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TheUrbanMyth
Joined: 28 Jan 2003
Location: Retired
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 Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2004 7:55 pm Post subject: Re: is this too much/stupid? |
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| sistersarah wrote: |
so i recently approached my boss and asked about doing it every other month instead, ... |
See that is where you slipped up.  You should have just approached your boss, tossed the reports on the desk and said, "Either fire me, or don't give me these again. Your choice."
This of course does not apply if you are working quite a bit less than 30 hours a week, or if the hakwon is great in all other respects. But seriously if you could care less about keeping your job, just don't do them. There are still plenty of other jobs available.
I just started a few weeks ago at another school. At the school before this one we (the foreign teachers) had to do over 200 report cards each. This was on top of 25 teaching hours a week (a hour was defined as 60 minutes, so 36 classes a week) plus 10 hours of phone teaching, plus going on to the Internet every night and assigning homework to the students. We were supposed to give them the site and make up questions for it and then they would answer the questions. The Korean teachers on the other hand only had to do report cards for their classes (about 18 as opposed to 36).
None of this extra work was included in the contract. After I signed that's when we were told "Oh the school is making some changes". These changes were report cards and phone calls and the Internet homework. Now I think that report cards are part of a teacher's job. That said, when it is obvious that it is just PR and you are not allowed to be honest, then it's garbage and should be treated as such. We were not allowed to give anything below a C. |
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paperbag princess
Joined: 07 Mar 2004
Location: veggie hell
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| Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2004 11:42 pm Post subject: |
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| do your report cards during class time. problem solved. if your head teacher says anything, then asked to be paid the over time. |
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eamo
Joined: 08 Mar 2003
Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.
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| Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2004 1:06 am Post subject: |
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I've asked Korean teachers a few times if they think any parents actually read these English comments. They always assure me that most definitely yes, they read them using a dictionary for every word if necessary, or they ask an English speaking friend to translate.
The parents are very curious what the foreign teacher thinks about their little genius.
225 a month is too much however. There's little you can do if that's their promise when selling classes.
And never, ever make a spelling mistake on the comments. You will get a lot of grief over one little bad spelling. The parents often go to the dictionary and will bitterly complain about a spelling mistake as spelling is seen as a major sign of English ability here.  I know. Stupid. |
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Zenpickle
Joined: 06 Jan 2004
Location: Anyang -- Bisan
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| Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2004 3:41 am Post subject: |
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We started complaining when we had to add kindergarten to our elementary report card load. And three months before our elementary load had been almost doubled because they refused to hire a foreigner to replace the one who had left. We also have the types of report cards a few of you have described, that ask for both a grade and a comment on different aspects of the child.
What's the difference between "Listening" and "Comprehension" anyway?
The foreigners got together with the Korean teachers, and we demanded a scheme to take the load off. So now we and our Korean partners alternate every month on report cards.
It always is best to get together and consolidate before going before management with your demands. Well, in most cases. |
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