Help / Advice / Is my School ok?

[GuyInTaiwan]

Oh and duke, I've been told my some of my friends to walk but I don't want to because I think its unfair on the kids. I think I'll give 2-4 weeks notice when I say im leaving is that normal?

The boss and the parents don't give a shit about the kids or they wouldn't do this. It's emotional blackmail to make you feel bad for the kids.

[Enigma]

Is your school ok? Quick answer is NO! pm me if you want but the chains are all, for the most part, going to bend you over. You must be feeling it. Get OUT!

[Exister]

Yep, stay away from the chain schools. I am much happier working at a few smaller schools than I ever was working for one of the bigger schools. Better bosses, better kids, better hours, better pay. I can't believe some of you guys are making 500nt up in Taipei where everything is more expensive, I haven't heard of anywhere here in Yilan starting at less than 600nt, and everything is way cheaper! I pay less rent for a 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom, 2 balcony apartment with a real kitchen than I paid for a 套房 in Zhonghe that was smaller than my bedroom now.

[globalgourmand]

My lucky self has found a job where I simply get paid for the hours I teach and my teaching requires little to no preparation except what I do myself because I love my students and want to give them a treat. No homework grading, performances, telephone teaching, etc. Sometimes it takes time to find a gig like that. Best of luck to you. Oh, and remember- NOBODY IS LOOKING OUT FOR YOU BUT YOURSELF. You are your only advocate. These people are often NOT nice, they've been in the business a long time and they know exactly how to get the most possible work from a sweet, fresh-faced newb like yourself. Deal with them accordingly.

This is good advice that I'm committed too but I'm wondering if you, or anyone else, could answer how one is to know when you've found a good school/ job such as this? Like so many others, I'll be arriving mid-August w/resumes in-hand. I hesitate to admit this but I am totally that "sweet, fresh-faced newb" you speak of and am genuinely concerned about allowing myself to be taken advantage of. I really enjoy being cooperative and compliant despite that I also despise having my kindness exploited. I can't let this happen. How will I know when I've found a school worth my time? I can imagine some warning signs for bad schools, so what signals a good one?

[Whole Lotta Lotta]

(unless the laoban is nutts. Keep your nutts radar on high when you let your smiling face into a new school's door)

They're offering him 30,000 a month for over forty hours a week. The current laoban is nuts .

[creztor]

Can you name the branch after you leave?

[Battery9]

more importantly..are you a CT or an ET?

[ehophi]

The place where I work now occasionally wants me to give special consideration or treatment to students who were simply misplaced (i.e. they could be at other levels and not conflict with scheduling, but insist that they study with certain peers). I tell them that I could do much less and fulfill the ends of my contract, and that any further requests either ask me to question objectivity in favor of a student's ego or to simplify the whole course, thus denying real gains made by the majority of students who succeed at the harder level. They at least understand that, so instead work more productively to figure out how to market instruction that isn't a mere güero clown show.

OP, I would recommend that you dig for bits of blackmail on your way out. If you really do put yourself first, you won't mind manipulating people to get what you need to find a job where they'll compensate you adequately for the work that you do.