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bryanjspen · Joined: 09 May 2011 Posts: 30 Location: Suzhou, China

Hello,

I received a job offer that stated 20 hours of teaching per week, but made no mention of office hours. Does this mean in most cases that I won't need to hold office hours - or that I am expected to stay at the school from 8-4? Is it just case by case depending on the school? Could I possibly be any more vague? Thanks!

tacoeater · Joined: 03 Jun 2011 Posts: 45

Rather than waste time or assuming or getting ridiculous input, why not actually ask the only opinion/input that matters - the employer?

askiptochina · Joined: 26 Feb 2010 Posts: 488 Location: Beijing

Yea, this is a case between you and the school. It sounds good. I have the same thing, no office hours. Ask though, to make sure.

sainthood · Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2011 12:18 pm Post subject:

[quote=bryanjspen]Could I possibly be any more vague?[/quote]

Possibly, but you'd have to work pretty hard at it!

But, in fairness, this may not be your fault! The contract, or job offer, may have been worded such that while it doesn't explicitly state 'yes', neither does it explicitly state 'no'... and thus, when you get told you're doing them, they say it's in the contract!

Where I currently pretend to teach, I don't do office hours. Where I'm going, I am supposed to put in another 5 hours of... not teaching hours (billed as 'class prep, homework marking, chatting with students..etc'.)

But ditto the others - ask, don't assume!

Lobster · Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2011 1:26 pm Post subject:

No, don't "just ask"! Make sure it's clearly specified in your freakin contract! Just like anything else that you may want (e.g. outside work, additional paid vacation, paid travel time, air con, air fare as cash with no receipt tax free) must be specifically included. If it's not in writing, it's not worth squat. Even if it is it may still be worth squat, but it's better than an oral agreement that they conveniently forget.

RED