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Jackhammer96
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 Posted: Tue Feb 18, 2014 11:43 am Post subject: Preparation before your job! |
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I know your supposed to prepare as much as possible before the job starts. In regards to getting your learning materials ready, how do you go about this?
My own common sense to prepare as much learning materials and lesson plans as possible. At the same time I dont want to be wasting any time, so I would like to be as productive as possible.
I may have a job lined up in the next two weeks in a private school dealing with either kinder, elementary or mid level students. I am a little bit worried about the limited time I will have.
Any advice would be great. 
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YTMND
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| I know your supposed to prepare as much as possible before the job starts. |
Where did you hear this crap? You could prepare a bunch of lessons, go to the school and then be given a book with different material. I have tons of lessons prepared but many of these jobs have a set curriculum.
When you take a job, you have office hours. That's where you prepare. If you know your students then you can prepare in advance. However, going to a new school and preparing lessons is as effective as a doctor writing out prescriptions before patients arrive or a mechanic ordering replacement parts before they inspect the car.
Save yourself the time. If you are being interviewed you might want to prepare a demo lesson. Spend more time getting a 10 minute, 20 minute and a 40 minute demo ready in case. Also, be ready for questions. |
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Hokie21
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| I get into the office at 2:00 and teach my first lesson at 4:15. That's my office time where I prep for my classes. As the semester rolls along and you get to know you classes/students better you can tailor your lessons as you see fit. My school has a curriculum which we are expected to follow. Each of the teachers does it a certain way but at as long as the books are covered by the end of the semester everyone is happy. |
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Lucas
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Overture1928
Joined: 12 Jan 2014
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| Posted: Wed Feb 19, 2014 6:21 am Post subject: Re: Preparation before your job! |
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| TJ85 wrote: |
I know your supposed to prepare as much as possible before the job starts. In regards to getting your learning materials ready, how do you go about this?
My own common sense to prepare as much learning materials and lesson plans as possible. At the same time I dont want to be wasting any time, so I would like to be as productive as possible.
I may have a job lined up in the next two weeks in a private school dealing with either kinder, elementary or mid level students. I am a little bit worried about the limited time I will have.
Any advice would be great.
Thanks! |
Buy LOTS of cool stickers for cheap or cool cheap prizes like styrofoam planes or parachute army men. This I always have a hard time finding cheap and quick in Korea. You could prepare some simple worksheets that keep kids busy. There will be times when little min-hae finishes 20 minutes before everyone else and you need to keep her busy. You could even just buy a kids workbook and photocopy pages for the keeners who finish early. |
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Troglodyte
Joined: 06 Dec 2009
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| Posted: Wed Feb 19, 2014 7:38 am Post subject: Re: Preparation before your job! |
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| TJ85 wrote: |
I know your supposed to prepare as much as possible before the job starts. In regards to getting your learning materials ready, how do you go about this?
My own common sense to prepare as much learning materials and lesson plans as possible. At the same time I dont want to be wasting any time, so I would like to be as productive as possible.
I may have a job lined up in the next two weeks in a private school dealing with either kinder, elementary or mid level students. I am a little bit worried about the limited time I will have.
Any advice would be great.
Thanks! |
Ways that you can prepare before you even start the job.
-Learn how to draw stick figure (great for fast explanations, bonus if you can make them look amusing)
-Learn how to mime (good for explanations and entertaining)
-Learn to play the guitar
-Go to the dollar shop and buy a bunch of stickers with your country's flag or some other national emblem. These are great for giving kids if they do good on something. Get a bunch of post cards that show stuff from your area to put on the wall by your desk. Get some pens that have your flag or something like that on them. They make good gifts for co-workers. If you can find a baseball hat with the name of your city/region/country on it, get it. It will make a good gift for your boss.
Here's some other big advice for while your preparing for the job ---> get a complete set of documents ready in case you decide to quit and need the docs to get a new job. So many people make that mistake and pay dearly for it. If you never need the documents then you are only out a couple hundred bucks at most but at least you'll have peace of mind knowing that you have that safety net if you ever need it. (And you'd stand to lose more than that if you need to get another set while here, especially if you have to wait for them.) |
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Overture1928
Joined: 12 Jan 2014
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| Posted: Wed Feb 19, 2014 7:49 am Post subject: Re: Preparation before your job! |
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| TJ85 wrote: |
I know your supposed to prepare as much as possible before the job starts. In regards to getting your learning materials ready, how do you go about this?
My own common sense to prepare as much learning materials and lesson plans as possible. At the same time I dont want to be wasting any time, so I would like to be as productive as possible.
I may have a job lined up in the next two weeks in a private school dealing with either kinder, elementary or mid level students. I am a little bit worried about the limited time I will have.
Any advice would be great.
Thanks! |
Ways that you can prepare before you even start the job.
-Learn how to draw stick figure (great for fast explanations, bonus if you can make them look amusing)
-Learn how to mime (good for explanations and entertaining)
-Learn to play the guitar
-Go to the dollar shop and buy a bunch of stickers with your country's flag or some other national emblem. These are great for giving kids if they do good on something. Get a bunch of post cards that show stuff from your area to put on the wall by your desk. Get some pens that have your flag or something like that on them. They make good gifts for co-workers. If you can find a baseball hat with the name of your city/region/country on it, get it. It will make a good gift for your boss.
Here's some other big advice for while your preparing for the job ---> get a complete set of documents ready in case you decide to quit and need the docs to get a new job. So many people make that mistake and pay dearly for it. If you never need the documents then you are only out a couple hundred bucks at most but at least you'll have peace of mind knowing that you have that safety net if you ever need it. (And you'd stand to lose more than that if you need to get another set while here, especially if you have to wait for them.) |
Some good info here! Learn how to draw a bunch of crap! Cats, dogs, Elephants, cars, hospitals, dinosaurs, robots. Trust me it will help you explain stuff to kids and keep them entertained. I even have a game where I just draw 1 line at a time of something and they try to guess what I am drawing; they love it. If you haven't already done so, get a haircut, put on a nice shirt and get a good head shot taken and save it to you laptop encase if you get fired or quit. It will save you from having to find a studio here and forking out 20-30 bucks for a professional shot. I just did one, the guy took like 10 shots, only sent me one to my e mail and I don't like it. If you can save yourself from having to do trivial stuff like this in Korea then do it. |
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