Korean Job Discussion Forums

inthewild · Joined: 28 Mar 2004 Location: Korea

Hello,
I am looking for a job and would like some help. Anyone know of some schools where teaching hours are relatively light? I have been looking around and most of the jobs I've been finding are in the 30 hours teaching per week category. Seems a bit excessive to me.

Looking to work in Seoul, making 2.0m or more... feel free to PM me if needed. Thanks.

mindmetoo · Joined: 02 Feb 2004

Badmojo · Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2004 5:52 pm Post subject:

My contract says 30 hours too and I'm currently at 14:30.

30 hours is standard in most hagwon contracts. You're going to read a lot of that. I guess you have to find out from the school how much that really means.

For example, I told them at the start that 30 hours was too much. They told me it was never going to be 30, but 25. And that was 25 forty-five minute classes. That's only 18:45 real time.

So the 30 hours on my contract really only ever meant 18:45 max. And it's been going down since.

TheUrbanMyth · Joined: 28 Jan 2003 Location: Retired

Yes, same here. My contract says 30, but I only teach 25, and on Fridays around 20 hours. 30 is pretty standard (for hakwons at least). I've only seen a couple in all my time here that offered less.