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UKsimon



Joined: 01 Nov 2009
Location: Incheon

PostPosted: Wed Oct 13, 2010 10:51 pm    Post subject: EPIK renewal. Reply with quote

When you sign a renewal with EPIK, will you have any choice in staying at your school or does the POE have the final say?

I would like to stay on for a second year, but would not want to move schools.

Thanks.
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oldfatfarang



Joined: 19 May 2005
Location: On the road to somewhere.

PostPosted: Wed Oct 13, 2010 10:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Your principal says whether you are staying (on your co-teachers' recommendations).

Re-signing with the same school is a tough decision.

Somethings to think about:
You may get a new principal/VP/co-teachers next year - and find that your school isn't much fun anymore (happens all the time).

You may find that your honeymoon is over - and that the kids have habituated to you - and they're harder to teach next year.

Also, if you stay at the same school - you may have to make another year's lesson plans - whereas if you transfer - you can just use this year's lessons.

However, if you transfer - you may be transferred into a nightmare new school/accommodation scenario.

Yep, re-signing - or transferring - it's a risky business.

Good luck.
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Fox



Joined: 04 Mar 2009

PostPosted: Wed Oct 13, 2010 11:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Resigning and staying at the same school is easy. I believe most of the people who renew end up at the same school. It's resigning and wanting to change schools that's a bit tricky. Letting your school know you want to keep working in public schools so long as it's not with them is a little awkward, I would imagine.
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jvalmer



Joined: 06 Jun 2003

PostPosted: Wed Oct 13, 2010 11:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Fox wrote:
Resigning and staying at the same school is easy. I believe most of the people who renew end up at the same school. It's resigning and wanting to change schools that's a bit tricky. Letting your school know you want to keep working in public schools so long as it's not with them is a little awkward, I would imagine.

Not tricky at all. I've transferred twice and in both cases it went well without any hard feelings. Of course it helps that I worked in smaller cities and teachers totally understand if I want to go to a slightly larger city.
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Fox



Joined: 04 Mar 2009

PostPosted: Thu Oct 14, 2010 12:14 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

jvalmer wrote:
Fox wrote:
Resigning and staying at the same school is easy. I believe most of the people who renew end up at the same school. It's resigning and wanting to change schools that's a bit tricky. Letting your school know you want to keep working in public schools so long as it's not with them is a little awkward, I would imagine.


Not tricky at all. I've transferred twice and in both cases it went well without any hard feelings. Of course it helps that I worked in smaller cities and teachers totally understand if I want to go to a slightly larger city.


That's a good point. Enough Korean teachers want to move on from smaller cities to bigger ones that even a somewhat possessive co-teacher might be able to rationalize away any potential offense they felt. My co-teacher on the other hand wasn't very happy when my previous fellow foreign teacher opted not to stick around, which is what caused my initial over-generalization.
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oldfatfarang



Joined: 19 May 2005
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 14, 2010 2:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Transferring is no big deal for K teachers - so it shouldn't be for GET's either. The K teachers at my school are so unhappy, that there's a limit (Cool on how many can transfer out per year.
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JBomb



Joined: 16 Oct 2008

PostPosted: Thu Oct 14, 2010 4:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

in Busan K-teachers have to transfer every 5 years. They stay with in the same district but they hop around a lot. I did two years at the same school and am thinking about switching just for a change.
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