Korean Job Discussion Forums

macaronique · Joined: 14 Nov 2007

I think they just walk around all day long, and act busy and do nothing, The buiding is only so big there are only so many pieces of paper to have or put it for that matter and so many signatures to get from everybody. I had a corporate job with budgets and reports and my even my managers never so much paper andwisted so much time working every day 6 days a week from 830-600

xCustomx · Joined: 06 Jan 2006

The teacher who sits behind me tend to spend most of her day chatting with her friends on msn or nateon, looking at handbags or other clothes, or checking out cyworld.

Another teacher who sits near me gossips or chats with other teachers about 70% of the time. When she's not talking, she looks aimlessly around the room or at her computer screen. Her other favorite activity is sleeping on her pillow. She pisses me off because she loves to listen to EVERY teacher/student conversation/scolding near her. Even though the student isn't hers, she always feels the need to make some comments to the students or tell them how foolish they are.

There are however a number of teachers that are busy with actual work.

Illysook · Joined: 30 Jun 2008

All that our Korean teachers only seem to teach the kids is how to memorize repetitive little stories and mmmaybe sing some songs. I don't see how this would require any prep time.

Allen · Joined: 19 Feb 2007 Location: Gunpo

Xuanzang · Joined: 10 Apr 2007 Location: Sadang

One teacher does yoga from 2-4 in her classroom.

Jeff's Cigarettes · Joined: 27 Mar 2007

All teachers at my school seem VERY busy and I think they probably take a lot of work home as well.

sojourner1 · Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2008 4:32 am Post subject:

offtheoche · Joined: 21 Mar 2007

I've seen quite a few regularly sleep on the tables....especially during summer time.

FixedGearJerk · Joined: 09 Oct 2008

I'd say the Korean teachers at my school do more than me. I spend about 5-6 hours a day at the school. Whenever I have a break I go home and chill. The Korean teachers are usually at the school far, far longer than I. Probably 8-10 hours and sometimes they have to come in on Saturdays too. So maybe they do slack a little bit between classes, but I know that they are held to higher standards than I am went it comes to admin work. I do hardly any. Also, the Korean teachers are responsible for dealing with the parents of the students, they are making frequent phone calls. This month there is a week where they have to call the parents of every student just to make sure everything is up to par in the parents opinion. This is just my school, but from what I've heard the foreign teachers seem to have it easier and also get paid a bit more.

Chet Wautlands · Joined: 11 Oct 2008

sojourner1 · Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2008 3:22 pm Post subject:

macaronique · Joined: 14 Nov 2007

Truthfully if I could speak Korean I could do the job of two of them in HALF the time. How many people have to sign one document or how many teachers does it take to change a lightbulb.............lmao

Fishead soup · Joined: 24 Jun 2007 Location: Korea

Actually they do have to work hard.

If he/she is a home room teacher they have to make written evaluations of each student.

If they're a third grade student middle school they have to write a long letter of reference for each students high school entrance application. These have to appear positive even if the student is a slacker.

They have to write a detailed monthly plan outlining their lesson plans.

If they teach an afterschool program they have to make lesson plans and handouts for that.

They have to prepare materials and PPT for any Open Lesson they are doing. They are also discouraged from downloading someones elses material.

They have to make multiple choose exams and mark them and explain to the students why they got a certain grade.

If they are a home room teacher they have to discipline bad students. This may include phoning home.

If they are a home room teacher and one of their students gets sick they may feel obliged to visit them in the hospital.

If the teacher is a she changes are she has a lot of extra responisibilities regarding her extended family.

If the teacher is in change of a foreign teacher he /she will have duties related to that including making vacation schedules, arranging dates for winter summer camps, nagotiation the contract. Co-planing for team teaching, assisting the foreign teacher in getting a bank account,requesting paper work like a yearly medical exam, criminal records check. double checking and sometimes translating lesson plans for the Vice Principal.

They have to periodically submit materials to POE compilation textbooks for camps and afterschool programs.

They have to write evaluations of Foreign Gepik Epik SMOE teachers work
and meet with officials from the POE to discuss these. They also have to meet with the Principal and Vice Principal and discus whether to re-contract a NET teacher.

nomad-ish · Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2008 4:30 pm Post subject:

the korean teachers do do a lot of work, however that being said, they aren't very productive or efficient in the way they work, and it generally takes them a lot more time than it really should.

we should also not forget that korean teachers (public school) are compensated nicely for all of this, whether it be monetary or in terms of vacation or promotion potential.

louiloui · Joined: 14 Oct 2008