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[ms.catbc]

Has anyone here taught at a Maple Bear school in Korea or elsewhere?

[ms.catbc]

They are pre-school and kindergarten Canadian schools that are located in different countries all over the world. They have been expanding a lot in Korea and i was just wondering if anyone here has taught at one of the schools.

[Aurora_Redwinters]

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[3baekwon]

informative pm sent

[abc12345]

3baekwon, can you send me some information? this school also contacted me and i might arrange an interview with them soon

[littlemisssmiles]

I am going over to teach at their school in Pyeongchon in March. Sounds good so far... The school is owned by Koreans but there is a Canadian director there to run it as well, so that makes me feel a little better.

[Zenpickle]

I know the location you're talking about. Some of us checked it out before. It's a standard hagwon.

[yingwenlaoshi]

I think that name's worse than Ding Ding Dang. What the hell do "maple" and "bear" have to do with each other?

"Look! A maple bear!" Wonder what genius thought of that name. Yeah, "maple" and "bear" are Canadian things, but it's like calling a school "Bacon Beaver" or something.

They sound like idiots. Plus it's kindergarten. Who in their right mind teaches kindergarten?

[tomato]

[yingwenlaoshi]

[ms.catbc]

hey littlemisssmiles!
do let me know how that goes.
my E-2 visa is all messed up so i won't be able to start teaching with them in march anyway.

back to the drawing board!

[ms.catbc]

oh...and kindergarten is awesome

[littlemisssmiles]

[Draz]

[Jamez]

I've signed a contract with them to start in March in Songpa.
So far they have been really great with giving me info and the director is also Canadian which I think is a huge plus. But even though they are Canadian run (meaning they have a Canadian curriculum), they are still owned indvidually by Koreans. But being a school, the hours are better than a typical hawgon.
Really, i won't know for how great they are until I'm there.