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Michael Langley
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 Posted: Thu Aug 12, 2010 6:37 pm Post subject: How much do Korean teachers make? |
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| At an after school program I know I make about half more than my Korean female co-teacher (a shame) but does anyone know about public school teachers? |
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cdninkorea
Joined: 27 Jan 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Thu Aug 12, 2010 7:13 pm Post subject: |
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| A young Korean coteacher a few years ago told me salaries start at 2 million won per month and go up 100000 won per month every year,meaning that after 30 years of service its 5 million per month. |
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ThingsComeAround
Joined: 07 Nov 2008
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| Posted: Thu Aug 12, 2010 7:16 pm Post subject: |
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Not to mention its almost impossible for a K-teacher to get fired, they'd only be transferred if there was a problem.
And they have the opportunity to do private class. |
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TheUrbanMyth
Joined: 28 Jan 2003
Location: Retired
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| Posted: Thu Aug 12, 2010 10:51 pm Post subject: |
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| ThingsComeAround wrote: |
Not to mention its almost impossible for a K-teacher to get fired, they'd only be transferred if there was a problem.
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Tell that to the 134 teachers who were fired here. They were fired for supporting an government opposition party.
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2010/07/113_66356.html
And just recently there were another seven who were fired for opposing the government bringing in standardized testing. I believe it was talked about on Dave's.
Teachers can easily be fired here...even for things that wouldn't be a problem back in the West as the link above shows.
And that's just two cases.
Even if they don't get fired they can still be subject to financial penalties. 430 teachers who protested against the teacher evalution system in 2007 were taken into police custody and fined. |
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jvalmer
Joined: 06 Jun 2003
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| Posted: Thu Aug 12, 2010 11:16 pm Post subject: |
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| If I were a Korean I'd shoot for a job as a teacher in the public system. If your not controversial it's basically a lifetime job with good benefits. I'd choose a subject that parents don't care much about like social studies, art or music. |
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dumpring
Joined: 06 Apr 2010
Location: Auckland, NZ
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| Posted: Thu Aug 12, 2010 11:55 pm Post subject: |
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| Yeah music would be ace. The serious students will be getting 1 on 1 tutoring anyway so little pressure from the parents. |
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Konglishman
Joined: 14 Sep 2007
Location: Nanjing
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| Posted: Thu Aug 12, 2010 11:59 pm Post subject: |
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| cdninkorea wrote: |
| A young Korean coteacher a few years ago told me salaries start at 2 million won per month and go up 100000 won per month every year,meaning that after 30 years of service its 5 million per month. |
2 million + 30x12x(0.1 million) = 38 million
Perhaps, you meant to say that the salary goes up 100,000 won every year. |
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ajgeddes
Joined: 28 Apr 2004
Location: Yongsan
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| Posted: Fri Aug 13, 2010 12:36 am Post subject: |
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| Konglishman wrote: |
| cdninkorea wrote: |
| A young Korean coteacher a few years ago told me salaries start at 2 million won per month and go up 100000 won per month every year,meaning that after 30 years of service its 5 million per month. |
2 million + 30x12x(0.1 million) = 38 million
Perhaps, you meant to say that the salary goes up 100,000 won every year. |
No, he was right. It goes up 100,000won a month every year. What you said means that in year two, they would make 24,100,000. |
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dumpring
Joined: 06 Apr 2010
Location: Auckland, NZ
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| Posted: Fri Aug 13, 2010 12:44 am Post subject: |
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So it goes up by 1.2m won a year but must max out after 4 years or something? Clearly it can't just keep going up by 1.2m per year.
Or it goes up by 1mill every 10 years? That seems a little slow? |
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Konglishman
Joined: 14 Sep 2007
Location: Nanjing
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| Posted: Fri Aug 13, 2010 12:50 am Post subject: |
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| ajgeddes wrote: |
| Konglishman wrote: |
| cdninkorea wrote: |
| A young Korean coteacher a few years ago told me salaries start at 2 million won per month and go up 100000 won per month every year,meaning that after 30 years of service its 5 million per month. |
2 million + 30x12x(0.1 million) = 38 million
Perhaps, you meant to say that the salary goes up 100,000 won every year. |
No, he was right. It goes up 100,000won a month every year. What you said means that in year two, they would make 24,100,000. |
No, that's not what I meant. When I said salary, I was implicitly assuming it was the monthly salary that would go up by 100,000 won. At any rate, I just realized that he was already saying what I just said he might have meant.
For some reason, when I first read what he wrote, his wording made it sound like their monthly salary was increasing by 100,000 won every month. I guess these diving lessons are making me tired. |
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Konglishman
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| Posted: Fri Aug 13, 2010 12:55 am Post subject: |
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| dumpring wrote: |
So it goes up by 1.2m won a year but must max out after 4 years or something? Clearly it can't just keep going up by 1.2m per year.
Or it goes up by 1mill every 10 years? That seems a little slow? |
After I reread what he wrote, I realized that he was just saying that the monthly salary increases by 100,000 won each year. After all, 2 + 30*0.1 = 5. So, actually, it is nothing special. My monthly salary has gone up on average 0.23 million won per year. |
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curiousaboutkorea
Joined: 21 Jan 2009
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| Posted: Fri Aug 13, 2010 1:50 am Post subject: |
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| TheUrbanMyth wrote: |
| ThingsComeAround wrote: |
Not to mention its almost impossible for a K-teacher to get fired, they'd only be transferred if there was a problem.
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Tell that to the 134 teachers who were fired here. They were fired for supporting an government opposition party.
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2010/07/113_66356.html
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Those teachers get fired for partaking in political activities, which they're not allowed to do regardless of what side they're on. Teachers are not supposed to be politically active (I'm fairly sure it's in their contracts).
I think Thimgscomearound was referring to being fired on job performance and such. |
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Kurtz
Joined: 05 Jan 2007
Location: ples bilong me
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| Posted: Fri Aug 13, 2010 1:53 am Post subject: |
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I wish they would at least make 2.4 in the first year, that might take away some of the resentment.
My little co-worker who is nearly 30 makes less than me on my base salary, and she let's me know it too. |
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blackjack
Joined: 04 Jan 2006
Location: anyang
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| Posted: Fri Aug 13, 2010 2:20 am Post subject: |
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| ajgeddes wrote: |
| Konglishman wrote: |
| cdninkorea wrote: |
| A young Korean coteacher a few years ago told me salaries start at 2 million won per month and go up 100000 won a month every year,meaning that after 30 years of service its 5 million per month. |
2 million + 30x12x(0.1 million) = 38 million
Perhaps, you meant to say that the salary goes up 100,000 won every year. |
No, he was right. It goes up 100,000won a month every year. What you said means that in year two, they would make 24,100,000. |
I think this would be the best way to state it |
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Young FRANKenstein
Joined: 02 Oct 2006
Location: Castle Frankenstein (that's FRONKensteen)
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| Posted: Fri Aug 13, 2010 2:31 am Post subject: |
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| cdninkorea wrote: |
| A young Korean coteacher a few years ago told me salaries start at 2 million won per month and go up 100000 won per month every year,meaning that after 30 years of service its 5 million per month. |
Not counting all the bonuses they receive and further salary raises they receive for professional development and bumps in salary for climbing higher in the admin chain. |
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