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Post by con's fly is open on Aug 5, 2006 3:08:27 GMT 7
Icebear, 25 hours a week is on the busy side. And that's a wide range of ages: how many lesson plans will you have to write a week? How structured is the curriculum for each?
Not trying to discourage you, just providing some followup questions to ask. It's the Chinese way to proceed cautiously, asking several rounds of questions, well past the point when an American would rightly throw a drink in your face.
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Post by ObertonGluek on Aug 5, 2006 6:15:43 GMT 7
Con, the amount of classes are 5 per week and they're 40 minutes each in length. So it's only about 16 hours per week of actual teaching, the rest is made up with preparing materials, which can be done at home or in the school office.
It may seem busy at first, but it's not incredibly unhealthy or dangerous. Plus, it's the same 5 classes per day, monday to friday. Hopefully, it will actually be that way when I get there.
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Post by Stil on Aug 5, 2006 7:55:05 GMT 7
Con, the amount of classes are 5 per week and they're 40 minutes each in length. So it's only about 16 hours per week of actual teaching, the rest is made up with preparing materials, which can be done at home or in the school office. It may seem busy at first, but it's not incredibly unhealthy or dangerous. Plus, it's the same 5 classes per day, monday to friday. Hopefully, it will actually be that way when I get there. Am I reading this right? 5 classes and 5 lesson plans per day!That's very busy for any teacher anywhere.
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Post by ObertonGluek on Aug 5, 2006 18:11:27 GMT 7
Well, I love an occupied mind! It's all done now and I don't want to turn back.
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Post by gengrant on Dec 6, 2006 12:52:40 GMT 7
now that y'all have been teaching there for a bit, how about an update? what are your general impressions? thinking of signing up for an additional tour? c'mon, give us dirt!
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Post by icebear on Dec 6, 2006 23:11:25 GMT 7
Fully positive - all gripes have been insignificant and dealt with in a timely manner. The class sizes are smaller than average, I think, which I enjoy. When it comes time to renew the conduct of the school and the work conditions will shed a favorable light on the decision, if all continues as is. One key note: although the contract stipulated higher than average hours, in reality we are teaching 16 'hours' (40 minutes) a week at most - some have less and compensate with various office tasks (light stuff, really). Specific questions can be PM'ed to me, although I don't think many people will be looking for information until next fall - I've got two friends filling open slots this spring
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