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CheeseSandwich
Joined: 02 Nov 2006
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 Posted: Tue Dec 12, 2006 9:55 am Post subject: Any one heard of High/Scope Korea? |
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Its in Seoul, the Gangam district. pretty basic pay but they offer 3 weeks of vacation. quite a bit better than the regular 10 days. Kristopher Kinch from APC sent me the schools information after I contacted him.
The academic director is a Canadian woman, instead of a Korean.
Any one heard anything about it. |
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starlight128
Joined: 06 Dec 2006
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| Posted: Tue Dec 12, 2006 8:48 pm Post subject: |
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| Yeah, I heard they're hiring three teachers for February. Anyone know anything about the school? |
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princess
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: soul of Asia
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| Posted: Tue Dec 12, 2006 10:55 pm Post subject: |
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| I once saw apost by someone on here, saying that you always have to stick to teaching the "High Scope " way. They said it's like a cult. Run a search. |
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landanna
Joined: 20 Nov 2007
Location: Canada
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| Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 7:19 pm Post subject: Re: Any one heard of High/Scope Korea? |
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| CheeseSandwich wrote: |
Its in Seoul, the Gangam district. pretty basic pay but they offer 3 weeks of vacation. quite a bit better than the regular 10 days. Kristopher Kinch from APC sent me the schools information after I contacted him.
The academic director is a Canadian woman, instead of a Korean.
Any one heard anything about it. |
I m also looking into this school. It the only location in korea so its not a part of a huge disorganized franchise. Downside with this is there is not any information on the school on the forums, etc. I am also dealing with Kristopher from APC. Will update this thread. The cirriculum looks pretty set but its for preschool aged children so it will be alot of activities and games. The canadian director is no longer with the company, but is still interviewing the potential teachers. |
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JungMin
Joined: 18 May 2005
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| Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 9:11 pm Post subject: |
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I worked there for a few months a while back.....
You do teach the high scope way.....which is basically kindergarten in N. America. It's adapted from some school in the U.S. Training staff came from the U.S. to train all the teachers.
Teaching wise, I thought it was fun!!! Story time, play time, the kids plan out the activities that they want to do. Most of the kids in my classes spoke English perfectly so it was mostly an opportunity for them to use it.
I was only there a few months. I enjoy teaching younger kids versus middle/high school so it seemed alright to me!!! I didnt get to know the other teachers well as I was just there part-time in the mornings, so not sure what/if they had any complaints.
Anyways, from a teaching angle I'd say go for it!!! |
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landanna
Joined: 20 Nov 2007
Location: Canada
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I did a search on daves and emailed a former teacher who emailed me back the following:
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I was only there for three months. I quickly figured out that their teaching style was not for me. I agree with a good bit of their philosophy, and I learned a good bit from them. Yet they are very intense. We had to write letters to the parents of each of the kindergarten students each week, detailing the minutest details of their child's development. Every six months, we then had to write a seven-page report on each child.
The point that broke me was that they were observing my classes every day and having meetings every night when I finished, telling me every tiny thing I did wrong. The other thing was that we had little break time. We had to each lunch with the children, but they served very little food, which usually consisted of just some rice, dried anchovies, kimchi, and seaweed soup.
Some people, though, loved the place and signed on for extra years. You do get a certification at the end of one year. It's fairly professionally run. The owners speak impeccable English, as do most all the staff. The downside to that is that it's easier for them to make demands of you that owners with less or no English skills can.
Honestly, I really liked the owners and the school. Yet I couldn't teach their way. |
Hmm, so two teachers who recommend the place but were only there for 3 months? The two don't correlate, however in the world of dodgy private schools I think this may be one of the better ones...thats 100% a judgement call on my part! |
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OiGirl
Joined: 23 Jan 2003
Location: Hoke-y-gun
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| Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 2:23 pm Post subject: |
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| princess wrote: |
| I once saw apost by someone on here, saying that you always have to stick to teaching the "High Scope " way. They said it's like a cult. Run a search. |
How is it any different than Berlitz, or a Montessori school? If you are a children's teacher, and interested in learning their method, it could be okay. |
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