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smaulik
Joined: 01 May 2009
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 Posted: Sun May 03, 2009 5:52 pm Post subject: Employee rapport at CDI |
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| Hey guys, I'm new here so I apologize if this has been brought up before. Basically, CDI has made me an offer I can't refuse and I'm going to SK in August. I've perused these forums enough to know about the CDI branches' (which is where I'll be, in Seoul) advantages and disadvantages so I'm geared up for that. What I want to know is how the teachers get along at CDI. How many of them are foreign? How do they get along with Koreans? Thanks! |
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Straphanger
Joined: 09 Oct 2008
Location: Chilgok, Korea
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| Posted: Sun May 03, 2009 6:31 pm Post subject: Re: Employee rapport at CDI |
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| smaulik wrote: |
| I've perused these forums enough to know about the CDI branches' (which is where I'll be, in Seoul) advantages and disadvantages so I'm geared up for that. |
Haha no you're not. Seoul will suck the life out of you through the back door with a garden hose. It's a hole in the earth. |
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Draz
Joined: 27 Jun 2007
Location: Land of Morning Clam
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| Posted: Sun May 03, 2009 9:01 pm Post subject: Re: Employee rapport at CDI |
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| Straphanger wrote: |
| smaulik wrote: |
| I've perused these forums enough to know about the CDI branches' (which is where I'll be, in Seoul) advantages and disadvantages so I'm geared up for that. |
Haha no you're not. Seoul will suck the life out of you through the back door with a garden hose. It's a hole in the earth. |
You're just jealous. |
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smaulik
Joined: 01 May 2009
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| Posted: Sun May 03, 2009 9:49 pm Post subject: |
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| meh. they're paying 37000/hour, i guess i can deal with it for a year. |
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Guerciotti
Joined: 16 Feb 2009
Location: about 6,371.57 miles from Busan
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| Posted: Sun May 03, 2009 9:54 pm Post subject: Re: Employee rapport at CDI |
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| Straphanger wrote: |
| smaulik wrote: |
| I've perused these forums enough to know about the CDI branches' (which is where I'll be, in Seoul) advantages and disadvantages so I'm geared up for that. |
Haha no you're not. Seoul will suck the life out of you through the back door with a garden hose. It's a hole in the earth. |
Straphanger, why are you always so happy? |
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Straphanger
Joined: 09 Oct 2008
Location: Chilgok, Korea
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| Posted: Sun May 03, 2009 9:57 pm Post subject: Re: Employee rapport at CDI |
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| Draz wrote: |
| Straphanger wrote: |
| smaulik wrote: |
| I've perused these forums enough to know about the CDI branches' (which is where I'll be, in Seoul) advantages and disadvantages so I'm geared up for that. |
Haha no you're not. Seoul will suck the life out of you through the back door with a garden hose. It's a hole in the earth. |
You're just jealous. |
Draz, I love you, but really. There are two baskets. Seoul is one. Not Seoul is the other. You love the countryside! I don't see how you can handle the stench and the bbali bbali and the stupidity and the lunacy that is Seoul.
(Edit: Or being molegirl's *EDIT*)
Edit: I didn't know the filter was off. |
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enns
Joined: 02 May 2006
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| Posted: Mon May 04, 2009 12:15 am Post subject: |
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| Rapport will vary by location, of course, but is typically better than at most hagwons, IMO. Every teacher at your school should be a foreigner, which eliminates some of the drama/friction that can come with Korean co-teachers. |
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ChinaBoy
Joined: 17 Feb 2007
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| Posted: Mon May 04, 2009 1:15 am Post subject: |
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| enns wrote: |
| Rapport will vary by location, of course, but is typically better than at most hagwons, IMO. Every teacher at your school should be a foreigner, which eliminates some of the drama/friction that can come with Korean co-teachers. |
How is it better than MOST hagwons? Wouldn't it depend on the teachers involved? |
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Straphanger
Joined: 09 Oct 2008
Location: Chilgok, Korea
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| Posted: Mon May 04, 2009 1:37 am Post subject: |
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| enns wrote: |
| Rapport will vary by location, of course, but is typically better than at most hagwons, IMO. Every teacher at your school should be a foreigner, which eliminates some of the drama/friction that can come with Korean co-teachers. |
What are you talking about? My co-teachers do their job, I do mine. We coordinate when it's important, but it rarely is. I work at a hakwon. |
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red_devil
Joined: 30 Jun 2008
Location: Korea
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| Posted: Mon May 04, 2009 4:51 am Post subject: |
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| Seoul is a great place to live, wouldn't want to live anywhere else except maybe Busan, but then you end up speaking funny Korean...not that most foreigners even try to learn Korean. If you're used to having stuff open all hours of the day and access to anything Korean or Western, and you like the nightlife stay in Seoul. There are plenty of nice places that are a bit out of the way but still in Seoul. Shinchon/Hongdae if you like university towns with cheap everything and a lot of clubs. Kangnam if you want bit older crowd that has money. Jamsil, Mokdong, Songpa, Mapo, are other decent areas. You can even go further like Gyeonggido area, Pyeongchon/Anyang...or even Sadang. |
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enns
Joined: 02 May 2006
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| Posted: Mon May 04, 2009 5:01 am Post subject: |
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If you're new to Korea, you might find a greater level of common ground with a foreign co-worker than you might with a Korean. Language and culture would be the two obvious differences.
From my hagwon experience(and looking at the hundreds of threads on Dave's on this topic), there also tends to be different treatment for the Korean teachers and the foreign teachers at a hagwon. At CDI, your boss and head teachers that you deal with are foreigners which can eliminate some of the barriers.
Certainly this isn't true for everyone at every hagwon, only a general observation. |
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PRagic
Joined: 24 Feb 2006
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| Posted: Mon May 04, 2009 4:18 pm Post subject: |
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Actually not a bad wage if you're a newbie with a BA and no teaching experience or certifications.
Take away decent housing and insurance (won't go into the taxes), and you'll be pulling about 3 million a month based on 30 hours a week teaching. That is better than the 2.5 plus housing a lot of other hakwon workers pull in, but, then again, you'll get little to no vacation at CDI. To each their own.
Good luck to you. |
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hagwonnewbie
Joined: 09 Feb 2007
Location: Asia
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| Posted: Wed May 06, 2009 5:10 am Post subject: |
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You should get about 20 hours a week at the most.
I'm sure they'll find some other non teaching duties for you. You''ll be a substitute teacher if they are fully staffed. |
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smaulik
Joined: 01 May 2009
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| Posted: Wed May 06, 2009 11:23 am Post subject: |
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You should get about 20 hours a week at the most.
I'm sure they'll find some other non teaching duties for you. You''ll be a substitute teacher if they are fully staffed. |
Is that true? Because in my offer letter they promised at least 24 hrs/week. |
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