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ChiangMaiCharlie
Joined: 25 May 2010
Location: Seoul
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 Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2011 4:55 pm Post subject: teaching with no co teacher |
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| Is it legal for us to teach after school with no co teacher in the room? |
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tanklor1
Joined: 13 Jun 2006
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| Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2011 4:57 pm Post subject: |
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First gig, huh?
Yes it's "legal". Ain't no blue badges gonna kick in the door and arrest you. |
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ChiangMaiCharlie
Joined: 25 May 2010
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2011 5:06 pm Post subject: |
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| Hey thanks for the patronizing reaponse, and the incorrect assumptions. What's a 'blue badge' anyway? |
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jrwhite82
Joined: 22 May 2010
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| Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2011 7:21 pm Post subject: |
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It is not illegal for you to teach after school classes without a certified teacher in the room.
It is also not illegal for you to teach regular classes without a certified teacher in the room.
It is however against Ministry of Education policy to teach without a certified teacher in the room for regular classes. However, things do happen and you will be required to do this. Should it happen on a daily basis? No. But it is up to your administrator to make that decision. No one will get arrested or fined for doing it.
If it is a recurring issue and you are having a hard time with classroom management or if you feel it is a risk to the safety of the children for you to be alone with the kids then bring it up to your administrator and coteachers. Document that you did so. That way, when Joon-gyung stabs Min-ji with a boxer cutter you can just apply pressure and not have to worry about being blamed for it. Cover your A. |
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ChiangMaiCharlie
Joined: 25 May 2010
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2011 7:44 pm Post subject: |
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| Thanks jrwhite. My position is that the room is seperated with anotheradult never in the room with me. I'm not too worried about legal issues for myself, just whether this company are breaking guidlines or laws to make extra cash by having two concurrent classes running on a permanent basis. |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2011 8:13 pm Post subject: |
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| ChiangMaiCharlie wrote: |
| Thanks jrwhite. My position is that the room is separated with another adult never in the room with me. I'm not too worried about legal issues for myself, just whether this company are breaking guidelines or laws to make extra cash by having two concurrent classes running on a permanent basis. |
Typically, in a public school setting, you will NEVER have a co-teacher in class with you during the "after school" classes/program or during camps.
You should however usually have one in class with you during the regular classes (IF you are a PS-NET).
I have almost NEVER heard of a hagwan teacher having a co-teacher IN CLASS unless they were working with babies.
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enchoo
Joined: 04 Jul 2004
Location: Heading to a reality show near you
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| Posted: Sun Jan 23, 2011 7:04 am Post subject: I have never had a co-teacher during my 11 years teachingESL |
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No co-teacher for 11 years.
Hopefully your students have a basic understanding of English. |
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