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[Omkara]

I'm thinking about taking a uni job this fall, but will have only completed half of my p.s. contract. I'd give plenty of notice and allow them the chance to get a new teacher over the summer break.

Any pitfalls or recommendations?

[pkang0202]

If you give notice, will they just tell you not to come in from that day forward? happened to a friend of mine. He gave a month notice and on that day the principal said go home.

If I were you, wait until Payday. After you confirmed the money is in your account, turn in your notice.

[Omkara]

This was in a public school? Yes, I'll be careful about that.

How long had he been there?

[plus99]

[Omkara]

How long have you been at your job?

[icicle]

My first question to you would be have you been working in your current public school job for more than 6 months - If not then you will be required to pay back the cost of the airfare which brought you to Korea -

I gave notice to my public school - which gave a finish date almost at the start of the winter vacation which I knew gave them a lot of time to find someone else for the new school year - I gave just over 6 weeks notice (in contract required to give 30 days) and I experienced no trouble at all from anyone in the school over it. There are horror stories out there but they are not in my opinion the norm from public schools - I guess the point with it is that you leaving with timing like you are proposing which does give them a lot of time to sort out an alternative - and saving them the sort of money they are saving (eg no severance / no return airfare) - is not necessarily bad for them.

The other thing is that to fire you as soon as you give notice - would under the normal public school contracts require tham to have some grounds to do it - They are normally required to give you the same sort of notice that you need to give them - So unless you have done something to justify them doing that - you don't really have a lot to fear - If they wanted you to go straight away - they would need to pay you in lieu of notice - But most schools would not want to put themselves in the position of not having a teacher.

Icicle

[icicle]

My first question to you would be have you been working in your current public school job for more than 6 months - If not then you will be required to pay back the cost of the airfare which brought you to Korea -

I gave notice to my public school - which gave a finish date almost at the start of the winter vacation which I knew gave them a lot of time to find someone else for the new school year - I gave just over 6 weeks notice (in contract required to give 30 days) and I experienced no trouble at all from anyone in the school over it. There are horror stories out there but they are not in my opinion the norm from public schools - I guess the point with it is that you leaving with timing like you are proposing which does give them a lot of time to sort out an alternative - and saving them the sort of money they are saving (eg no severance / no return airfare) - is not necessarily bad for them.

The other thing is that to fire you as soon as you give notice - would under the normal public school contracts require tham to have some grounds to do it - They are normally required to give you the same sort of notice that you need to give them - So unless you have done something to justify them doing that - you don't really have a lot to fear - If they wanted you to go straight away - they would need to pay you in lieu of notice - But most schools would not want to put themselves in the position of not having a teacher.

Icicle

[Omkara]

Do any of you know what happens to severance? If you cut out at the six month mark, do you get and adjusted severance?

[pkang0202]

You only get severance if you are there for a year. Its like a bonus for successfully completing your contract. You don't get it prorated.

If you work 364 days, you don't get severance. You have to work the FULL year.