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lowpo · Joined: 01 Mar 2007

If your coteacher was sick and asked you to cover his or her's classes for the day? Would you?

ChuckECheese · Joined: 20 Jul 2006

Colorado · Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2007 7:53 pm Post subject:

absolutely.
My co-teacher rocks.

khyber · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Location: Compunction Junction

I was told that itwas ILLEGAL for us to be alone, teaching the children.

anyone heard about that?

bosintang · Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2007 8:18 pm Post subject:

Depends how comfortable you are, but it's only a day, so I don't see what the problem is.

My co-teacher is absent this week, so on the Principal's request, I'm doing that teacher's schedule. I figured I was just going to be the substitute chump for the week. However -- don't know if it's the weather, or the students got the Miranda act read to them before I started -- they've been really good, better than usual, if anything.

Scouse Mouse · Joined: 07 Jan 2007 Location: Cloud #9

tiger fancini · Joined: 21 Mar 2006 Location: Testicles for Eyes

I would, because when I've been off sick my co-teachers have covered my classes. If the problem is being 'alone' with the kids you could always ask another teacher on a free period to sit in with you. Give them a written test, that way you don't even have to do much except patrol and make sure the little beggars aren't cheating.

kat2 · Joined: 25 Oct 2005 Location: Busan, South Korea

Sure! If I was sick, I would want my coteacher to take my classes. A little give and take.
I do hae one coteacher is hungover 50% of the time. I don't let him skip out on class though. Being sick is one thing, but being hungover on a workday gets no sympahty from me.

gsxr750r · Joined: 29 Jan 2007

It works both ways.

A Korean teacher-friend who used to be my co-teacher has called me asking for help. She can't get along with the latest waygook there. They have different ideas on how to run the class. She views him as an assistant to her during the co-teaching classes. He wants to run the show. I'm trying to get a better understanding of what's going on, but it sounds like the school is getting a bad taste in its mouth over the issue.

It sounds to me like the waygook may not have his job responsibilities spelled-out correctly, and he resents her trying to control what goes on in class.

poet13 · Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2007 10:03 pm Post subject:

"I was told that itwas ILLEGAL for us to be alone, teaching the children.

anyone heard about that?"

I don't know about ILLEGAL, but I do know EPIK in Kyeoung Buk requires it. That being said, at the beginning of the year I told my co-teachers that they didn't need to come to my classes, but that sometimes I might ask them to if there was something we needed to translate....

ilovebdt · Joined: 03 Jun 2005 Location: Nr Seoul

Yu_Bum_suk · Joined: 25 Dec 2004

I've done it a number of times. On Monday my aunt and uncle were visiting and the KTs covered for me. What's wrong with doing what KTs regularly do for each other?

schwa · Joined: 18 Jan 2003 Location: Yap

gsxr750r · Joined: 29 Jan 2007

They have had me watch over important tests, and forged another Korean teacher's name on the test booklet. That was highly illegal.

pest2 · Joined: 01 Jun 2005 Location: Vancouver, Canada

In my and many others' situations, it isnt possible we'd ever have to cover for our Korean-teacher. I see a different K teacher each day because Im at a different school each day. If the K teacher didnt show up the day I was there, I'd just do the class alone; no problem there.

If I worked in one school where I had the same a just a few K teachers each day for each class and it was possible to cover classes for that/those teachers, I would... but if my hours went over my contract, I'd demand OT pay from the school admin...