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hot_rock · Joined: 16 Apr 2010 Posts: 107

Would anyone be so mind as to giev any advice as to where I could supplement my 22-hour (evenings/weekends) job at VUS with some daytime work?

To be honest i don't mind taking a small wage cut -$15 an hour would be just doable provided it wasn't too far. I appreciate its hard to find daytime kids shifts, for example (esp. as a man) but I'd love something to keep me busy and earn a few extra bucks. Wouldn't we all, I know...I'm probably asking the golden question and very lazy for posting it on a forum expecting help...but if you're in the mood, throw me a bone.

thanks very much for any advice.

londo · Joined: 27 Apr 2010 Posts: 107 Location: District 7

No bones kid, just a morsel,

22 hours (plus prep time) is pretty good for a stressful job in a stressful city.I'm sure you know by now that no Vietnamese, especially a kid, is willfully going to study between the hours of 12:00 and 16:00. 30 hours seems the max for most people with some risking burnout by doing as many as 36.

You might get some very early morning slots...or, if you have any type of specialization you might get corporate work in these hours. Do you have any private jobs?...these often accept afternoon appointments especially if you're good and a 'hansum' man, and you can expect at least $20 an hour. You need time to build up a reputation though.

Danaa · Joined: 10 Jul 2007 Posts: 40

snollygoster · Joined: 04 Jun 2009 Posts: 478

Saigon Tech at Go Vap conduct day time classes in their own brand of pre-uni quals. Adults only-no kids.
Nice building, good facilities-but beware the few meglomaniacs who run the place.

If you're up to it, there are also Kindies.

If you can do IELTS and TOEFL, those classes are usually run in the day time for pre-uni students, and there are plenty of places that have such classes.

SEAMEO runs day classes for adults- small, well run outfit (well it used to be).

snollygoster · Joined: 04 Jun 2009 Posts: 478

Forgot
VAPS also runs day time classes for kids.

shanewarne · Joined: 21 Feb 2008 Posts: 146

VAS
http://www.vas.edu.vn/?page=pub_contact&lang=en

The Asian High School
located at;

Pasteur campus: 226A Pasteur,lP.6, Q.3, Tp.HCM

Cong Hoa campus: 18A2 Cộng H�a, P.12, Q.T�n B�nh, Tp. HCM

Cao Thang campus: 77bis2 Cao Thắng, P.12, Q.10, Tp. HCM

Tran Nhat Duat campus: 29-31 Trần Nhật Duật, P.T�n Định, Q.1, Tp. HCM

Asia Pacific College
www.asiapacific.edu.vn

There are also many Kindergartens in and around HCMC, to choose from. That's if you dont mind baby sitting Smirfs. Wink

hot_rock · Joined: 16 Apr 2010 Posts: 107

thanks for that everyone, really appreciated.

ChattyPancake · Joined: 23 Jan 2007 Posts: 13

snollygoster · Joined: 04 Jun 2009 Posts: 478

Agree completely. I also had a negative experience with Saigon Tech, BUT the facilities were good- They have a new building, and its well equipped. The people who run the English dept are meglomaniacs who live in a bubble.

SEAMEO- alos agree- Very nice place to work-easy going management.

blateson · Joined: 12 Mar 2006 Posts: 144

Sorry will have to disagree with one thing here,

avoid SEAMEO or s.e.a.m.e.o. and their other acronyms. Lower school, almost factory like. The worst is their kids' program. Children are spoiled and rowdy. The manager, Ms. Lieu Nguyen Thi Bich, worked there from '04~'06, left for about a long year, then slipped back in around '08. She essentially despises males and to an extent foreigners in general. She is quite gossipy and listens to the Vietnamese teachers and then talks at you with her opinions already informed. I saw a new hiree talking with her, two minutes later they were going at it, then finally he was shouting at her. Although I didn't necessarily approve, I just though to myself "yep, she's giving another guy the treatment." I also got 'the treatment' and it was really low-down. The "Deputy Director" is her equivalent for the night program, he lingers in the background, avoids hallways at all costs, then shows up one day and fires a teacher and then at the next 'teacher meeting' lectures everyone on the basics of 'being an upstanding teacher.' That's his idea of being a 'deputy director.' The #1 director, who was once actually a nice guy with a big personality, now has released all involvement and seems to be much more focused on just riding out the spotlight as he's nearing retirement, and he approves all decisions by the '#2' guy. Him being the deputy director, Dr. Hung Dang Van (or Dang Van Hung), is the one you'll be subjected to. The office 'managers', some of them in personality can seem nice, aren't so good at their jobs and lack a bit of integrity. On the upside I was paid all of my wages, I believe.

blateson · Joined: 12 Mar 2006 Posts: 144

Regarding the comments about 'Saigon Tech' up above, I never worked there but what was said checks out with what I was told by a guy who did. He had to go through bureaucracy, haggling, and personality games to even get his pay one time. I think it was for two months.

Mattingly · Joined: 03 Jul 2008 Posts: 249

IPS has daytime hours of 1:30 to 4:00 pm, but recently they let some of the senior (meaning long-term) teachers go that were on a higher pay scale. Some of them let go had taught at IPS for up to 6 years. Poof, gone like that.

The management does not have a reputation for honesty.

IPS has also dropped the starting wage for new teachers.

Instead of an increase, IPS is actually paying less, now.

I think this is possibly because of the supply of teachers is high because of the western economic problem (high unemployment back home) and the coveted daytime hours they can provide.

I would not recommend IPS.