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depth · Joined: 01 Feb 2008

am considering changing to a public school.

im wondering how much class preparation time... on average, is required. also, are you required to hand in lesson plans to your supervisor?

at my current hogwan, preparation is about 10minutes per class. the books are self explanatory, so its all quite easy to teach. im not required to hand in lesson plans to the supervisor.

thanks for any advice

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cruisemonkey · Posted: Sat Jan 10, 2009 5:22 pm Post subject:

There are as many answers to your questions as there are PS teachers willing to respond.

The secret to success in the PS system is to train your co-teacher/handler to put everything in writing, be adaptable, expect the unexpected and pour your vice principal's & principal's soju with both hands.

Ukon · Joined: 29 Jan 2008

depends on the PS...Mine was near zero for each class....we followed the book.

Yu_Bum_suk · Joined: 25 Dec 2004

I do way more prep at my public school job than I did at my hagwon job, but that's laregly a reflection of how much I've liked and wanted to put into each respective job.

Rusty Shackleford · Joined: 08 May 2008

I would put in, probably way less than 3 hours a week. It seems like if I plan too hard I get more work dumped on me. We follow the book though, mostly.

nomad-ish · Posted: Sat Jan 10, 2009 8:35 pm Post subject:

last year, i was allowed to follow the book, this year i have to plan all my lessons from scratch. i do a lot of prep time.

my suggestion is go with a public elementary school, elementary schools seem to almost always go by the book, plus it seems like there's more co-teacher involvement as well. hopefully some elem teachers can speak up here (i'm middle school, by the way), all i know is my friends from elem schools are coasting

Zutronius · Joined: 16 Apr 2007 Location: Suncheon

I don't have a book to follow at my high school and have to make my own lessons every week.

ChinaBoy · Joined: 17 Feb 2007

Draz · Joined: 27 Jun 2007 Location: Land of Morning Clam

Yu_Bum_suk · Joined: 25 Dec 2004

Draz · Joined: 27 Jun 2007 Location: Land of Morning Clam

D.D. · Joined: 29 May 2008

Same lesson 22 times does not take much time to prepare. It does get hard to keep them middle school brats interested so I change the lessons depending on how well they are received by the first few classes.

cruisemonkey · Posted: Sun Jan 11, 2009 3:46 am Post subject:

Easter Clark · Joined: 18 Nov 2007 Location: Hiding from Yie Eun-woong

In my PS I could spend 3 hours or 20 minutes planning and got the same results. At my hogwan job (which I love) prep is about 5 minutes/class on average. It's nice not having to teach the same lesson 12+ times/week.

Ukon · Joined: 29 Jan 2008