Korean Job Discussion Forums

[TECO]

Is it normal nowadays for university positions to include mandatory summer/winter sessions?

it seems that a lot of the universities in Korea now require their English teachers to do both a summer/winter camp or to chose either a summer/winter camp.

Is this for kids normally or also to teach English to local English teachers?

[J.B. Clamence]

Some unis make teachers teach uni courses both breaks, some only one break, some have teachers do camps, and some don't expect teachers to teach at all during the breaks. I guess you could say that each variety is common enough to be called normal, so it all depends on the university.

And as far as I know, camps are only for kids and have ridiculously long hours, but usually good money if you can stand to work that long.

[TECO]

JBC,

I see. Thanks.

[Real Reality]

I tend to agree with J.B. Clamence. As a foreign instructor, you can expect to be treated similar to an adjunct (or part-time) instuctor. You will probably have the greatest teaching load among all the faculty.

TECO,
Here is a quote for you.

The foreign professor -- colleague or hired hand?
Foreign professors do most of the heavy lifting in terms of course loads, devoting themselves almost exclusively to teaching. Nevertheless, they tend to be treated as hired hands, without academic standing, and lacking the possibility of career advancement or tenure. They must submit to yearly contracts (compensated at a rate only 60 percent of their Korean peers) while walled off from the permanent Korean faculty who benefit from travel, research funding, sabbaticals, etc. According to the Samsung Group's chairman, Lee Kun-hee, to succeed globally, Korea must forgo the thought that Korea and being Korean is superior, and foreign specialists must be treated with respect.
article by John B. Kotch
JoongAng Ilbo (June 14, 2002)
http://joongangdaily.joins.com/200206/14/200206142349223599900090109011.html

On the Status of Adjunct Teachers Around the World
TESL-EJ (Teaching English as a Second Language - Electronic Journal)
Vol. 4. No. 4 (December 2000)
http://www-writing.berkeley.edu/TESL-EJ/ej16/f1.html

[sadsac]

Many schools will want you to do camps and compensate accordingly. That way they know they have the staff to teach there camps.

[Mankind]