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Being asked to do things out of your public school contract
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Yu_Bum_suk



Joined: 25 Dec 2004

PostPosted: Mon Jun 09, 2008 11:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Dome Vans wrote:
I teach at my elementary school on Fridays. This Friday they are off on a camping trip. So I can't teach. I'm off next week for two weeks with my renewal holiday. One of my middle schools is on a camping trip today so no classes. To help my co-teacher I have come into today and have taught my four lessons even though it's a day off. I have no problem with this, that's why I'm happy to come in.

Tomorrow they have the supervisors and principals coming to watch a open class by my co-teacher. The Principal had the cheek to ask my co-teacher to see if I'll come into tomorrow at 2pm (when I should be at my main middle school), because he wants the principals to see that he has a native teacher. F*ck off! "You can phone up my other school and ask them, they will tell you to get bent" Schools get very precious when it's a day that I should be teaching with them. As I told my co-teacher, if they wanted to see me then why not.....erm......why not......do it on a Friday, when I'm meant to be here. The logic ended there.

Haha! Not venting here but thought it was an kind of interesting.


I avoid issues like that entirely by letting it be known that I will only teach at *my* school. The moment they want me to be a travelling guest speaker / entertainer they can find someone else to do the job.
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 09, 2008 11:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yu_Bum_suk wrote:
Dome Vans wrote:
I teach at my elementary school on Fridays. This Friday they are off on a camping trip. So I can't teach. I'm off next week for two weeks with my renewal holiday. One of my middle schools is on a camping trip today so no classes. To help my co-teacher I have come into today and have taught my four lessons even though it's a day off. I have no problem with this, that's why I'm happy to come in.

Tomorrow they have the supervisors and principals coming to watch a open class by my co-teacher. The Principal had the cheek to ask my co-teacher to see if I'll come into tomorrow at 2pm (when I should be at my main middle school), because he wants the principals to see that he has a native teacher. F*ck off! "You can phone up my other school and ask them, they will tell you to get bent" Schools get very precious when it's a day that I should be teaching with them. As I told my co-teacher, if they wanted to see me then why not.....erm......why not......do it on a Friday, when I'm meant to be here. The logic ended there.

Haha! Not venting here but thought it was an kind of interesting.


I avoid issues like that entirely by letting it be known that I will only teach at *my* school. The moment they want me to be a travelling guest speaker / entertainer they can find someone else to do the job.


That was my problem YBS. IF I'd gone then I'd do 3 minutes of repeating while my co-teacher did her 'repeaty clap clap lesson' The Principal wanted me there for vanity reasons. "Oh look at our lovely native teacher talking three times". WTF! No way! If I'm not doing the planning/teaching then I have no interest in any point scoring exercise. Lucky I'm at my other school.

(*Has your hangover gone yet?)
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Draz



Joined: 27 Jun 2007
Location: Land of Morning Clam

PostPosted: Tue Jun 10, 2008 2:11 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

crusher_of_heads wrote:



"We are having a summer camp but don't have money to pay you."


I have been told there is one week of summer camp... but there is no way they will be so good to me as to allow all the other weeks off.

My contract says no extra pay for summer camp. I don't care, I just want to get the next three months done so I can get the *beep* out of here.
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nene



Joined: 11 Jun 2005
Location: Samcheok, Gangwon-do

PostPosted: Tue Jun 10, 2008 8:16 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Those of you who have been asked by your POE to perform duties beyond your contract, would you mind sharing for what province you are working?
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cruisemonkey



Joined: 04 Jul 2005
Location: Hopefully, the same place as my luggage.

PostPosted: Tue Jun 10, 2008 3:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yesterday, I was asked to attend a 'workshop' on Saturday (all the other idiot-stick, PS, FTs are attending).

My answer was an emphatic "No." Cool
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crusher_of_heads



Joined: 23 Feb 2007
Location: kimbop and kimchi for kimberly!!!!

PostPosted: Tue Jun 10, 2008 4:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Draz wrote:
crusher_of_heads wrote:



"We are having a summer camp but don't have money to pay you."


I have been told there is one week of summer camp... but there is no way they will be so good to me as to allow all the other weeks off.

My contract says no extra pay for summer camp. I don't care, I just want to get the next three months done so I can get the *beep* out of here.


I don't blame you man you have a bad deal from what I have read-apart from the commute into Seoul, whihc on a weeknight can take 150 minutes, I've got it good-a tough call for me, but I don't want to be mmy naturally antagonistic self as my 1 coteacher is gold and I don't want her hearing crap from someone who isn't her principal.
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nomad-ish



Joined: 08 Oct 2007
Location: On the bottom of the food chain

PostPosted: Tue Jun 10, 2008 7:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Draz wrote:
crusher_of_heads wrote:



"We are having a summer camp but don't have money to pay you."


I have been told there is one week of summer camp... but there is no way they will be so good to me as to allow all the other weeks off.

My contract says no extra pay for summer camp. I don't care, I just want to get the next three months done so I can get the *beep* out of here.


only 1 week?!? that's good!
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Draz



Joined: 27 Jun 2007
Location: Land of Morning Clam

PostPosted: Tue Jun 10, 2008 9:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

nomad-ish wrote:
Draz wrote:
crusher_of_heads wrote:



"We are having a summer camp but don't have money to pay you."


I have been told there is one week of summer camp... but there is no way they will be so good to me as to allow all the other weeks off.

My contract says no extra pay for summer camp. I don't care, I just want to get the next three months done so I can get the *beep* out of here.


only 1 week?!? that's good!


Last year it was three days. Wink

It's still not bad though. I'm waiting for the other shoe to drop. I can't be getting off this easy.
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