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yamahuh
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| creztor wrote: |
Good luck either way and it may turn out that things go smoothly and there was no reason for this thread after all  |
Appreciate your good wishes and really hope you are right. That being said ... so far as I'm concerned, there will always be a reason for this thread.
Unfortunately. |
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markcmc
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| Posted: Fri Apr 16, 2010 9:09 pm Post subject: |
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| 123Loto wrote: |
This advice might be a bit late for your case, but often teachers are not aware of their strongest defence: building strong, public relationships directly with the parents of the students you are teaching through social situations and through being well known as a professional, highly skilled teacher throughout your community.
This is called building guanxi... but it makes a lot of practical common sense. Taiwanese are pragmatic - a teacher with a strong reputation in the community will simply never be fired. They'll hold onto you like you're the goose that lays the golden egg. |
This is very good advice to any teacher in Taiwan - and not only in Taiwan. |
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yamahuh
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Had my 'performance bonus' observation yesterday.
They couldn't have picked a better class to sit in on. My kids were angels, laughing, smiling, speaking not a word of Chinese... I asked afterwards how I'd done and they told me it was 'very good' and that they ' really liked it'.
I'm feeling a bit better about things, but still can't wait to be done. |
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creztor
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| Posted: Sat Apr 17, 2010 1:04 pm Post subject: |
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| Keep on chuggin yama If all else fails, I'd check with the CLA (is that right?) to see about what can be done if something goes wrong before it is all over. |
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