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Snowleopard
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 Posted: Sun May 10, 2009 8:53 pm Post subject: Teaching Hour |
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| Does the meaning of a teaching hour change, depending on whether you are teaching kids or adults. I work at public elementary school. I'm being told that, according to the Korean Labor Standards Act, a teaching hour is 40 minuets only for students (children). It is 50 minutes for teachers' classes (adults). Does anyone know if this is true or are they just pulling my leg? Where exactly does it talk about this in the Korean Labor Standards Act? |
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Teelo
Joined: 09 Oct 2008
Location: Wellington, NZ
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| Posted: Sun May 10, 2009 9:59 pm Post subject: |
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Should be whatever your contract says.
Btw - lol at politics trying to change the physical value of an "hour".
Its like saying "from now on, PI shall be measured as 4.0". |
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Misera
Joined: 12 Oct 2008
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| Posted: Sun May 10, 2009 10:24 pm Post subject: Re: Teaching Hour |
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| Snowleopard wrote: |
| Does the meaning of a teaching hour change, depending on whether you are teaching kids or adults. I work at public elementary school. I'm being told that, according to the Korean Labor Standards Act, a teaching hour is 40 minuets only for students (children). It is 50 minutes for teachers' classes (adults). Does anyone know if this is true or are they just pulling my leg? Where exactly does it talk about this in the Korean Labor Standards Act? |
The contract doesn't state what a teaching hour is but a teaching hour shouldn't change at your school just because you're teaching adults >_> For overtime pay it just kinda says 20,000 won per hour... that's why they can budge and watevers.. But if you want you can show them the contract and show them that it says "For extra class teaching hours..." etc..
I'm stuck with teaching a teacher's class for 1 full hour while only getting the 20k won.. and they used the it says 20,000 won per hour thing rather than that it says anywhere that teachers classes are longer than any regular class. |
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TheUrbanMyth
Joined: 28 Jan 2003
Location: Retired
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| Posted: Sun May 10, 2009 10:28 pm Post subject: Re: Teaching Hour |
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| Misera wrote: |
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| Does the meaning of a teaching hour change, depending on whether you are teaching kids or adults. I work at public elementary school. I'm being told that, according to the Korean Labor Standards Act, a teaching hour is 40 minuets only for students (children). It is 50 minutes for teachers' classes (adults). Does anyone know if this is true or are they just pulling my leg? Where exactly does it talk about this in the Korean Labor Standards Act? |
The contract doesn't state what a teaching hour is but a teaching hour shouldn't change at your school just because you're teaching adults >_> For overtime pay it just kinda says 20,000 won per hour... that's why they can budge and watevers.. But if you want you can show them the contract and show them that it says "For extra class teaching hours..." etc..
I'm stuck with teaching a teacher's class for 1 full hour while only getting the 20k won.. and they used the it says 20,000 won per hour thing rather than that it says anywhere that teachers classes are longer than any regular class. |
However in Korea, a teaching 'hour" DOES change depending on the age of the students.
Elementary=40 minutes
Middle School=45 minutes
High School=50 minutes
Adults are kind of a gray area but they usually go from 50 minutes to 1 hour (in my experience at least).
And no there's nothing about that in the Labor Act... it's school policy. |
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