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webguy
Joined: 05 Jan 2006
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 Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2006 6:42 pm Post subject: Working conditions |
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Sorry, this is such a general question, what are the typical working conditions like in a hogwan? Split shifts? More kids than adults? 30 hours/week or more or less?
Could you describe to me what you think the average hogwan is like?
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Yu_Bum_suk
Joined: 25 Dec 2004
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Son Deureo!
Joined: 30 Apr 2003
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| Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2006 10:07 pm Post subject: |
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I just answered this question recently in this thread:
http://www.eslcafe.com/forums/korea/viewtopic.php?t=50009&highlight=minimum+hogwon
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Here is a bare minimum of what you should insist on as a fresh-off-the-plane teacher, with no qualifications beyond a bachelor's degree in a kiddie hogwon:
2.0 million for 120 teaching hours/mo
free non-shared apartment
roundtrip airfare from and to the nearest international airport to your home
block shift (no more than 8 hours between your daily start and finish time, get that in writing)
health insurance, 50% of premium paid by you, 50% by employer
Monday-Friday schedule, NO SATURDAYS
2 weeks vacation
all national holidays off (no need to make them up)
any overtime is optional, paid at the rate of 120% of your standard hourly pay
While this is what you can and should demand, you can also expect your boss to fight you on any of these points, or screw you over on them once you get them, but this is all reasonable based on the current ESL market here.
Also, you asked what you can expect from your workday. YMMV of course, but typical kiddie hogwon schedules tend to look like this.
Hogwon with kindergarten: Start at 9 or 10 in the morning to teach kindie until 1 or 2 pm. Have a break until around 3 p.m., then teach elementary and middle school kids until 6 or 7 p.m. This is a tough enough schedule, but the truly sadistic bosses will try to have you there until 9 or 10 pm with multiple breaks. I lived this nightmare *shudder*
No kindie: start teaching at 2 or 3 p.m., go home at 8 or 9 pm, maybe 10 p.m. This is nice work if you can get it, you work for basically 6 hours a day, the only drawback is that you finish late at night. |
Don't settle for less. |
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webguy
Joined: 05 Jan 2006
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| Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2006 8:09 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks a lot, it helps.
That's one scary looking avatar you have there, sure hope it isn't you. |
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