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trinity24651



Joined: 05 Nov 2006

PostPosted: Sat Dec 09, 2006 7:47 pm    Post subject: Parent-Teacher Reply with quote

Are there a lot of parent-teacher conferences?
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ttompatz



Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea

PostPosted: Sat Dec 09, 2006 7:57 pm    Post subject: Re: Parent-Teacher Reply with quote

trinity24651 wrote:
Are there a lot of parent-teacher conferences?


Not as we know them. Hard to have a P/T conference when there is no commonality of language.

In a hakwon you usually end up with "Open Classes" where the kids / class / teacher are on show for the parents to come and watch.

In the public school you are NOT the homeroom teacher AND the parents are not paying hundreds of thousands of won every month for your presence so your involvement with parents is even lower.
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trinity24651



Joined: 05 Nov 2006

PostPosted: Sat Dec 09, 2006 8:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Are there a lot of the "open classes"?
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ttompatz



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Location: Kwangju, South Korea

PostPosted: Sat Dec 09, 2006 8:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

trinity24651 wrote:
Are there a lot of the "open classes"?


Yes, no and maybe.

In my public school I have an open class for some group or another on a monthly (or more often) basis.

Most public school teachers do one or two per year.

Most hakwons only do 1 per year and may have a winter "show" as well.
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oneofthesarahs



Joined: 05 Nov 2006
Location: Sacheon City

PostPosted: Sat Dec 09, 2006 10:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

My hakwon has what I like to call "parent pep rallies." Basically, the parents show up, get fed lots of cookies, schmooze with the teachers and are told how smart their kids are and how much they are learning, and are sent home. None of the native teachers participate. We just eat the leftover cookies afterward. Very Happy
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frankly speaking



Joined: 23 Oct 2005

PostPosted: Sun Dec 10, 2006 2:31 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I think that you need to ask the school you are working for. One school that I worked for had one parent teacher conference. I stayed after work 2 hours talking about each student. The parents couldn't really speak English so the director translated. It was the biggest waste of time. I told the director that it was a waste of my time and the parents were not getting anything out of it. He then made me do telephone calls at night. I did that for about 1 month. I said that it was too time consuming and the students weren't getting anything out of it.

The only thing that you will be required to do is evaluations of some sort. Most of the schools that I have worked for have monthly evaluations. I have to write out a brief paragraph for every student indicating what we have learned and how they have progressed. I am told not to say anything to negative but instead to show how they can improve.
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trinity24651



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PostPosted: Sun Dec 10, 2006 10:22 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks dudes and dudettes!! Never had P/T thing so this will be quite different for me!!
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Yu_Bum_suk



Joined: 25 Dec 2004

PostPosted: Sun Dec 10, 2006 6:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

If you work for a hogwan you'll meet some parents in passing quite often, and be asked to to a few of the 'open classes' mentioned above, but for the most part, communication between FTs and parents is discouraged. They're worried about you saying something like 'Cartman's pronunciation is good but he has to work on his reading' when they've just given mummy a BS report card saying Cartman's reading is very good.

At public school the parents are usually too nervous to talk to the foreigner. I still get to meet some at extra-curricular activities or in their capacities as shopkeepers and they're usually extremely deferential towards me. Some of them I'd really like to have conferences with so I could make reccomendation about how their children could advance in English.
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