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vchampea
Joined: 02 Sep 2011
Location: USA
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| Wow, 30%? Is SMOE really that bad? I'm in the process of applying for SMOE right now. |
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crisdean
Joined: 04 Feb 2010
Location: Seoul Special City
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| Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2011 5:16 pm Post subject: |
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| vchampea wrote: |
| Wow, 30%? Is SMOE really that bad? I'm in the process of applying for SMOE right now. |
Working for SMOE is like drawing lots; some people get lucky, others don't and there's really seems to be no rhyme or reason for who gets what. Also your situation can drastically change with the start of each new school year (in March) depending on the staff rotation for that given year. I also think the dropout rate with SMOE has been high in the past because they hire too many fresh out of college people, some of which are just not ready for the combined experience of living on their own, working, and being in a foreign country. Not to say all kids who come straight out of college are like this, but a fair number of them are. God I feel old now having said that...
I'm in my 3rd contract at the same school in Seoul, it's not great, but it could be worse, a lot worse, which is why I didn't roll the dice and change schools. Unfortunately several of my co-teachers will be changing schools come this March and depending on who replaces them the last 6 months of my current contract could be a nightmare, that I may or may not care enough to finish. |
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vchampea
Joined: 02 Sep 2011
Location: USA
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| Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2011 5:53 pm Post subject: |
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| Is there any way to predict beforehand if things will go well with SMOE or not? Or is it like you said? Roll the dice. |
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tideout
Joined: 12 Dec 2010
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| Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2011 10:43 pm Post subject: |
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| vchampea wrote: |
| Wow, 30%? Is SMOE really that bad? I'm in the process of applying for SMOE right now. |
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tideout
Joined: 12 Dec 2010
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| Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2011 10:49 pm Post subject: |
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| vchampea wrote: |
| Is there any way to predict beforehand if things will go well with SMOE or not? Or is it like you said? Roll the dice. |
crisdean is quite correct.
I've got an entirely different school experience this year. Remember you don't even know what level you're going in to teach until a few days before you head out for the job.
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Draz
Joined: 27 Jun 2007
Location: Land of Morning Clam
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| Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2011 5:03 pm Post subject: |
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| Did you have other teaching experience besides that job at the public school? If not, how did you handle job hunting after leaving the school early? Do you just not mention it at all? Is it even on your resume? |
Nope, which was why I couldn't just go along with the "no, you do it" thing. I did put the six months I was there on my resume and I just said it didn't work out when I got my next job (which I also left early), both these jobs are probably still on my resume. I'm on my third year at the same job now so I haven't looked at my resume for awhile. 
With the third job I finally took the time to look around and turned down a few offers. I learned my lesson on gambling. |
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jeremysums
Joined: 08 Apr 2011
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| Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2011 4:22 pm Post subject: Re: Who has quit their PS job before the end of the contract |
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A bunch of people pull runners.
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Just curious who here may have left their public school position early and why? What were the cause(s) and did you try to work out a resolution?
What consequences, if any, were there for leaving early?
My dilemma, strange as it may sound, is following the weekly schedule. The schedule crosses over 4 grade levels, two teachers who swap similarly numbered rooms - then mix in grade levels, lesson plans, periods, regular room numbers etc.. It doesn�t help that it�s not clear who�s leading the class or that even if one of us plans it may not mean you�re leading it.
Honestly, memorizing an ongoing, meaningless binary code would be easier.
Complicating matters is the low English levels of my co-workers and with it of course the accompanying lack of being able to smooth things over, have a laugh at some things etc�One of the two is slipping into b**** mode at this point which makes things a bit testier to say the least.
My predecessor finished her contract last year but left under rather vague sounding circumstances � obvious they are avoiding her as a subject. Frankly, it doesn�t look good some days for the future there. I guess the next step would be to have a conversation with the head teacher next.
Thanks for any thoughts on this. |
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