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MissMaggie



Joined: 23 Jan 2009
Location: Jeju
PostPosted: Tue Feb 10, 2009 2:48 pm    Post subject: Public School Holidays? Reply with quote
I'll be working for a public school, and I get 4 weeks vacation: the last two weeks of the winter and summer breaks. Does anyone know when these breaks are, specifically?

Also, is there a post somewhere with the korean holidays?

Thanks
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BrianInSuwon



Joined: 10 Jan 2006
Location: Korea
PostPosted: Tue Feb 10, 2009 3:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Here are the public holidays for 2009.

2009
1 Jan New Year.
25-27 Jan Sollal (Lunar New Year).
1 Mar Independence Movement Day.
1 May Labour Day (not an official public holiday but many companies and financial markets close).
5 May Children's Day.
9 May Buddha's Birthday.
6 Jun Memorial Day.
15 Aug Liberation Day.
2-4 Oct Harvest Moon (Chuseok).
3 Oct National Foundation Day.
25 Dec Christmas Day.

Here is a link to a 2007 schedule someone made for a public school position.
http://korean-school.blogspot.com/2007/02/korean-public-school-calendar.html

A partial calendar for 2008
http://korean-school.blogspot.com/2008/01/2008-korean-school-calendar.html

My 2009 winter vacation was from Jan 1 to Feb. 5th.

In general, winter vacation is in January and summer vacation is in August.

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cruisemonkey



Joined: 04 Jul 2005
Location: Hopefully, the same place as my luggage.
PostPosted: Tue Feb 10, 2009 3:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
The dates of winter & summer breaks vary from school to school depending on what each principal decides.
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Jeff's Cigarettes



Joined: 27 Mar 2007
PostPosted: Tue Feb 10, 2009 3:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
^ Right and you also must consider the camps that your school will want you to teach during the breaks.
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eslteacherlooking



Joined: 12 Oct 2008
PostPosted: Tue Feb 17, 2009 11:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
you are paid for the vacations so does that mean you get overtime for working english camps?
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nomad-ish



Joined: 08 Oct 2007
Location: On the bottom of the food chain
PostPosted: Tue Feb 17, 2009 11:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
eslteacherlooking wrote:
you are paid for the vacations so does that mean you get overtime for working english camps?


no. some schools are nice and throw you a bone, but they don't have to
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D.D.



Joined: 29 May 2008
PostPosted: Wed Feb 18, 2009 2:03 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
I love that line in Austin Powers " someone throw me a friggin bone here"
I wish my school would throw one.
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CentralCali



Joined: 17 May 2007
PostPosted: Wed Feb 18, 2009 5:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Around the middle of March, each teacher, including you, at the public school should receive the school's annual. Two pages of that book are the schedule for the entire school year. You do not need to know any Korean to understand these two pages. The pages are a matrix with every school day during each term listed. Those dates shaded are special days off during the semester. There will be a gap between the semesters. Those gaps are the long vacation between semesters.
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Ribena



Joined: 07 Apr 2011
Location: UK
PostPosted: Tue May 17, 2011 10:25 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Jeff's Cigarettes wrote:
^ Right and you also must consider the camps that your school will want you to teach during the breaks.


Does that mean that you don't actually get 4 weeks holiday at all then?
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Ramen



Joined: 15 Apr 2008
PostPosted: Tue May 17, 2011 4:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
D.D. wrote:
I love that line in Austin Powers " someone throw me a friggin bone here"
I wish my school would throw one.


i throw my school a bone from time to time. Razz
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southernman



Joined: 15 Jan 2010
Location: On the mainland again
PostPosted: Tue May 17, 2011 5:03 pm    Post subject: