Until then, stay away
from the Gaoxin school like the plague!


Jada






Kathy Wong


(job) Re: New Dynamic Institute's Dirty Little Trade Secret by Jada Rufo Aug 29, 2008; 10:04pm :: Rate this Message: - Use ratings to moderate (?)

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> Update:

I just got an e-mail from my supervisor saying that I "acted
unreasonable" because I refuse to talk with them. The last time
I "talked" with them we ended up arguing and I walked out of the office
in tears. How can they expect me to show my face and teach when I feel
like hell inside?

So today, my colleague agreed to switch campuses with me. I would be
at the Bell Tower and he would be in Gaoxin and we would all be happy.
Unfortunately because of bad weather conditions he was not able to find
a bus or a taxi to the school and therefore wasn't going to make it.
He did tell our supervisor his problem. But now I get this e-mail
saying that I refused to teach classes and that they will not schedule
any classes for me next week.

I will officially resign on Monday. I will NOT be patronized by a
impudent 26-year-old-pretend-to-know-it-all!

STAY AWAY FROM DINGLE!!!!! STAY AWAY FROM NDI!!!!!!!!

Jada

[arioch36]

Do a search. About two months ago had a thread. One of the worst, stingiest contracts I have seen. They do not offer in the contract many things they should, so the initial salary offer sounds much better then it really is.
Consider when your time of would be, if you like weekends and nights off.

Also, as I remember their contract, they try to pull this breaks not included in the teaching time crap. Everyone teaching should know and insist that a teaching hour is a teaching hour. That is, one hour consists of 45 to 50 minutes of instruction and 10-15 minutes break time. This is how it is at all of our western unis, and also her in CHina. SOme of us allow the school to say ... oh you are only teaching 50 minutes, so they try to make people accept 26 hours of classes as being a "20 hour" teaching week.
Please don't fall for that crap. The school knows the scam they are trying to pull

[Sansibar1]

Thanks guys!

This sure is some great info for such a simple question.

Cheers!

[tuvia]

its probably wise to look elsewhere when there is some amount of displeasure being expressed about a school, but i am not so sure that i would put a lot of stock in the complainees views either.

number one was about students writing letters of critcism about their teachers, but then in number two she states that the school was trying to trick students into returning for another term by saying those (same?)teachers- whom they were encouraged to criticize- would be back. seems like peculiar marketing: 'we know the teachers are bad, you know the teachers are bad, sign up now for another term with the bad teachers'.

and of course, perhaps the deal killer, the promised birthday cake was not delivered; instead, only flowers.

probably might as well avoid the place, but i would be much more wary of unfairly withheld salary and/or other agreed upon benefits rather than cakes or letters or whatever.

[Sansibar1]

Good point.

I always try to stay objective with such critcism, but it does give you a basic idea of what awaits you.

I'll definitely try to collect some more information before I make my decision.

Thanks again.

[Voldermort]