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[depth]

if any forum experts could please recommend some public schools (or districts/regions) ...


im looking for a school that....if i have to do summer/winter camps...then those camps will be at the school itself and will not be overnight...


thank you in advance for any responses

[cruisemonkey]

The vast majority (if not all) of PS contracts contain a clause something to the effect - the employee will be required to work at an institution or training centre during summer and winter recess periods when regular classes are not in session. If your employer is the POE, this means they can (technically) send you anywhere in the province although it's highly unlikely they would try to send you to a school far from your area because of housing logistics.

There is a chance you will be asked to work at a provincial training centre because they have dorms. Anyone with a modicum of intelligence and creativity can get out of this.

If you don't want to do overnight camps, just say "No." They can't force you to work 'overtime'.

[wylies99]

OMG- "Overnight" camps? they expect you to live at the public school or hagwon?

[moosehead]

some actually do have overnighters but they are usually optional - you can do a teachers' class or something else back here in the district.

but stating so up front isn't going to help much - it's only after they have the NET that they start planning these things and every year may be different.

[cruisemonkey]

[sojourner1]

I'm doing the overnight Winter camp next week. When they 1st announced it in November, it was an offer for 6 hours a day at 30,000 Won an hour for 3 weeks of January and go home every evening to go to the gym and to my bed. Then in 1st part of December they cut it down to 2 weeks at 4 hours day still not being an over nighter, but team teaching with another FT which i looked forward to working with said FT. BTW, I miss working the other westerners. Then in mid December it was announced to be 4 hours a day over night camp for 1 week each by ourselves with the email explanation, "there must be some kind of misunderstanding," to announce the change. Talk about bait and switch kind of deal.

Now, the guy who taught it this week tells me that not only did he teach the agreed upon 4 hours a day, but they expected him to teach about 11 hours a day in a classroom and he didn't have that many activities scheduled though some activities were provided such as kite flying, personal hygiene and eating meals. I'm bringing plenty of different games and movies to augment the 16 hours of English class I have planned to fill in the gaps. The good thing is we get our own rooms. I'm kinda bumming out on having to leave early Monday morning to be gone all week, especially with some other things going on right now I need to be tending to, but Friday will come soon enough.

[cruisemonkey]

[sojourner1]

LOL. Personal Hygiene. Yes I know kids are terrible at it if they're not supervised, but I don't have to supervise that part of the activities and I'll go off some place else to be on my own while they play in the shower.

I do get my own room and will be finished around 9PM each night. Yes, 9PM; not 2:30 PM as originally planned. It's a 9 to 9 gig, but it's only or 5 days 4 nights for extra money on top of my salary so I can't bitch that much, but the changing it for the worse part after I agreed just stuck an ice cold needle in my ass.

[cruisemonkey]

[Draz]

[nomad-ish]

^ i agree, although i said no to an overnight camp last year, i'd gladly work one now just to get out of my school for a while!

[cruisemonkey]

[nomad-ish]

[cruisemonkey]

Teachers at your school have to have to check-in and check-out... what does that entail? Do you have to sign/initial something?

Why has no one fermented a revolution, instigated a mutiny or 'fragged' the v.p.?

[sojourner1]