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beebee23
Joined: 20 Jul 2006
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 Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2006 5:28 pm Post subject: 06' EPIK program in KOREA--advice suggestions, please. |
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Hello forumers,
I did a search and all of the information on EPIK is outdated, and nothing from last years program, or from EPIK'ers who left in group 1 a few months ago.
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I have a bachelors degree and a TESOL certificate (100 hours+), but no real teaching experience except from the Certificate program. How much should I expect to get paid from EPIK?
1) What can I expect working for EPIK? The good and the bad?
2) How long do they work you or does it vary?
3) Is it possible to suggest asking for certain things in the contract or just to expect them?
4) Is working for the Korean Government the best way to go for your first year in Korea, as opposed to working for a private Hagwon?
5) Are the textbooks adequate or do you have to supply your own?
6) Anything else I should know?
Thanks, and please, please write back.
Cheers! |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2006 1:09 am Post subject: Re: 06' EPIK program in KOREA--advice suggestions, please. |
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| beebee23 wrote: |
Hello forumers,
I did a search and all of the information on EPIK is outdated, and nothing from last years program, or from EPIK'ers who left in group 1 a few months ago.
ME:
I have a bachelors degree and a TESOL certificate (100 hours+), but no real teaching experience except from the Certificate program. How much should I expect to get paid from EPIK?
1) What can I expect working for EPIK? The good and the bad?
2) How long do they work you or does it vary?
3) Is it possible to suggest asking for certain things in the contract or just to expect them?
4) Is working for the Korean Government the best way to go for your first year in Korea, as opposed to working for a private Hagwon?
5) Are the textbooks adequate or do you have to supply your own?
6) Anything else I should know?
Thanks, and please, please write back.
Cheers! |
Please permit me to make a short answer list for you.
A) Salary - you will be level 2. Starting wage is 2 million for 22 classes per week. You may be elegible for additional benefits like rural allowance, etc based on where you are placed.
1) The good - nothing new here, read the old posts. Pay, benefits, etc will be calculated properly and paid accordingly.
The bad - nothing new here, read the old posts.
2) you are in the school for 40 hours per week m-f 9-5 (8:30-4:30). Ever if you are not teaching you are expected to have your butt in the school. Exercise (physical well being), professional development (learn Korean), research and planning (net surfing?) are what you do here.
3) The contracts are pretty standard and unless you are here for face to face negotiations then they are pretty much iron clad.
4) A bad day in public school is better than the best day in a typical hakwan. Yes, before I get flamed, I know there are a FEW good hakwons, but the bad /marginal ones far outnumber the good - by several orders of magnitude. (1000 to 1 maybe?)
Average 4 classes per day instead of 6-8, no worry about getting paid, you can actually take a sick day if you need one, there is usually a nurse in the school (if it is a larger school - more than 700 students), computer and internet at your desk (does anyone NOT have this?), and the list goes on and on.
5) Text books are NOT the best but you do have curriculum that you have to cover and you can suppliment that if you want. With 40 kids of various levels in a classroom you may not have much time to do another book but you can do learning activities (it is encouraged at most schools).
6) Yes, know where to find the stickys. Things don't change that much year to year in government positions. Have fun. |
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Horangi Munshin
Joined: 06 Apr 2003
Location: Busan
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| Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2006 4:19 am Post subject: |
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I'd like to ask a similar question.
I've talked to different people and they've told me different things regarding recognized experience.
I have a Bachelor's degree, and a teaching diploma for teaching high school in New Zealand. I have two years substituting experience in New Zealand and 6 years in hagwons in Korea. Does that experience count for Level 1? |
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beebee23
Joined: 20 Jul 2006
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| Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2006 7:45 am Post subject: THankyou. |
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Thankyou for your sound words, and I will check the old posts. I am very greatful, ttompatz.
Cheers everyone. |
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