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tehdee
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 Posted: Sun May 15, 2011 9:50 pm Post subject: curriculum design jobs |
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have seen a fair number of jobs advertised looking for people to take part in curriculum development--- is this a recent phenomenon or have these jobs always been out there?
http://seoul.craigslist.co.kr/edu/2378303857.html
this job caught my eye... part curriculum, part teaching... is a gig like this worth it? |
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winterfall
Joined: 21 May 2009
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| Posted: Sun May 15, 2011 10:50 pm Post subject: |
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You already do that in public school. Design lessons and teach them. If you have a book, it's easier. If your making it from scratch, it's miserable. The extra formality at a brand new hagwon albiet in a education company means they're basically copyright whatever you make. You may or may not get commission from it.
And less than 110 teaching hours a week. ARE YOU KIDDING ME!?!?!? |
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thegadfly
Joined: 01 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Sun May 15, 2011 10:51 pm Post subject: |
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LOL -- did you read the ad? less than 110 teaching hours a week? Sign me UP!
Maybe they meant less than 110 hours a month...that is 27-28 a week...which is pretty much a full time teaching gig...and then curriculum design on top of that, all for 2.4? Not a sweet deal....
Maybe they meant 10-11 teaching hours a week...at that point, perhaps, it might be worth it....
In my experience, proper curriculum design takes more time and effort than many hakwon owners realize or are willing to pay for, which turns into arguments over time spent on it, which turns into arguments over pay. Alternately, owners want something cranked out cheaply, which in turn is substandard work (and not really curriculum design at all), which in turn creates frustration for the person putting it together, and for all the subsequent people trying to use it....
If the gig is at a place where the owner KNOWS the work will take a lot of time and effort, AND is willing to support you in doing the job well, then yes, it can be quite rewarding. I've only found such a place once, and have stayed at that place. Every other place where I have done curriculum work has fallen into one of the two camps I mentioned above. |
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SeoulNate
Joined: 04 Jun 2010
Location: Hyehwa
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| Posted: Mon May 16, 2011 9:35 pm Post subject: |
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| thegadfly wrote: |
In my experience, proper curriculum design takes more time and effort than many hakwon owners realize or are willing to pay for, which turns into arguments over time spent on it, which turns into arguments over pay. Alternately, owners want something cranked out cheaply, which in turn is substandard work (and not really curriculum design at all), which in turn creates frustration for the person putting it together, and for all the subsequent people trying to use it....
If the gig is at a place where the owner KNOWS the work will take a lot of time and effort, AND is willing to support you in doing the job well, then yes, it can be quite rewarding. I've only found such a place once, and have stayed at that place. Every other place where I have done curriculum work has fallen into one of the two camps I mentioned above. |
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The job that you linked is basically the same gig I had a few years ago. It sucked. The school was new and they had no idea how much time proper curriculum planning actually takes. They wanted me teaching about 5 hours a day, same as the place you linked, and get all the planning done in the other hour or two that I was there. It was flat out impossible.
I basically ended up using my time by purchasing the best pre planned curriculum that I could find (also sucked) and teaching everyone how to use it effectively.
I would not recommended talking a job like this, you will end up working 11 or 12 hour days. |
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PRagic
Joined: 24 Feb 2006
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| Posted: Mon May 16, 2011 10:48 pm Post subject: |
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| Joke job. Back in the 90s, I got paid 5 million to do a quickie design for a new kiddie hakwon. |
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Carbon
Joined: 28 Jan 2011
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| Posted: Tue May 17, 2011 12:17 am Post subject: |
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| winterfall wrote: |
| You already do that in public school. Design lessons and teach them. |
Curriculum man....no, they don't do that and most probably couldn't. |
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