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mumblebee
Joined: 26 Jun 2004
Location: Andong
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 Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2007 3:03 am Post subject: Anyone working (or knows someone) at Duksung University? |
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Got a job offer for the language centre here. Looks like an average entry-level uni job...only 2.0 for 18 hours, doesn't look like much chance for overtime.
Anyone got any info for me? I was interviewed by two directors, one of whom had kind of a habitually sour expression on her face, but I don't want to pre-judge...
Can anyone tell me the inside info on the language centre?
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the_beaver
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2007 3:38 am Post subject: Re: Anyone working (or knows someone) at Duksung University? |
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| mumblebee wrote: |
Got a job offer for the language centre here. Looks like an average entry-level uni job...only 2.0 for 18 hours, doesn't look like much chance for overtime.
Anyone got any info for me? I was interviewed by two directors, one of whom had kind of a habitually sour expression on her face, but I don't want to pre-judge...
Can anyone tell me the inside info on the language centre?
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One guy I know likes it, but judging how nobody stays there for more than a one year contract I'd say that it's not spectacular. A good place to get started in the university system and to be used as a stepping stone. |
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makemischief
Joined: 04 Nov 2005
Location: Traveling
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| Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2007 4:37 am Post subject: Re: Anyone working (or knows someone) at Duksung University? |
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| mumblebee wrote: |
Got a job offer for the language centre here. Looks like an average entry-level uni job...only 2.0 for 18 hours, doesn't look like much chance for overtime.
Anyone got any info for me? I was interviewed by two directors, one of whom had kind of a habitually sour expression on her face, but I don't want to pre-judge...
Can anyone tell me the inside info on the language centre?
MB |
I have friend there who's leaving- as do a lot (you might even say most) after a year. It's a great stepping stone, and not a bad place to spend a year (according to my friend)- but the scheduling is a bit funky. In many cases students rotate through teachers every 3-6 weeks, which is barely enough time to get to know them- and the curriculum has little/no teacher input.
That said- my friend likes the students and the area of Seoul its in, and the admin hasn't been rude or anything of the kind- just a bit of a dull place and not very well though out from an educational perspective.
There are far, far worse choices out there. If you don't have a Masters its one of the few in Seoul that will readily hire you (without connections or luck). If you do have one, you can do much better. Cheers and good luck!  |
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mumblebee
Joined: 26 Jun 2004
Location: Andong
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| Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2007 4:21 am Post subject: |
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| Thanks for the info. I am taking a big pay cut for this job, but the experience and career development might be worth it. And...it is a very lovely campus! |
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Vicissitude
Joined: 27 Feb 2007
Location: Chef School
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| I turned down the offer at this school. It's mostly teaching children at their hawgwon. I knew two people working there. They said they got jipped on the overtime. I thought their vacation was too sporadic as compared with other university offers. Also, the housing is inside of the same building as the hawgwon. There weren't any convenient stores in the area as well. This means having to take a taxi or walking a very long distance into town to buy just the basics like water. |
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Vicissitude
Joined: 27 Feb 2007
Location: Chef School
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| Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2007 9:28 am Post subject: Re: Anyone working (or knows someone) at Duksung University? |
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| the_beaver wrote: |
| mumblebee wrote: |
Got a job offer for the language centre here. Looks like an average entry-level uni job...only 2.0 for 18 hours, doesn't look like much chance for overtime.
Anyone got any info for me? I was interviewed by two directors, one of whom had kind of a habitually sour expression on her face, but I don't want to pre-judge...
Can anyone tell me the inside info on the language centre?
MB |
One guy I know likes it, but judging how nobody stays there for more than a one year contract I'd say that it's not spectacular. A good place to get started in the university system and to be used as a stepping stone. |
It's an independant uni-gwon that just started about one year ago. So everything changed from that point forward. |
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mumblebee
Joined: 26 Jun 2004
Location: Andong
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| Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2007 4:20 pm Post subject: |
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Well, I asked specifically about the kids program, since my background is mostly teaching young learners...they told me there was not much chance of teaching kids except for middle schoolers during intensives. If that changes, I'd be ok with that, since I would prefer to teach a mix of ages.
I was offered off-campus housing, since I have a cat and a load of crap from living here three years.
It is a pay cut for me, but I think the experience will be worth it...so I signed. |
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simpleminds
Joined: 04 May 2006
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Had an interview there back in Feb. In response to my queries regarding curriculum, I got a lot of rhetoric and a sale's pitch. One lady was nice, but I got bad vibes from the other. Conclusion; not organised, yet a controlling environment. Meh.
The joint is in the middle of nowhere, and teachers have to live in the same building as the student dorms. Nice rooms, but, living there? Meh.
I got a much better deal two weeks later.
Good luck with it! |
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adamantium
Joined: 04 Jan 2008
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| mumblebee wrote: |
Well, I asked specifically about the kids program, since my background is mostly teaching young learners...they told me there was not much chance of teaching kids except for middle schoolers during intensives. If that changes, I'd be ok with that, since I would prefer to teach a mix of ages.
I was offered off-campus housing, since I have a cat and a load of crap from living here three years.
It is a pay cut for me, but I think the experience will be worth it...so I signed. |
I know a couple people who work there, and I have been in the area too. It�s not really a bad entry-level university job from what they say. The international language center is just getting on its feet since it�s only been around since August 2006. Foreign faculty who left wanted a place with more years and management experience behind it. (The designated playboy signed out because they wouldn�t let him date students, and there were some habitual complainers too.) Nice facilities, nice apartments, and nice environment.
There are also outdoor markets and mini markets all over the place there. The Ministop on campus is pretty affordable, but if you want to do some proper food shopping, enter the residential area down the slope where the bus stop and center meet. You can�t miss it. Walk passed the little store (which has bottled water, cigarettes, and laundry detergent) and straight down passed the bridge until you see the outdoor market with lots of fish. Walk through the market until you see Ui-Mart. My friends do their shopping there.
There is another place called Kookmin Mart if you go out the main campus gate, turn left at the main street, and walk down for about 15 minutes. There is also an E-Mart you can go to by taking the # 1 bus that stops in front of the center. Restaurants and hofs are all over the place too. There�re two Italian restaurants called Gesso and Il Primo outside the main gate, a salad place, and a German sandwich place. There is a Chinese restaurant above the KFC outside the main gate when you turn right at the main street.
I hear there will be 18 foreign faculty members for the March 2008 session. |
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yakey
Joined: 21 Apr 2003
Location: Korea
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| Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2008 5:31 pm Post subject: No thanks |
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I never like those places that want you to live on top of the classrooms.
No privacy, no sense of being able to be yourself.
The rooms for teachers there kind of reminded me of hospital rooms. |
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adamantium
Joined: 04 Jan 2008
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| Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2008 8:57 pm Post subject: Whatever floats your boat |
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| I never like those places that want you to live on top of the classrooms. No privacy, no sense of being able to be yourself. The rooms for teachers there kind of reminded me of hospital rooms. |
I assume you've not been around the area much. They also have really spacious university off-campus housing, and there's lots of private affordable apartments in the neighborhood. Apparently, the university provides an allowance for a private place. The people I know who live at the center do so out of choice and because it's more convenient for their individual needs. |
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