Korean Job Discussion Forums

[Voyeur]

How many hours do you teach per week?

How many hours of additional work?

How many mandatory on-site hours?

esp. for newbies, has there been a trend for more and more mandated on-site hours?

I seem to notice more newbies contracts that effectively make ESL in Korea a 40-hour per week job - even if many of those hours are pretty soft (i.e. surfing interent hours etc...) Is this my imagination?

[tob55]

How many hours do you teach per week? 22 - standard by contract with GEPIK

How many hours of additional work? Extra class for after school program - 2 hours a week for 12 weeks during the semester - standard by my contract agreement

How many mandatory on-site hours? In theory - 40, in reality - it varies depending on the number of canceled school days and classes because of school activities.

esp. for newbies, has there been a trend for more and more mandated on-site hours? The schools are all trying to make the teacher more accountable for their time at the school. Some give more freedom and flexibility, others have chosen to be more strict to show their self-perceived power and control over the foreigner. Too bad in the latter case, because a lot of good teachers have left because of the senseless Korean administrators who are on an ego trip.

I seem to notice more newbies contracts that effectively make ESL in Korea a 40-hour per week job - even if many of those hours are pretty soft (i.e. surfing internet hours etc...) Is this my imagination? Not really your imagination, but it will continue to get worse because of all the new regulations and the additional power given to the schools to implement the rules as they interpret them.

[mrsquirrel]

upto 22 hours a week but this year it will be 18 classes = 11.5 hours of contact time a week.

rest is spent scratching my balls and thinking of things to do.

[nomad-ish]

How many hours do you teach per week?

22, but sometimes classes are cancelled

How many hours of additional work?

i used to do an extra 4 hours a week last spring, however i don't do any additional work anymore since i had trouble getting paid for it

How many mandatory on-site hours?

40, mon-fri. no leaving early unless i have to go to the bank, immi or somesort of waegookin affair.

I seem to notice more newbies contracts that effectively make ESL in Korea a 40-hour per week job - even if many of those hours are pretty soft (i.e. surfing internet hours etc...) Is this my imagination?

probably not, i know a few PS teachers and most are in school right now and doing nothing but surfing the net, sleeping, watching dvds.

[Fresh Prince]

I think the way it works is the hokwons advertise for what they hope to get, knowing that they probably won't get it, but that they might if they are lucky.

[Voyeur]

It is understood that PS teachers with the standardized GEPIC etc... contracts are on-site 40 hours a week.

So for them, I guess more germaine questions are how hard is the non-teaching time? Are schools trying to force you to do more during that time? Also, do the extra classes you can teach - for extra money - come out of that on-site time or do you end up with 40 hours PLUS the extra teaching time?

The 40 hour work week question seems more applicable to Hogwans. Would most of you say that there is a trend towards trying to enforce preparation on teachers by mandating on-site, non-teaching time? In particular, a Public School-esque 40 hour work week even when you teach much less than that?

[expat2001]

Since 2007 , I ve noticed that contracts are getting worse.THey arent as detailed and therefore become more vague.
For example , many do not list the times in which the teacher starts and finishes. Some will state that you get 5 days winter and 5 days summer-they dont tell you if those 5 days are weekdays ,or even consecutive days.
I keep on hearing how things will get better cause there arent enough teachers to go around .But I still havent seen it.
I ve seen jobs advertised for 2.6 and up , however the contract always seems to say something different

[daz1979]

I teach 25 hours a week (25 x 45 mins)

I'm in school for the same time, 25 hours a week. Give or take 5 minutes to print worksheets.