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[rioux]

Januray 1st falls on a Wednesday.

Will the holiday/day off simply be given on Wednesday without any other days off that we would later have to make up?
or
Will Monday, December 30th and Tuesday, December 31st be days off and we will have to make up that Monday and Tuesday elsewhere?
or
Will Thursday, Janury 2nd and Friday, January 3rd be days off and we will have to make up that Thursday and Friday elsewhere?

[WLamar]

Ask your employer. Not only will they have first-hand knowledge of what their employees will receive, but they are your employer. The pre-holiday dated noted by the government is the 1st - 3rd; but it ha snot been officially announced as of yet. Either way, only YOUR employer knows when the make-up days are (as must be done per law).

[Non Sequitur]

Ask your students.
If you ask the FAO, it is likely that they will say they don't know.
They do know, but it would be seriously out of line to announce anything before the college honcho does.
Students will be booking travel now so they have decided, or have worked out from previous years, what will happen.
Once you have it sussed, ask the FAO if your scenario is the likely situation.

[Toast]

Hard to know for this year, since for most of us the semester should end around the 7th or 8th of January. The smart thing to do would be to just take the 1st off and keep the schedule as is, not messing too badly with the run up to the final exam period. Alas the "smart thing" and what actually happens in this universities don't often go hand in hand.
In any case still being November I'd say it's as yet too early to know what's going to happen. The final decision will still require the powers that be to have at *least* another 15 or 20 very important meetings, expensive dinners and trips to the whorehouse to make up their mind. Check back in a couple of weeks.

[Non Sequitur]

Yeah it is probably a bit early.
But no harm in broaching the subject with students.
Freshers probably won't know too much, but sophomores may well.

[fat_chris]

[theoriginalprankster]

It's a straight one day off affair.

[kev7161]

At the moment it seems January 1, 2, and 3 will be days off. I surely can't speak for any other school, but I assume we will have to work one or two days on the previous weekend or on the weekend after to "make up" for the generosity of getting this 3 day "gift" .

http://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/?year=2014&country=41

[wangdaning]

Not sure as my term ends the Monday before. An Helena, A97856146931, or whatever, please stop with the legally required to work crap. It is not legally required.

[tangal]

For those working at joint-venture universities in China there are and will continue to be exceptions to certain cultural dispensations, e.g. no making up of classes missed on any Chinese or Western holidays and a two-week Christmas break that includes three paid holidays and seven paid leave days for a total holiday of 17 days. I apologize in advance for gloating but the point is to give another point of view, i.e. there are other options and opportunities for teachers aside from standard university gigs run by Chinese iron rule. Just a reminder that there's always a flip side of the coin and perhaps something for some to aspire to as from what I'm being told there are dozens of universities in England, Australia, Canada and America currently applying for joint-university licenses in the PRC.

I'll be happy to provide the website of my current university to anyone via private message (I've already done this for several inquiring minds) and will of course be even more happy to do so during this holiday season.

[NoBillyNO]

I work for a franchised program but would not give up the Chinese holiday schedule, more than 45 days spring festival....a long period for a few working holidays that pale in comparison due to the false ring of celebrating a special date that really doesn't exist Asia except for those plastic reminders of joyful events found back on the block.

[choudoufu]

this will be interesting.

according to our school schedule, the first week of january is for tests.
(week 19 is for final exams). there will be a 3-day new year's holiday,
probably with makeup on the prior weekend. i don't expect to get the
scheduling notice until the week before.

admin has no problem with us ft's arranging our own makeup schedule.
i've always sent an email memo to the fao letting her know my plan.
same this year. when the time comes, i'll just let the affected classes
decide if they want their tests the week before or on the scheduled
makeup day. may wind up giving the final on christmas day, even though
ft's get the day off per contract.

regardless, i'm flying out january 8 for my well-deserved, paid 5-week
vacation in southeast asia.

[Non Sequitur]

Chou
Small detail: Are you paid in advance for Spring Break or if pay is available on normal date, is it deposited in a bank account that can be accessed via a cash machine.
This came up last year on Dave's and in a previous year, our teachers were told pay would go into bank accounts but wasn't deposited.
Bit unsettling if you're down in Hainan and home base is in Qingdao.

[kungfuman]

There should not be a make up day for Jan 1 as it is a national holiday. My school gives us off Dec 21 to Jan 2. Some of us are taking a few extra days before or after

[choudoufu]