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The School Staff
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The staff at most schools will be a mixture of Korean bilingual teachers, native Korean speakers, and native English speakers. There will also be a person who is designated the academic director, and perhaps a foreign 'head teacher'. It is common for the staff room area to have desks for all the teachers in the same room. It is important that you get to work in a well-mannered way with the bilingual teachers, as you will be sharing a lot of students with them. The bilingual teacher always gets the time consuming task of doing the entire phone counselling of parents. This involves ringing up and speaking to the parent each month to ask how their student is getting on. If you notice that the Korean staff are looking a bit enviously at you, just remember that they have seen a lot of foreign teachers come and go through the school who seem to get the easy tasks, while they are expected to do all the extra work such as phoning parents, or supervising the children for lunch. They will also be called upon to have to explain a lot of information to you regarding the programs. If it appears sometimes that the Korean teacher is a little 'distant' towards you, do not think this is a sign of she/he not liking you; it is just that they tend to be cautious regarding new staff and new situations. If a parent has complained about an incident at school, the foreign teacher may not even be told about it, and instead the Koreans will deal with everything. Be very careful about doing any 'complaining or moaning' while you are at the school, especially in the staff room as it is a sure way for things to become more uncomfortable. Show good public manners at all times and wait for the appropriate place and time to deal with any issues that may arise as it may have been a total misunderstanding that led to you towards feeling frustrated or angry. It is important to note that often a Korean person saying, 'yes yes' or 'ne ne' is actually only acknowledging that they heard you, rather than that agreeing with what you said! Think about the differences in culture, and DO NOT expect to impose your behaviours, values and systems on them. Give yourself time to understand and make sure you ask questions to clarify situations, otherwise ask for something in writing. The most important thing to note is that you are their employee, and they will treat you well if you treat them well. BUT they also want every hour of work out of you as per the contract, as it is a moneymaking business they are running! There will be many other employees at the school, including:
Often the owner of the school (president) will be in the building so it is important to get to know their name and their relationship to you.
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