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jacl



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PostPosted: Wed Mar 15, 2006 9:39 am    Post subject: Public School Salaries Reply with quote

Will public school salaries for English teachers go down with students being afforded one more Saturday off pre month and with them being afforded yet another Saturday off a month next year?
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zappadelta



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PostPosted: Wed Mar 15, 2006 1:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Why??
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Demophobe



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PostPosted: Wed Mar 15, 2006 2:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Most public school teachers don't work Saturdays, so there will be no change.
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TheUrbanMyth



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PostPosted: Wed Mar 15, 2006 5:53 pm    Post subject: Re: Public School Salaries Reply with quote

jacl wrote:
Will public school salaries for English teachers go down with students being afforded one more Saturday off pre month and with them being afforded yet another Saturday off a month next year?


Why would they? Our contracts (at least for GEPIK) state we don't work on Saturdays or Sundays or holidays. We are paid for the work we do between M-F. We don't work on Saturdays, nor do we get paid for them.
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jacl



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PostPosted: Wed Mar 15, 2006 6:06 pm    Post subject: Re: Public School Salaries Reply with quote

TheUrbanMyth wrote:
jacl wrote:
Will public school salaries for English teachers go down with students being afforded one more Saturday off pre month and with them being afforded yet another Saturday off a month next year?


Why would they? Our contracts (at least for GEPIK) state we don't work on Saturdays or Sundays or holidays. We are paid for the work we do between M-F. We don't work on Saturdays, nor do we get paid for them.


Yes, but won't they require more time with other classes besides English since they don't have that extra time anymore on Saturdays?
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crazylemongirl



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PostPosted: Wed Mar 15, 2006 6:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Most schools will just make the day longer. I come in for saturday CA classes which are fun and I get more time off during holidays.
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jacl



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PostPosted: Wed Mar 15, 2006 6:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

crazylemongirl wrote:
Most schools will just make the day longer. I come in for saturday CA classes which are fun and I get more time off during holidays.


How can they make the day longer?
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Yu_Bum_suk



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PostPosted: Wed Mar 15, 2006 7:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

jacl wrote:
crazylemongirl wrote:
Most schools will just make the day longer. I come in for saturday CA classes which are fun and I get more time off during holidays.


How can they make the day longer?


Saturday is typically a half-day.
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peppermint



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PostPosted: Wed Mar 15, 2006 7:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

jacl wrote:
crazylemongirl wrote:
Most schools will just make the day longer. I come in for saturday CA classes which are fun and I get more time off during holidays.


How can they make the day longer?


Not sure about the upper grades, but I know most elementary schools finish at lunch time on Wednesdays- easy enough to just add afternoon classes there
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crazylemongirl



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PostPosted: Wed Mar 15, 2006 7:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

jacl wrote:
crazylemongirl wrote:
Most schools will just make the day longer. I come in for saturday CA classes which are fun and I get more time off during holidays.


How can they make the day longer?


Well every friday we have 7 classes and finish at 3.55.
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zappadelta



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PostPosted: Wed Mar 15, 2006 7:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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jacl wrote:
crazylemongirl wrote:
Most schools will just make the day longer. I come in for saturday CA classes which are fun and I get more time off during holidays.


How can they make the day longer?


Well every friday we have 7 classes and finish at 3.55.



In elementary school? That's a long ass day
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TheUrbanMyth



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PostPosted: Wed Mar 15, 2006 8:01 pm    Post subject: Re: Public School Salaries Reply with quote

jacl wrote:
TheUrbanMyth wrote:
jacl wrote:
Will public school salaries for English teachers go down with students being afforded one more Saturday off pre month and with them being afforded yet another Saturday off a month next year?


Why would they? Our contracts (at least for GEPIK) state we don't work on Saturdays or Sundays or holidays. We are paid for the work we do between M-F. We don't work on Saturdays, nor do we get paid for them.


Yes, but won't they require more time with other classes besides English since they don't have that extra time anymore on Saturdays?


Actually there is another thread which states they may be increasing salaries (I'll PM you with the link if I can find it)

But seriously they can't find enough teachers as it is. Most teachers here would rather work 30 hours a week at a hakwon than 40 hours at a public school even if the working conditions are not as good. They've already cut vacation down to 14 days (officially anyway Wink ) if they start cutting salary, more teachers will leave, myself included.
They'd be cutting their own throats.
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BigBlackEquus



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PostPosted: Wed Mar 15, 2006 11:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I know a guy who left his school because they cut the vacation to the "Kyonngi required" 2 weeks, and would only offer 1 month of "off the books" vacation. They begged him to stay, but he left because the school wouldn't budge, and neither would he.

Fast-Forward to two months later. The school couldn't get a teacher to sign. The contract was just too vanilla, and looked like everything else out there. In the end, they had to offer the new teacher a contract with a guarenteed 2 months of vacation before he'd sign.

Apparently the Kyonngi requirement wasn't as required as was being stated. Many of us suspected this.

I think that this rule is going by the wayside, as many schools just can't get anyone to sign. I have noticed this in some of the job offers, as well.
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jacl



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PostPosted: Thu Mar 16, 2006 7:48 am    Post subject: Re: Public School Salaries Reply with quote

TheUrbanMyth wrote:
jacl wrote:
TheUrbanMyth wrote:
jacl wrote:
Will public school salaries for English teachers go down with students being afforded one more Saturday off pre month and with them being afforded yet another Saturday off a month next year?


Why would they? Our contracts (at least for GEPIK) state we don't work on Saturdays or Sundays or holidays. We are paid for the work we do between M-F. We don't work on Saturdays, nor do we get paid for them.


Yes, but won't they require more time with other classes besides English since they don't have that extra time anymore on Saturdays?


Actually there is another thread which states they may be increasing salaries (I'll PM you with the link if I can find it)

But seriously they can't find enough teachers as it is. Most teachers here would rather work 30 hours a week at a hakwon than 40 hours at a public school even if the working conditions are not as good. They've already cut vacation down to 14 days (officially anyway Wink ) if they start cutting salary, more teachers will leave, myself included.
They'd be cutting their own throats.


I'm not talking about anything immediate.
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