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eihpos · Joined: 14 Dec 2008 Posts: 331

Hi,

I have an interview with this school in a couple of days. I'd love to hear from anyone who has worked/is working for them.

The job advert said 14000 - 15000 for 25hr working week so I thought OK, but reading further details, I noticed that the actual working week is 40 hrs. Is this normal? I decided to apply anyway because I don't mind long hours but I don't want to be made a fool of either! Any info or advice would be great!

Thanks!

Dawn

Opiate · Joined: 10 Aug 2011 Posts: 630 Location: Qingdao

igorG · Joined: 10 Aug 2010 Posts: 1473 Location: asia

25 real hours of teaching every week is a lot of work. The compensation seems to include housing, which doesn't come cheap in the city. Office hours in a language school may mean that the FT is there to provide some assistance with consulting or placing new/existing students in varieties of courses. Moreover, it may mean the FT participates in the school's curriculum development, which i doubt has much of a support from locals.

My view on such jobs is that they are a great deal of hassle that a professional FT does not need. And, i dare to speculate the appearance is more important than the qualification or skill there.

spicykimchi · Joined: 19 Oct 2010 Posts: 50

I just saw an ad for Web International. What really caught my eye was the "pre-made" lesson plans. You might want to find out more about that. If the Web International Schools have classes for children, then it makes sense. But pre-made lessons for adults. Hm . . . Maybe their idea of pre-made lessons is "Okay, you'll teach the subordinating conjunction 'because' for 60 minutes. Your lesson must include a warm up, introduction, lesson drills, pair work, group discussion and a game."

If they do have pre-made lessons, that would be great, because I'm sure you'll need time to plan for social clubs and whatnot.

Best of luck!