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[flicknut]

My public elementary school asked me to take on two 80-minute after school classes per week. I would be compensated for this, but nobody knows the exact details yet.

What do teachers get paid for this? Is it worth it, or should I say no?

[mehamrick]

[Morton]

You can take the hours as vacation time. Elementary school 80 minutes = 2 hours teaching = 2 hours vacation.

Every little helps.

[JJJ]

Wow, what a general question that is going to provide you with half a dozen or more answers.

As you have probably read here already, public schools, beit elementary, middle or high schools are a crap shoot when it comes to getting placed. Same goes for these after school programs. It all depends on the school and the quality of your students.

In my case, it's a waste of time. I've got a grade 2 girl whose parents want her in (she speaks perfect English), some fun grade 3's, shy grade 4's who cry everytime you try to get them to answer a question or read. An unstabe grade 5 boy who wants to fight and some grade 6 students who left after 2 classes because it was too easy for them. Oh yeah, and my grade 2 girl who could help me translate left as well because she wasn't learning anything. Started with 16, now down to 8 and I never look forward to this class.

However, others I've talked to actually have interviews to go to the after school class, it's so high level and competitive. Nice.

Have fun.

[Gamecock]

80 minutes is a LONG elementary class! If your school is anything like mine, the after-school classes will have a massive range of ability levels, from beginners to advanced students, which makes conducting lessons very challenging.

As a normal elementary school class is 40 or 45 minutes, I would only agree to getting paid 2 hours for each class. Thus, 80,000 Won a week (at the standard 20,000/hr for OT). Personally, I think this is worth it. But I wouldn't do it for less.

[Rteacher]

"80 minute class" at the middle or high school level probably just means two consecutive 35 minute classes with the same group - with a ten minute break between.

With elementary kids, it probably means two different groups of kids divided by grades (eg: elementary 1 - 3 for a 40 minute class, then elementary 4 - 6 for another 40 minutes ...)

At my tech high school, overtime classes are usually 50 minute periods - same as regular classes...

Although I work at a high school, I've had overtime classes with elementary kids and adults - as well as with high school students...

One advantage to taking the extra vacation time instead of money for the overtime is that (at least at my school) they don't automatically take the taxes out of overtime pay - you have to file and pay that yourself when the time comes (and if you work at a public school they usually find out eventually if you owe back taxes ...)