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[shostahoosier]

Is there some special rule about your school having to give you 2 months notice of their intentions to keep you?

I have a friend that had been freaking out about her recent GEPIK renewal standing.

Then today she emailed a bunch of us to let us know that apparently her school had to keep her because they had not told her 2 months in advance that they had changed their mind.

Her principal gave her a copy of a paper from GEPIK that pretty much said that schools had to pay out of their own pocket if they signed a renewal with a teacher after the announcement but before March 1st, 2012.

Is this an official but unknown rule?

[koreatimes]

Why prolong the inevitable? Why do you teachers think one school will employ you from cradle to grave? Find another school.

[PatrickGHBusan]

[ZIFA]

Kidnap some of the mothers and barricade yourself in the english zone. Only come out when they agree to another year.

[ttompatz]

Face saving excuse.

Truth be told:

GEPIK ceased separate funding for the NET program in Public School's within Gyeonggi province (AFTER the province stopped funding for the program in an effort to fix their budget).

However:

Schools have always had the ability to hire a NET (just like an art or music teacher) from their own general budgets.

The parents committee at many of the schools have access to large, discretionary funds as well.

Schools within Gyeonggi have also always had the ability to get funding or a NET from the EPIK (national) program as well.

IF the parents or the administration of the school want a NET or want to keep their NET there are ways and means for them to do so.

Current contracts will be honored. Extensions may or may not occur (depending on the admin or parents at the school).

For those who are really worried, ASK.
You CAN do an extension/renewal at immigration up to 60 days prior to the expiration of your ARC. Once the contract is signed and your ARC extended they are bound (by contract and labor law (civil service act)) to keep you unless they acquire legitimate grounds to terminate your employment.

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[shostahoosier]

[shostahoosier]

[No_hite_pls]

[TheUrbanMyth]

[TheUrbanMyth]

[NYC_Gal 2.0]

[koreatimes]

[TheUrbanMyth]

[shostahoosier]

Sorry I'll clarify.

I am not trying to catch anyone in anything. I mentioned that my friend was told by her school that they will keep her because she was not told 2 months in advance about being let go.

I was askng if such a rule really existed because:
1) If it did, more people should know about it.

2) If it didnt, I wanted to tell my friend (almost none of my friends use Daves) that she probably should still consider her job as good as gone, despite the promises her school is making to her.

March 2012 was mentioned because that is suppossedly when GEPIK will have money to hire teachers again. So I think the document was saying that schools should foot the bill or wait until the next intake period if they want a shot at GEPIK money.

[TheUrbanMyth]