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Mr_Anderson
Joined: 05 Dec 2008
Location: New Zealand
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 Posted: Sun Dec 21, 2008 5:13 am Post subject: Winter Vacation holidays under EPIK |
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Hi,
I'm an EPIK (public school) teacher and am wondering something about holiday time. I'm a newbie and been here about 4 months now, and I have "Winter Camp" to teach during the vacations.
I found out a couple weeks ago I only have Xmas Day, January 1, and January 26-27 (lunar new year) off, then the school term [they said] starts again on February 2. (I get all the Saturdays and Sundays off in between obviously).
On top of these regular holidays, I only get my '7 working days in Winter' to take off (as per contract).
Is this a raw deal or is this common? I find out many PS teachers have more time off than this, and I'm starting to feel like I'm getting exploited here or something! I don't get paid extra for the camp either.
Please give me your honest opinion. |
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I_Am_The_Kiwi
Joined: 10 Jun 2008
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| Posted: Sun Dec 21, 2008 5:16 am Post subject: |
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Sounds right....you get your contracted 7 days then thats what you get. Youre not entitled to more. In your contract it states you may be required to work camps for no extra pay. Read through it carefully...
as for other people getting more time off, well theyre just lucky. either they dont need to teach camps and go to school or maybe theyve been here a bit longer and negotiated things.
Either way, you need to work what theyve said from the looks of it, and complaining wont make any difference.....itll only screw it up for others. |
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aarontendo
Joined: 08 Feb 2006
Location: Daegu-ish
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| Posted: Sun Dec 21, 2008 6:05 am Post subject: |
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| I would suggest complaining about it to the POE. Let them know it's unacceptable that some schools give more time off. |
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maingman
Joined: 26 Jan 2008
Location: left Korea
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xCustomx
Joined: 06 Jan 2006
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| Posted: Sun Dec 21, 2008 6:41 am Post subject: |
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| aarontendo wrote: |
| I would suggest complaining about it to the POE. Let them know it's unacceptable that some schools give more time off. |
I would suggest NOT doing this. What's it going to accomplish? Are you suddenly going to get more vacation time? No. Are the teachers who get more vacation likely to lose that extra benefit? Yes. By bitching about your vacation, you cause other teachers to lose their extra time off. If your school give you the 7 days off per your contract, you really have nothing to complain about. |
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Rusty Shackleford
Joined: 08 May 2008
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| Posted: Sun Dec 21, 2008 6:47 am Post subject: |
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7 days isn't as bad as it sounds. Take them late in Jan because then they will fall around solalr or whatever it is and you will get 12 odd days in a row.
Don't complain. It's in our contracts, just take it like a normal person would. |
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I_Am_The_Kiwi
Joined: 10 Jun 2008
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| Posted: Sun Dec 21, 2008 3:32 pm Post subject: |
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| aarontendo wrote: |
| I would suggest complaining about it to the POE. Let them know it's unacceptable that some schools give more time off. |
and what would you complain about...getting your contracted time off? oh wait.... |
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nomad-ish
Joined: 08 Oct 2007
Location: On the bottom of the food chain
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| Posted: Sun Dec 21, 2008 3:47 pm Post subject: |
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| the only things that complaining about this will do is get other people's extra vacation taken away and you'll be made to seat-warm all afternoon as well. just be happy that you'll be getting afternoons off |
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aarontendo
Joined: 08 Feb 2006
Location: Daegu-ish
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| Posted: Sun Dec 21, 2008 5:01 pm Post subject: |
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| I_Am_The_Kiwi wrote: |
| aarontendo wrote: |
| I would suggest complaining about it to the POE. Let them know it's unacceptable that some schools give more time off. |
and what would you complain about...getting your contracted time off? oh wait.... |
Nah I would complain that some asshat on Dave's is getting more than me  |
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Colorado
Joined: 18 Jan 2006
Location: Public School with too much time on my hands.
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| Posted: Sun Dec 21, 2008 5:15 pm Post subject: |
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| aarontendo wrote: |
| I_Am_The_Kiwi wrote: |
| aarontendo wrote: |
| I would suggest complaining about it to the POE. Let them know it's unacceptable that some schools give more time off. |
and what would you complain about...getting your contracted time off? oh wait.... |
Nah I would complain that some asshat on Dave's is getting more than me |
Aarontendo,
When did you become a troll? |
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aarontendo
Joined: 08 Feb 2006
Location: Daegu-ish
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| Posted: Sun Dec 21, 2008 5:21 pm Post subject: |
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| This thread mostly heh. I answer pretty normally most the rest of the time. |
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hauwande
Joined: 17 Mar 2008
Location: gongju
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| Posted: Sun Dec 21, 2008 5:35 pm Post subject: |
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| aarontendo wrote: |
| I would suggest complaining about it to the POE. Let them know it's unacceptable that some schools give more time off. |
i am relatively new here, but this seems like it might be some of the worst advice in daves esl history |
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Colorado
Joined: 18 Jan 2006
Location: Public School with too much time on my hands.
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| Posted: Sun Dec 21, 2008 5:39 pm Post subject: |
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| hauwande wrote: |
| aarontendo wrote: |
| I would suggest complaining about it to the POE. Let them know it's unacceptable that some schools give more time off. |
i am relatively new here, but this seems like it might be some of the worst advice in daves esl history |
Don't know about that. There's some tough competition out there for that honor. |
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aarontendo
Joined: 08 Feb 2006
Location: Daegu-ish
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| Posted: Sun Dec 21, 2008 5:40 pm Post subject: |
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| hauwande wrote: |
| aarontendo wrote: |
| I would suggest complaining about it to the POE. Let them know it's unacceptable that some schools give more time off. |
i am relatively new here, but this seems like it might be some of the worst advice in daves esl history |
So you musta missed out on the stun-gun and zip-tie comments on the dating Korean chicks advice thread?  |
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Colorado
Joined: 18 Jan 2006
Location: Public School with too much time on my hands.
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| Posted: Sun Dec 21, 2008 5:40 pm Post subject: |
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| But it's probably the worst advice I've seen all morning. |
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