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[starryblu]

There were two old posts about GnB that i found in the thread.

Has anyone worked for the GnB Franchise? I understand that each hagwon is really run quite different even with the GnB Corp name.

Any comments would be appreciated.
Any bad recruiters to name that worked for GnB?

Thanks!

[Yu_Bum_suk]

[Skippy]

Come on give us a bit more detail. Which city or which dong!?

[tbag81]

I worked at a GnB Academy two years ago and it was a great job. I had a wonderful boss as well as wonderful co-workers. The text books were pretty lame but they have been lame at every school I have taught at.

Unlike many other franchises, the GnB program is designed to be taught by Korean teachers and although many GnB schools employ native speakers the program isn't set up for us so expect teachers books to be in Korea, however, I believe that you can download the English version of the teachers books from the GnB website. Because the program is set up to be taught by Korean teachers, most books have English sentences and vocabulary with the Korean translation and a native speaker (if there is one) isn't meant to enter the program until the students have reached a certain level in their study ( until they have finished so many books ).

When I began at my school I only taught the books that were meant to be taught by a native teacher and they only studied these books when they were studying with me. I also taught books outside of the GnB program to students who took extra classes , for extra classes, the curriculum and materials were up to me. The Korean teachers taught the kids four days a week and each class saw me once a week. This is of course excluding the extra classes. Eventually I started teaching all GnB books, even the ones only meant to be taught by Korean teachers but in these classes it was my job to bascially review what they had learned with the Korean teachers and to correct pronunciation.

Overall the GnB program is alright but it's definitely what you make of it. The lessons are short so it is up to the teacher to take them further. There are lots of fun activities that you can create to go with the lessons and lots of vocabulary you can use to make wordsearches or jumbles with.

Also, recruiters don't tend to work for the GnB franchise but instead each indivdual owner. A recruiter is just in the business of making a commission and usually have no ties to a school or a program whatsoever, don't believe what a recruiter tells you but instead what the contract says.

[sheba]

I had actually heard a few negative things about GnB after I had already started working there, but I had a pretty good experience. The school depends a lot on the boss. Fortunately I was able to choose my own books most of the time (non-GnB) and I didnt have to attend any of the meetings or GnB meets etc. I did teach some of the books though, they were ok but nothing to rave about. Added my own materials to chop it up a bit.

[hellakitty]

If you think you can improvise a lesson for 50 minutes based on 2-3 sentences of text, then go for it.

Otherwise, perhaps look at another option.