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wandergrl

Joined: 09 Feb 2014

Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2014 4:17 pm Post subject: Daegu English Village

Has anyone heard anything about, or have experience with DGEV? I have a friend who works there and she says it's awful but I've read some good things about it on this forum, although most ot it is pretty old.

lichtarbeiter

Joined: 15 Nov 2006
Location: Korea

Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2014 7:35 pm Post subject: Re: Daegu English Village

wandergrl wrote:

Has anyone heard anything about, or have experience with DGEV? I have a friend who works there and she says it's awful but I've read some good things about it on this forum, although most ot it is pretty old.

If you're going to apply for a job with an English Village, Paju EV is the way to go (unless you had your heart set on Daegu).

If you compare the job specs of Paju EV to any other EV I know of around the country, Paju is the better job (non-shared housing, two consecutive weekend days, 4 weeks vacation (though you have to work nat'l holidays), entry salary a little higher than average, etc.)

And the best part: they're hiring! The HR manager asked me a week ago to encourage anyone I know to apply. If you're interested, send your resume to [email protected].

If you're wondering why I made this post: I'm a teacher here at Paju EV, and due to the hiring freeze we had recently over the winter, we are left rather short-staffed right now, which results in everyone having more contact hours than usual (though even then it's a pretty chill, stress-free job). I'm not getting a recruitment commission (I won't even ask you your name), I just want more down-time at work. Razz

If you have any questions, PM me.

Ralph Winfield

Joined: 23 Apr 2013

Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2014 1:15 am Post subject:

Lichtarbeiter, PM sent to you. RW

beckysue6662006

Joined: 04 Sep 2011
Location: Daegu, South Korea

Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2014 6:39 pm Post subject: Re: Daegu English Village

wandergrl wrote:

Hello. I just saw this post now and I wanted to talk a little bit more about the school.

I've worked for DGEV for the past 3 years (this will be my 4th year) so I can tell you a little bit about what its like here.

When I first started working at DGEV, we taught 90 minutes classes (4 classes a day with a 2-hour lunch period). I taught in the same room, with just about the same exact schedule every week (that was really difficult and it "sucked" in general for about 3 months). That was back in 2011. Also, we lived on the same floor (albeit different wing) of the dormitory as the students. They lived on the 1st-5th floor on the North wing, and we lived on the 4th and 5th floor on the East wing. We also ate with the students in the same cafeteria.

Almost everything has changed in these few short years.

*New Dorm
*New teacher/adult-only cafeteria
*New teacher's lounge with TV, desktop computers, and kitchen.
*45-minute classes instead of 90-minute classes.
*Still have a 2-hour lunch.
*20 days of vacation plus 2 sick days.
*5 days plus 1,000,000 won bonus each time you renew your contract (total of 25 vacation days per year each contract)
*Round-trip plane ticket between contracts (if you re-sign for 12 more months)
*More off campus housing than before (15 off-campus apartments (rather large) in Daegu--assigned based on seniority)
*40 on-campus dormitory rooms (5 of these are couple rooms with queen-sized beds and larger floor-plan; 9 rooms are small but come with a flat-screen TV; 9 rooms are a medium size; 17 are a large size).

To be fair, living at the Village can be a challenge. You live in a dorm with 30-35 other people. Noise usually isn't an issue, but the distance from the city of Daegu can be (15-20 minutes to get to Chilgok by shuttle bus; 30 minutes to get to Daegu by shuttle bus). I remember feeling a bit cagey myself when I lived there (again, this is when I had to live in same dorm as the children and eat with the children....)

There are a few options for stopping this feeling:

*Get out as much as possible. Take the shuttle bus and get involved in clubs or activities outside of the village.
*Get an apartment (about 230-250 bucks a month) near the shuttle stop. You can enjoy both worlds--on-campus dorm and off-campus apartment of your choosing. All you gotta do is pay. Many have chosen this option.
*Wait for an off-campus apartment to open up. (Reality is, not everyone stays for more than 2 or 3 years. Some leave after 1 year. Chances are, if you stay for more than one year, you will get a free off-campus apartment (yes you need to pay for utilities--these run about 80-100 bucks a month).

Working at the Village

Teachers are contracted for 30 contact hours and 10 non-contact hours.
Usually, teachers work a total of 25 contact hours and 5 non-contact hours (to be quite realistic).

There is a level of monotony that comes with the job if you choose to be complacent. If you choose to teach the same academic class over and over again, you might think working here is boring or terrible. If you are constantly late to class (which is unacceptable) or lack classroom management skills, the job can seem to "suck." The only way to improve your experience at DGEV is to actually do something about improving yourself.

However, most people who work at the Village tend to enjoy or generally like working here. If teachers want to find another opportunity, they tend to find another job (just like any rational person would).

Working at DGEV is not for everyone. It really isn't. It can be really fast-paced. It's not an easy Hawkwon job that you can just chill-out at.

It's a challenge, and challenges are usually not easy. Sometimes you will ask yourself: "What am I doing here?" and other times you will really enjoy working with the students and the staff and feel happy about your choice. Needless to say, it can be a bit of a roller coaster.

If you are looking for a teaching position for which you can be complacent, please do not apply at the English Village.

If you are looking for a challenge and a place where you can collaborate with people from all over the world and improve yourself and your teaching skills, please DO apply to work here.

Lastly, never assume that a job owes you anything.

DGEV is a business.

What you put in is what you get out.

If you never put anything in, you will never get anything out of it.

If you have any further questions about working at DGEV you are welcome to send me a private message.

If you want more information, please visit the following link:

http://careers.tesol.org/jobs/6257238/efl-instructor-daegu-gyeongbuk-english-village-korea

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