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sleeplessinla
Joined: 21 Apr 2007
Location: USA
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 Posted: Tue May 08, 2007 6:49 pm Post subject: Is "SLP Bundang (Nam Branch )" a good school? |
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Does anyone know if "SLP Bundang (Nam Branch )" is a GOOD school to WORK FOR? I'm new to teaching abroad so I want to know if the following is a decent contract proposal. Here's an overview of what is to be expected:
SLP Nambundang: There are currently 11 foreign teachers and 12 Korean teachers at the school The apartment is shared in new units and there is usually slightly higher pay.
- Roundtrip Airfare is included
-2.5 hours a day at the Institute for lesson planning, with co-teachers, student evaluations, reporting, consultation with parents, supervision of play, maintenance of the English environment during breaks.
Contract Overview:
Salary: (min) 2,000,000 won (max) 2,100,000 won
Overtime: 1.2 times regular salary
Airfare: free round-trip airfare
Bonus: one month salary extra at end of contract (severance - legal requirement)
Housing: free fully furnished shared or single apartment
Vacations: 10 days vacation (5 summer, 5 winter) and Korean national holidays
Medical Coverage: 50/50 - estimated cost to you is 1.5% of the monthly salary
Description of Duties and Opportunity
Schedule: M-F
Teaching Hours: 21- 80 minute classes per week-
Type of Students: pre-school, elem and middle
Number of Teachers: 40 (two schools)
Number of Foreign Teachers: 20 (two schools) |
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mrsquirrel
Joined: 13 Dec 2006
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21 * 80 = 1680mins = 28 hours a week.
Solid hours as well.
I think I work 14.5 or 16 can't remember just now |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Tue May 08, 2007 8:20 pm Post subject: Re: Is "SLP Bundang (Nam Branch )" a good school? |
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| sleeplessinla wrote: |
Does anyone know if "SLP Bundang (Nam Branch )" is a GOOD school to WORK FOR? I'm new to teaching abroad so I want to know if the following is a decent contract proposal. Here's an overview of what is to be expected:
SLP Nambundang: There are currently 11 foreign teachers and 12 Korean teachers at the school The apartment is shared in new units and there is usually slightly higher pay.
- Roundtrip Airfare is included
-2.5 hours a day at the Institute for lesson planning, with co-teachers, student evaluations, reporting, consultation with parents, supervision of play, maintenance of the English environment during breaks.
Contract Overview:
Salary: (min) 2,000,000 won (max) 2,100,000 won
Overtime: 1.2 times regular salary
Airfare: free round-trip airfare
Bonus: one month salary extra at end of contract (severance - legal requirement)
Housing: free fully furnished shared or single apartment
Vacations: 10 days vacation (5 summer, 5 winter) and Korean national holidays
Medical Coverage: 50/50 - estimated cost to you is 1.5% of the monthly salary
Description of Duties and Opportunity
Schedule: M-F
Teaching Hours: 21- 80 minute classes per week-
Type of Students: pre-school, elem and middle
Number of Teachers: 40 (two schools)
Number of Foreign Teachers: 20 (two schools) |
A fresh off the boat newbie at our PUBLIC school gets 2.1 mil for 22 classes of 40 minutes per week and 20k per extra class to a max of 28.
Total time in the classroom is (28 classes * 40 minutes) = 18:40.
Salary for that class load = 2.58 mil per month + benefits...
rent free - unshared apartment,
50/50 medical (and 1.5% is too low for the national plan so you should be careful about YOUR new contract),
pension (50/50 contributions),
airfare,
4 weeks annual holidays + national holidays off with pay
1 month pay on completion of her contract
15 days paid sick leave...
You get to work 21 * 80 minute classes = 28 full hours per week = 10 hours more time in front of your class for 500k less money per month. Couple that with your 2.5 hours per day of required prep time and you are over 40 hours per week in the hakwon for 20% less money.
SLP still = Slave Labor Program. |
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pest2
Joined: 01 Jun 2005
Location: Vancouver, Canada
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| Posted: Tue May 08, 2007 8:37 pm Post subject: Re: Is "SLP Bundang (Nam Branch )" a good school? |
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| ttompatz wrote: |
[A fresh off the boat newbie at our PUBLIC school gets 2.1 mil for 22 classes of 40 minutes per week and 20k per extra class to a max of 28.
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This isnt quite right. A newbie EPIK teacher gets 1.9; at least in my province.
Otherwise, yeah, dont go to a hakwon, generally...
however, if you cant wait until a Public School job become open and/or you are set on not working in the countryside, the job you described sounds about average.. i think you can find better if you look, though. |
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alabamaman
Joined: 25 Apr 2006
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| Posted: Tue May 08, 2007 8:49 pm Post subject: Re: Is "SLP Bundang (Nam Branch )" a good school? |
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SLP = (S)lave (L)abor (P)rogram
You will be overworked
You will be underpaid
They will not honor the provisions of your labor contract
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| 2.5 hours a day for preparation |
(E)xcessive (L)abor (W)ithout (P)ay {These are unpaid hours. More than one (1) hour of preparation is excessive.}
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| student evaluations |
These are written evaluations and you'll do many of them. If they hear their child is doing poorly, they will enroll their child in another school. It will be your fault. Your employer will "spice up" the reports or tell you what you can and can't write. Student evaluations are crap.
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| Supervision of play |
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| Maintenance of the English environment during breaks: |
Korean Labor Laws stipulate that you may use your breaks freely. Tell this employer to piss up a rope.
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2,000,000-2,100,000 is a typical crap salary for soon to be overworked newbie in the lower depths of hell. I would accept less than 2,300,000 Korean Won.
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Overtime:
1.2 times regular salary |
1.5 and NOT 1.2
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| Airfare: free round-trip airfare |
These drug pushers finally did something right.
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Bonus:
one month salary extra at end of contract (severance - legal requirement) |
Severance is calculated as the average of the last three work months salary including overtime wages.
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| Housing: free fully furnished shared or single apartment |
SAY NO TO SHARED HOUSING
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| Medical Coverage: 50/50 - estimated cost to you is 1.5% of the monthly salary |
Contribution is 4.77% whereas both parties pay 50% of the costs. So, your employer deducts 2.385% from your monthly salary as your contribution. Your employer contributes an equal amount of 2.385%. Contributions are paid by your employer to the National Healthcare Insurance Corporation.
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Description of Duties and Opportunity
Schedule: M-F |
M-F is good. There should be contractual language that clearly defines the days you don't work on.
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| Teaching Hours: 21- 80 minute classes per week- |
Walk and seek employment elsewhere. The classes are extremely long.
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| Type of Students: pre-school, elem and middle |
Pre-school = suicide |
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