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CentralCali
Joined: 17 May 2007
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 Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2011 2:24 am Post subject: |
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| No problem B. But you might consider that having you and only you come in on that shifted schedule is, in fact, singling you out. Although you are considered an assistant teacher, you are still part of the department and part of the teaching staff. |
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jonpurdy
Joined: 08 Jan 2009
Location: Ulsan
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| Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2011 5:48 am Post subject: |
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| Ramen wrote: |
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| The school can technically change his working hours from 9:30 to 5:30. So if he doesn't have to come in until 9:30 then he has to stay until 5:30. Though I'm not sure if they can make his working hours different than the rest of the school. |
in accordance with the contract, the school boss can do what ever he/she wants with the net's schedule as long as it's 8 hours at work and XX(22) number of classes per week. |
As others have said, it seems that the NET has to follow the schedule of the school. I mentioned this because last year my hours were 9-5. I'd come in at 8:30 on my own to get some stuff done but still have to leave at five. I requested to have my hours changed from 8:30-4:30 but our VP said it's impossible and that all teachers must follow the same hours.
I figured it might just be my VP exercising his Korean-style bureaucracy but perhaps it actually is law. I'd look into it and if you must follow the same hours as everyone else make sure you get paid for time outside of those hours. |
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winterfall
Joined: 21 May 2009
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| Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2011 3:21 pm Post subject: |
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The situation is whether I could teach 22 from 9:30-5:30. I'm not certain of course but I think it's not really a "discrimination" issue, as it's not due to my race per se, but due to my position. I mean - the sole building custodian works far different hours than everyone else.
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Ahh see.. You "Position" is the Foreign English Teacher. Discrimination isn't a race thing its about equality. Even if your a completely crap teacher (I'm not saying that you are), schools benefit a lot by having foreign teachers. It ups their status even though the whole thing's probably done by lottery).
But the cost of foreign teachers are the extra expenses involved, obviously our salary is different from a Korean English teacher but that comes from the education office. Afterschool, rent, and over time rates for the Foreign teacher is directly paid by the school. The housing stipend if you get it, comes from the education office.
So that means the school has a very strong incentive to discriminate against you on the basis of your nationality for the purpose of exploitation so they can save some money. That's why I keep asking, are you or the English department alone changing hours or is the whole school changing hours?
School support staff aren't teachers like accountants, custodians, maintenance staff, security guards etc. That's like trying to argue the security guard works 24 hr shifts every other day, so that allows my schedule to be changed. Its nice of you to notice but irrelevant, he's not a teacher. Support staff are also usually hired directly by the school even though the government pays everyone's salary. You can call them quasi civil servants but that's really stretching it.
Have you talked to your POE yet? |
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