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citizen erased
Joined: 06 Apr 2008
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 Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 5:51 am Post subject: How Long Does It Take A Hagwan To Replace a Teacher? |
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| Im curious what a hagwan usually expects as its transition time if they fire a teacher or if a teacher leaves. Anyone have any information on this? How long does it generally take to find a new native speaking teacher? |
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jadarite
Joined: 01 Sep 2007
Location: Andong, Yeongyang, Seoul, now Pyeongtaek
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| Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 6:26 am Post subject: |
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| It all depends on location, number of teachers, and the situation. If you are at a good location, you can probably get a teacher fairly quickly. If you are out in the country, you have to wait more. If you have several teachers, you can afford to wait it out and save money. If you are going to fire someone though, wouldn't you get another teacher lined up first? |
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PigeonFart
Joined: 27 Apr 2006
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| Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 7:01 am Post subject: |
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My hogwon (in Seoul) has a lot of experience looking for foreign teachers....because we have so many midnight runners!!! You'd think the school would realise that their unprofessionalism is driving people away (even the Korean teachers leave after a few months).
Anyway, my school usually replaces a foreign teacher in about 6 to 12 weeks after a midnight-run. What a bunch of dick-wads, it's entirely their own fault for driving teachers away....but will they ever learn? Unlikely.
They have an authoritarian top-down approach to running business and that management style does not cater to feedback or learning. I'm sure it won't be long til the wankers are looking for another teacher again. |
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Chris_Dixon
Joined: 09 Jan 2008
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| Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 7:20 am Post subject: |
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| my school normally takes there time with recruitment around 2 months, apparently at the moment theres trouble recruiting...my school is decent, nice manager and good conditions so yeah theres no reason for people not to want to come here really.... |
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bombenhagen
Joined: 21 Jun 2006
Location: NL
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| Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 7:39 am Post subject: |
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| 2 months is a good time frame. In the case of a runner I'm guessing a K teacher will be thrown in as a stop gap untill the new F teacher arrives. |
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jay-shi
Joined: 09 May 2004
Location: On tour
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| Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 8:35 am Post subject: |
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It used to be a 2-3 weeks. Now it's 2-3 months.
It fluctuates with the seasons, but given the new E2 policies and the low won and all weeks translate into months as a rule of thumb in my experience. This is from a semi rural perspective. |
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citizen erased
Joined: 06 Apr 2008
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| Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 8:38 am Post subject: |
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| you are saying that it changed from 2-3 weeks to months just this year? |
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jay-shi
Joined: 09 May 2004
Location: On tour
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| Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 8:47 am Post subject: |
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| citizen erased wrote: |
| you are saying that it changed from 2-3 weeks to months just this year? |
Actually, December 15th of last year (2007).
It used to be quite common to recruit someone, fly them over and send them on a visa run to Japan.
Those days are over for 1st time visa applicants. Everything must be done at the embassy or consulate in their home countries. |
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