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Yahnena · Joined: 20 Mar 2005 Posts: 48 Location: China

A friend of mine is thinking of working for JOY. They are a Taiwanese franchise in China with over 500 ? schools.

Any experiences?

cheers

oprah · Joined: 26 Apr 2003 Posts: 382

I do not think you can paint all the schools with the same brush.. I personally like Joy school. They always try to help me with personal things, to encourage me to stay teaching there. I have learned many things about teaching using their teaching material which has helped me in other jobs.. I also find their teaching assistants to be helpful and very friendly.

china_sk8er · Joined: 30 Oct 2004 Posts: 166 Location: Harbin

I am working at Joy School in Harbin and have been for 9 months. Harbin Joy school is a good place to work. It is a very well run school and the headmaster takes really good care of the foreign teachers. Usually, 20 hours a week with 2 office hours.

The school has its own curriculum and they tell you what to teach. A good school for somebody just beginning to teach. The school trains you right when you come and you also observe classes to try and get a handle on how to teach.

I enjoy working for Joy School and if you do your work well then the school will treat you right.

Any more info, just PM me.

Cheers

Yahnena · Joined: 20 Mar 2005 Posts: 48 Location: China

They are quite frequently on Dave's Job Board looking for teachers. Do some FTs not stay long?

Can you explain more details about the schedule? How many hours/day do you teach? How many days/week do you have off?

Is it true that they pay RMB 80 for overtime. How much overtime are you expected to do?

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californian · Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2005 7:25 am Post subject:

I agree with china_sk8er. Joy School Harbin is a really good school. I worked there before, too. Everybody loves Pollyanna.

KES · Joined: 17 Nov 2004 Posts: 722

Which franchise location? That is important to know.

YearOfTheDog · Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2005 10:25 am Post subject:

I heard that at the Joy school in Harbin, there is a one way mirror and the parents watch you teach...

Is this true?

californian · Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2005 10:55 am Post subject:

yes...you can see them too if you stand real close to the glass. Some classrooms have closed circuit television.

YearOfTheDog · Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2005 1:16 pm Post subject:

You don't find that uncomfortable?

I don't know if I would like that...

Does it bother you at all?

californian · Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2005 9:20 am Post subject:

No. It especially does not bother china_sk8er. I know that he loves it and looks forward to it every day. Smile