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[wings]

I am going to start teaching extra classes in the near future at my Public School in Seoul. The kids pay for these classes. I was told today that my salary will be based on how many students attend (which is ok actually since a lot of kids want to take the classes). After agreeing to the salary they told me that 5% will be deducted to pay for the GAS and ELECTRICITY used while I'm teaching. WTF?

It works out to about 27,000 for each 50 minute class. Which I am fine with. But I feel like paying for gas and electricity is very strange.

Has anyone else had this expense deducted from their pay for extra classes???? Also how much are people generally making for extra classes when the children are paying to attend?

Thanks,
Wings

[Alyallen]

um...what? Never had that happen.

I don't make much. The after school kids only pay once for the whole semester. The other kids are "free" extra classes I get paid for somehow. So I make 800,000 won per semester from the classes. I have no idea how good or bad that is compared to other teachers.

[marlow]

Tell them you use food energy while teaching and you'll need to add an extra 20% to pay for that. For pay 30,000 to 40,000 sounds good--and not connected to enrollment.

[Jizzo T. Clown]

marlow--hell yeah that sounds good. 100k sounds good too, but from what I've seen most afterschool classes pay 20-30k per class. Never heard of paying for anything--seems they should be paying for everything...

I did an afterschool class where they tried to pull this on me. They said I'd get a base pay of 5k won plus 1k won per student, up to 25k won per class. I told them that regardless of the number of students coming to class, I still have to be there. They changed their tune the same day and paid me 25k per class (contract stated 20k). Good thing too because several students who had signed up never bothered to show.

Don't do it if pay is connected to student attendance. Just. Say. No.

[Bibbitybop]

You are in a public school? Your overtime should be set in the contract. Base overtime is 20,000 won in most, though some teachers make more depending upon the school.

Refer to the contract for your wages, and you should not be charged for utilities, that's a croc. But, if you will make more money after you pay utilities b/c you are getting a higher wage, then ok, roll with it.

[cruisemonkey]

[nomad-ish]

[nobbyken]

[Scouse Mouse]

The GEPIK contract says that you get 20K/hour, and that up to 6 hours o/t per week are mandatory. If you are on that contract you are getting a good deal.

[oldfatfarang]

[marlow]

[wings]

The way it was explained to me, and I was shown it in a big book of regulations, is that for extra classes that students pay for, they contract doesn't apply. Instead the principal, parents commity and Native Speaker teacher have to agree on the terms. If you teach extra classes that are part of regular school curiculum, then the pay is 20,000 per 40 minute class.

I am actually making more than 20,000, but I am the first ever native speaker they have had, so my coteacher always asks me if this is the same as in other schools. I don't really like the way that it has happend, and I think this 5% deduction is weird, and will make it harder for me to understand what my actually salary is. I will be paid not by attendance, but by the number of kids who signed up, which is already fixed. But I plan to tell them that for next semester things will be different.

[Bibbitybop]

[marlow]

[Bibbitybop]