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cdog151
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 Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2006 10:54 am Post subject: Normal Amount of Hours |
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Does anyone know what a typical aount of teaching hours are? There's jobs that range from 90 a month for 1.9-2.0 and 150 a month for 2.5. Does this mean that the 150 will include well over 40 hours of bnormal work with prep or do you think it includes it? Does the 90 hours seem sort of skimpy and will I expect to find a lot more hours of prep and other activities at the school? Sorry, if this question seems a bit specific or stupid, but I am confused a bit about the different types of jobs out there. Thanks. |
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Qinella
Joined: 25 Feb 2005
Location: the crib
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| Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2006 11:25 am Post subject: Re: Normal Amount of Hours |
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| cdog151 wrote: |
Hey
Does anyone know what a typical aount of teaching hours are? There's jobs that range from 90 a month for 1.9-2.0 and 150 a month for 2.5. Does this mean that the 150 will include well over 40 hours of bnormal work with prep or do you think it includes it? Does the 90 hours seem sort of skimpy and will I expect to find a lot more hours of prep and other activities at the school? Sorry, if this question seems a bit specific or stupid, but I am confused a bit about the different types of jobs out there. Thanks. |
Man 150 hours in a month? Break that down and you've got about 7 classes a day. For me, that's way too much to handle. It simply doesn't leave you with enough energy/time/motivation to properly prepare for classes.
You should shoot for 4 classes a day (80 hrs a month). That's what I did, and I love it. |
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PRagic
Joined: 24 Feb 2006
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2006 4:36 pm Post subject: Re: Normal Amount of Hours |
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| cdog151 wrote: |
Hey
Does anyone know what a typical aount of teaching hours are? There's jobs that range from 90 a month for 1.9-2.0 and 150 a month for 2.5. Does this mean that the 150 will include well over 40 hours of bnormal work with prep or do you think it includes it? Does the 90 hours seem sort of skimpy and will I expect to find a lot more hours of prep and other activities at the school? Sorry, if this question seems a bit specific or stupid, but I am confused a bit about the different types of jobs out there. Thanks. |
It is all in the FAQs.
Typical hakwon hours for a newbie are 120 x 50 minute classes per calendar month. ~30 hours in the class with 5-10 hours for prep per week makes a 40 hour/week job.
Some of the less than honorable chains try to push that with creative counting /time keeping and you end up with more (sometimes lots more) classes.
Just say no.
120 classes with proper prep will be about the same as a 40 hour work week back home.
Just as a side note: a public teacher is in the school for 40 hours per week but only has 88-92 classes (40 minutes) per month to prep for (and makes the same money that a hakwon teacher makes).
I am not suggesting that all newbies should take public school jobs however. There ARE drawbacks. The major ones are that there are fewer support systems in place for a newbie in the country. A hakwon usually will have better support and understanding for the difficulties that a foreigner will face here in Korea.
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Sody
Joined: 14 May 2006
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| Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2006 5:24 pm Post subject: |
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Hi, what ttompatz said was right. Also, the classes in a Hagwon are usually much smaller. I was told by a recruiter than in my public school the classes would be around 35 students but for the first few months some of my classes were 58 students. For a new teacher it is really, really tough to handle that. So sometimes a hagwon is much better because the average class size is a lot smaller. I've been told by some hagwon teachers that their classes are less than eight students even  When I worked as an eikawa teacher in Japan some of my classes were less than 3 students
The good thing about these small classes is that it lets you develop as a teacher at a much better pace than working at a public school. This is really important if you are new to ESL teaching because unlike at a regular school you won't be overwhelmed by numbers. You can focus on students and give them more individual attention and learn to prep properly. Another thing to take into account is the fact that in a public school they won't teach you how to teach. They are too busy.
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mikekim
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Yu_Bum_suk
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| It completely varies, and what the contract indicates may not be true in reality. Preparation time also varies a lot. |
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