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Moomoo2u
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 Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2009 8:06 am Post subject: Working Hours? |
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I posted this before but nobody had a real experienced reply (plus I only got one).
all the contracts I see say 20-30hrs per week, then say "Mon-Fri 2-9pm" or 9-5 etc...
last time I checked 7-8hrs/day*5days a week=40 hours a week...
am I missing something here? are there days off? or is it not 2-7...or is there some kind of lunch break/siesta I'm not aware of? (I know there's no siesta just a joke)
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winterfall
Joined: 21 May 2009
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| Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2009 9:03 am Post subject: Re: Working Hours? |
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| Moomoo2u wrote: |
I posted this before but nobody had a real experienced reply (plus I only got one).
all the contracts I see say 20-30hrs per week, then say "Mon-Fri 2-9pm" or 9-5 etc...
last time I checked 7-8hrs/day*5days a week=40 hours a week...
am I missing something here? are there days off? or is it not 2-7...or is there some kind of lunch break/siesta I'm not aware of? (I know there's no siesta just a joke)
Thanks |
Sound's like a hagwon. 8 hrs a day, 5 days a week = 40 hrs. Your teaching hours will be around 30. Your lunch breaks should be included in this
Your only days off are on Holidays, Sick days, a Vacation if you get it and weekends.
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Moomoo2u
Joined: 22 Jul 2009
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| Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2009 9:20 am Post subject: |
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yes I've had a many 9-5 jobs, I was just confused as its never specified what the "teaching hours" are.
The discrepancy between 30hrs/week and 9-5 m-f is what confused me, even with 30min of lunch break a day thats 2.5hrs..40-2.5=37.5, not 30.
are the other hours for grading lesson planning etc?
I've never taught professionally before so forgive me if the questions seem inane or stupid. |
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Ukon
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| Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2009 4:11 pm Post subject: |
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| Office hours...try to negociate not having them if possible... |
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movybuf
Joined: 01 Jan 2007
Location: Mokdong
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| Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2009 4:47 pm Post subject: |
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| There is probably mandatory "prep time" included in the schedule. Most places will have an hour to 30 minutes of prep time on your schedule, daily. Also, if you have 5 or 10 minute breaks between your classes, that time is not included in your "teaching time." That is a clever little trick that bosses try to play when screwing you out of your overtime, if you have any. |
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TheUrbanMyth
Joined: 28 Jan 2003
Location: Retired
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| Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2009 5:02 pm Post subject: Re: Working Hours? |
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| Moomoo2u wrote: |
I posted this before but nobody had a real experienced reply (plus I only got one).
all the contracts I see say 20-30hrs per week, then say "Mon-Fri 2-9pm" or 9-5 etc...
last time I checked 7-8hrs/day*5days a week=40 hours a week...
am I missing something here? are there days off? or is it not 2-7...or is there some kind of lunch break/siesta I'm not aware of? (I know there's no siesta just a joke)
Thanks |
The 20-30 hours a week is the hours you will TEACH.
You are however expected to be on-site (at the school) for the full stretch of OPERATING hours. So even if you teach only 3-4 classes a day you will still have to be there from 2-9 or 9-5. |
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Carla
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| Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2009 5:35 pm Post subject: |
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| Moomoo2u wrote: |
yes I've had a many 9-5 jobs, I was just confused as its never specified what the "teaching hours" are.
The discrepancy between 30hrs/week and 9-5 m-f is what confused me, even with 30min of lunch break a day thats 2.5hrs..40-2.5=37.5, not 30.
are the other hours for grading lesson planning etc?
I've never taught professionally before so forgive me if the questions seem inane or stupid. |
Teaching hours means the hours in the classroom. If you work from 8 am to 10 am, you are there 2 hours, but the classes are only 40 or 50 minutes, so your teaching hours are only about 1.5. I had an hour lunch before, but sometimes there's a break from 30 minutes to 4 hours (the dreaded split shift). The extra times are for grading papers, meetings, blah blah, you know, the red tape stuff that you just gotta do. |
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Zaria32
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Thirty hours of classes, hours 2-10 pm, just means that the 30 hours
will be scheduled between 2 and 10. They may or may not expect you to stay at school if nothing is scheduled. |
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