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HaleyShaw
Joined: 08 Nov 2006
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 Posted: Mon Dec 04, 2006 11:20 am Post subject: brand new school- take the job? |
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I was just offered a position with a new "English village" type of institute that is just opening up. The director lived in the states for 30 years and has impeccable English. We had a nice conversation about teaching philosophy and I like what he's trying to do. So here's the thing- I can't really contact other teachers. Do I just have to trust him? He has been very polite and open in our correspondance.
Any ideas?
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Roch
Joined: 24 Apr 2003
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Mon Dec 04, 2006 11:33 am Post subject: |
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Dear Poster:
Go for it if and only if you can discover if the school has a minimum of 40 students for each foreign E.F.L. Instructor in its employ.
P.M. me for a longer, more detailed explanation or ask Ttompatz or Alabamaman for their input.
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Curious_george
Joined: 25 Aug 2006
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Here's my situation.
My hagwon opened up in August of this year. So far, it is doing well and we have gotten many new students, nearly doubled since August.
Are you new at teaching? FOB? This is my first job in Korea. Since the staff was all new, the teachers, the school, and myself, I was very skeptical about taking the job. First few weeks were a he**-hole, after about three mos., it has certainly become a lot more calming and perfunctory.
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Mon Dec 04, 2006 9:56 pm Post subject: Re: brand new school- take the job? |
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| HaleyShaw wrote: |
I was just offered a position with a new "English village" type of institute that is just opening up. The director lived in the states for 30 years and has impeccable English. We had a nice conversation about teaching philosophy and I like what he's trying to do. So here's the thing- I can't really contact other teachers. Do I just have to trust him? He has been very polite and open in our correspondance.
Any ideas?
thanks! |
My honest opinion is that newbie teacher in Korea and new hakwon USUALLY = receipe for disaster.
New teachers are much better off in an established school with 2 or more foreign teachers and MORE THAN 150 students. You have someone to assist you with the daily living stuff as well as learning how to teach.
You have about a 70% chance that your new school will go broke or suffer some other disaster inside of the first year (and there goes your flight home, severance and possibly several months pay).
If you are established in Korea you have a much better chance of surviving a new school opening and will have a better understanding of what is going on before you get stranded and/or left on the hook. |
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