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mpan
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 Posted: Tue May 10, 2005 5:41 pm Post subject: Need an english link to official policy in Taiwan |
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Does anyone know of a link (in english) that will tell me what the official government policy is for things like an ARC. The school I am working part time for has offered me an ARC because I told them I would not work any longer without one. They have said they would be able to guarantee me at least 10 hours a week and I know that is not right. I do not, however, know what is the official policy (some have told me 14 hours while others have said 15 or 18 ) and would very much like to. I told them I would like to stay because I like my students and the staff are nice but I need to know what exactly they are responsible to provide. I do not mind working for a couple of schools if that is what I have to do to get by (also because I have not had any other job offers that do not feel like a scam) but I have also heard of people getting ARC�s that are not valid. I have a Bachelors degree from a very good Canadian university so there is no reason why I should be working illegally. I need to do some research so I do not get myself into hot water. As always any help anyone can provide will be greatly appreciated. Cheers.
Oh, as a side question. Can anyone tell me why chain schools still offer kindergarten positions even though it is not legal to work in one? And Aristotle, if all you are going to do is post a link to your website in response please do not bother, but if you have relavent information I would like to hear it.
Hey Griswald you never sent me your freinds name by the way lol thats why I am thinking of accepting this offer ..... lol just kidding (sort of)
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scott14
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clark.w.griswald
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| Posted: Wed May 11, 2005 5:53 am Post subject: Re: Need an english link to official policy in Taiwan |
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| mpan wrote: |
| Does anyone know of a link (in english) that will tell me what the official government policy is for things like an ARC. |
In addition to the ones that have already been posted you could see this one:
http://www.buxiban.com/Legislation.asp?cde=1
| mpan wrote: |
| The school I am working part time for has offered me an ARC because I told them I would not work any longer without one. They have said they would be able to guarantee me at least 10 hours a week and I know that is not right. I do not, however, know what is the official policy (some have told me 14 hours while others have said 15 or 18 ) and would very much like to. |
The minimum is 14 hours. Even if you only have ten hours, the Chinese contract that the school sends to the CLA will more than likely stipulate 14 or more hours to satisfy the governments requirement in this regard.
| mpan wrote: |
| I do not mind working for a couple of schools if that is what I have to do to get by (also because I have not had any other job offers that do not feel like a scam) but I have also heard of people getting ARC�s that are not valid. |
I assume that you are referring to ARC's issued in the name of a company other than where the teacher is working. The ARC's themselves are perfectly valid, but are just not useful unless you are working for the company named on the ARC.
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| Can anyone tell me why chain schools still offer kindergarten positions even though it is not legal to work in one? |
Some would call it guanxi, but I would call it reality.
The law states that English immersion schools for preschool aged children are illegal, but it remains totally legal for pre-school aged kids to learn English as an independant subject. So English can be taught as a subject, but it cannot be the medium through which they learn all subjects such as math, science etc. For an inspector walking into a school at any given moment it could be very difficult to prove which type of instruction is being undertaken - legal or illegal.
Add to this the fact that the law doesn't have a great deal of support from those who are meant to enforce it, and it becomes evident why those who could enforce the law choose not to. In many cases they would only be closing schools down that their own children attend anyway.
Finally, there is the age old law enforcement situation in Taiwan whereby the police often only take action if a complaint is made. Many of the raids that you hear about were enacted after a competing school initiated a complaint against a competitor.
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| Hey Griswald you never sent me your freinds name by the way lol thats why I am thinking of accepting this offer ..... lol just kidding (sort of) |
Yeah, I apologize for not following up on that. I didn't want to offend but the position was at a chain school and you indicated in your PM that your preference wasn't for a chain school. I thought it better not to put each of you into a situation that may have truned bad, but I should have got back to you about it anyway  |
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Aristotle
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| Posted: Wed May 11, 2005 7:00 am Post subject: |
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| Thanks Scott that was very helpful. |
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