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blaseblasphemener
Joined: 01 Jun 2006
Location: There's a voice, keeps on calling me, down the road, that's where I'll always be
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 Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2007 6:29 am Post subject: EPIK VACATION 10 DAYS? REALLY? |
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I'm looking at getting into the EPIK program, and it says 10 days vacation. Is this for real?
If so, what do you do happens the rest of the year when the students are on vacation?
Are there camps I would have to work or something?
Any feedback on this would be greatly appreciated.
Any other points I should consider on EPIK? Any way of getting out of the 10 day unpaid orientation? |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2007 7:09 am Post subject: Re: EPIK VACATION 10 DAYS? REALLY? |
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| blaseblasphemener wrote: |
I'm looking at getting into the EPIK program, and it says 10 days vacation. Is this for real?
If so, what do you do happens the rest of the year when the students are on vacation?
Are there camps I would have to work or something?
Any feedback on this would be greatly appreciated.
Any other points I should consider on EPIK? Any way of getting out of the 10 day unpaid orientation? |
Aren't the current contracts at EPIK giving 14 WORKING days?
They used to be 10 working days (2 calendar weeks).
The rest of the time you are supposed to be doing prep, camps, and personal-professional development.
They are paying you to be at your desk and if you signed the contract, you agreed to it.
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blaseblasphemener
Joined: 01 Jun 2006
Location: There's a voice, keeps on calling me, down the road, that's where I'll always be
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| Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2007 7:20 am Post subject: Re: EPIK VACATION 10 DAYS? REALLY? |
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| ttompatz wrote: |
| blaseblasphemener wrote: |
I'm looking at getting into the EPIK program, and it says 10 days vacation. Is this for real?
If so, what do you do happens the rest of the year when the students are on vacation?
Are there camps I would have to work or something?
Any feedback on this would be greatly appreciated.
Any other points I should consider on EPIK? Any way of getting out of the 10 day unpaid orientation? |
Aren't the current contracts at EPIK giving 14 WORKING days?
They used to be 10 working days (2 calendar weeks).
The rest of the time you are supposed to be doing prep, camps, and personal-professional development.
They are paying you to be at your desk and if you signed the contract, you agreed to it.
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Thanks for the reply.
I actually don't know a heck of a lot about EPIK. I've heard some people get lots of vacation, others don't.
The big question I have is, when school is out in the winter and the summer, and the Korean teachers are on holiday, what do the EPIK teachers do?
If they are doing camps, do they get paid extra for it?
It just seems unreal that teachers in EPIK would be only taking a week off in the summer, and a week off in the winter.
ANYONE who is in EPIK please feel free to chime in, I'm really needing to find out about this. THANKS! |
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cruisemonkey
Joined: 04 Jul 2005
Location: Hopefully, the same place as my luggage.
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| Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2007 11:03 am Post subject: |
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Fourteen work days is the least number of holidays for EPIC positions I've seen (so far). The most is thirty-five.
When you say you are looking into EPIC positions and 'it' says 10 days vacation, what, exactly is "it"? |
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blaseblasphemener
Joined: 01 Jun 2006
Location: There's a voice, keeps on calling me, down the road, that's where I'll always be
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| Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2007 3:03 pm Post subject: |
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| cruisemonkey wrote: |
Fourteen work days is the least number of holidays for EPIC positions I've seen (so far). The most is thirty-five.
When you say you are looking into EPIC positions and 'it' says 10 days vacation, what, exactly is "it"? |
a recruiter posting.
what is typical in a metro city , not seoul, 4 vacation? |
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nomad-ish
Joined: 08 Oct 2007
Location: On the bottom of the food chain
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| Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2007 3:04 pm Post subject: |
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most PS positions, EPIK or other, give 14 working days vacation.
if u are in a rural location, u usually get more vac days.
during the school vacation period, u will probably do 2 or 3 weeks of camp or some other class. on the days u don't teach, u are still expected to come in anyway and sit around in the school. bring a book |
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Don Calliente
Joined: 31 Oct 2007
Location: SEOUL
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| Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2007 3:17 pm Post subject: |
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| 14 working days here. Worked for them twice now at two schools. |
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lowpo
Joined: 01 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2007 3:28 pm Post subject: |
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| Don Calliente wrote: |
| 14 working days here. Worked for them twice now at two schools. |
Some places with EPIK have 5 week vacations. There is 3 weeks in winter and 2 weeks in summer. |
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blaseblasphemener
Joined: 01 Jun 2006
Location: There's a voice, keeps on calling me, down the road, that's where I'll always be
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| Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2007 11:18 pm Post subject: |
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| cruisemonkey wrote: |
Fourteen work days is the least number of holidays for EPIC positions I've seen (so far). The most is thirty-five.
When you say you are looking into EPIC positions and 'it' says 10 days vacation, what, exactly is "it"? |
just an EPIK job in Daejeon. advertisement said 10 days vacation.
Is it more up to the principal, or the EPIK office? |
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Zaria32
Joined: 04 Dec 2007
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| Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2007 1:09 am Post subject: |
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| I've read repeatedly that Korean law mandates a minimum of 15 working days for 2008...can't swear it's true, but I believe it to be. |
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lowpo
Joined: 01 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2007 11:16 pm Post subject: |
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| Zaria32 wrote: |
| I've read repeatedly that Korean law mandates a minimum of 15 working days for 2008...can't swear it's true, but I believe it to be. |
I just found out that I will have 2 weeks off before I start 4 weeks of winter camps. After I'm finished with my winter camps I will start my 4 weeks vacation. |
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