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bogey666



Joined: 17 Mar 2008
Location: Korea, the ass free zone
PostPosted: Wed Dec 03, 2008 2:48 am    Post subject: get ready for 30% teacher turnover come March 1 Reply with quote
My VP told me today every teacher is trying to transfer out of our school.

I guess today was the day they had to enter their requests to GEPIK HQ via computer.

LOL

I told him it's his fault... or in the case of my co-teachers.. mine.

we had a good laugh.

but I'm not happy with this change. I get along splendidly with my coordinator who sits next to me, and the other female Korean teachers seated around me.

If I get some of the freak problem co-teachers some other teachers complain about, there will be trouble Shocked

well at least I'm tight with the VP, who's not leaving, which means I'll be very hard to mess with.

but this change I think will kinda suck.
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Kimchieluver



Joined: 02 Mar 2005
PostPosted: Wed Dec 03, 2008 2:53 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Sometimes it is not the VP/P, it is the city or the area. At one of my smaller cities I worked at, 90% of the teachers wanted to get out of there ASAP just so they could be closer to home.
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sojourner1



Joined: 17 Apr 2007
Location: Where meggi swim and 2 wheeled tractors go sput put chug alugg pug pug
PostPosted: Wed Dec 03, 2008 4:48 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Oh right, we PS teachers should expect to meet our new Korean co-teachers when we start on March 2nd. That ought to be quite interesting and frustrating at the same time.
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bogey666



Joined: 17 Mar 2008
Location: Korea, the ass free zone
PostPosted: Wed Dec 03, 2008 4:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Kimchieluver wrote:
Sometimes it is not the VP/P, it is the city or the area. At one of my smaller cities I worked at, 90% of the teachers wanted to get out of there ASAP just so they could be closer to home.


yup spot on.

in my case it's also that the students are difficult to deal with and of low level.

VP also said that all the female teachers are trying to transfer to middle schools.

I asked why?

the answer is because in middle schools there are no after school programs which exist in high schools that teachers are required to teach.

I said if I were a Korean teacher male or female I'd do the same! LOL
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ardis



Joined: 20 Apr 2006
Location: Seoul
PostPosted: Wed Dec 03, 2008 5:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
bogey666 wrote:
Kimchieluver wrote:
Sometimes it is not the VP/P, it is the city or the area. At one of my smaller cities I worked at, 90% of the teachers wanted to get out of there ASAP just so they could be closer to home.


yup spot on.

in my case it's also that the students are difficult to deal with and of low level.

VP also said that all the female teachers are trying to transfer to middle schools.

I asked why?

the answer is because in middle schools there are no after school programs which exist in high schools that teachers are required to teach.

I said if I were a Korean teacher male or female I'd do the same! LOL


But...there are! There are constantly after school classes going on at my middle school that the teachers are required to work.
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Yu_Bum_suk



Joined: 25 Dec 2004
PostPosted: Wed Dec 03, 2008 5:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
ardis wrote:
bogey666 wrote:
Kimchieluver wrote:
Sometimes it is not the VP/P, it is the city or the area. At one of my smaller cities I worked at, 90% of the teachers wanted to get out of there ASAP just so they could be closer to home.


yup spot on.

in my case it's also that the students are difficult to deal with and of low level.

VP also said that all the female teachers are trying to transfer to middle schools.

I asked why?

the answer is because in middle schools there are no after school programs which exist in high schools that teachers are required to teach.

I said if I were a Korean teacher male or female I'd do the same! LOL


But...there are! There are constantly after school classes going on at my middle school that the teachers are required to work.


Yeah, but they don't have to supervise study hall until 10 or 11PM.
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bogey666



Joined: 17 Mar 2008
Location: Korea, the ass free zone
PostPosted: Wed Dec 03, 2008 6:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Yu_Bum_suk wrote:
ardis wrote:
bogey666 wrote:
Kimchieluver wrote:
Sometimes it is not the VP/P, it is the city or the area. At one of my smaller cities I worked at, 90% of the teachers wanted to get out of there ASAP just so they could be closer to home.


yup spot on.

in my case it's also that the students are difficult to deal with and of low level.

VP also said that all the female teachers are trying to transfer to middle schools.

I asked why?

the answer is because in middle schools there are no after school programs which exist in high schools that teachers are required to teach.

I said if I were a Korean teacher male or female I'd do the same! LOL


But...there are! There are constantly after school classes going on at my middle school that the teachers are required to work.


Yeah, but they don't have to supervise study hall until 10 or 11PM.



Christ, that is just effing INSANE
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espoir



Joined: 09 Oct 2008
Location: Incheon, South Korea
PostPosted: Wed Dec 03, 2008 6:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I am sooooo looking foreward to the turnover come March. The teachers I dont get along with are all leaving, while the ones I'm friends with and actually hang out with outside of school are staying Very Happy Very Happy

Now I just hope that they leave, because I heard some of them mention the other day they were reconsidering Shocked Shocked I just hope its something like cold feet and they get going as fast as possible, because I know I sure wont miss them.
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nobbyken



Joined: 07 Jun 2006
Location: Yongin ^^
PostPosted: Wed Dec 03, 2008 6:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
At my last school, 8/24 teachers left. The VP announced his departure on the evening of the farewell meal we had.
Met the new teachers in the spring semester of 7 (half?)days.
The new English teacher was an older maturer woman, probably mid 30s and would have been OK for the next years NS.
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bogey666



Joined: 17 Mar 2008
Location: Korea, the ass free zone
PostPosted: Thu Dec 04, 2008 12:23 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
nobbyken wrote:
At my last school, 8/24 teachers left. The VP announced his departure on the evening of the farewell meal we had.
Met the new teachers in the spring semester of 7 (half?)days.
The new English teacher was an older maturer woman, probably mid 30s and would have been OK for the next years NS.


I think the turnover cannot exceed 30-33% or so. The less seniority you have, the less likely you'll be allowed to transfer.

which kind of makes sense (it's all determined by GEPIK bureaucrats)

it'd be quite difficult to completely flip a staff and have at least some measure of continuity.
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