What a typical work day is like for me.......
I work Monday-Friday from about 8:30-4:30pm. I wake up around 630am so that I can catch the bus around 8am ish. It takes about 10-20 minutes to get to work (depending on traffic and which school I'm going to).
I arrive at school before 8:30 and have coffee with some of the staff in the teachers lounge or administration office. Around 8:40 ish I head on over to my English classroom to get ready for my first class. I teach (usually) 22 classes a week. Mainly 4 forty minute classes a day. I teach mainly 5th and 6th graders but I have one 4th grade class on Monday and Tuesday. I also teach English to some staff on Thursdays (they call it English tea time). On Wednesdays, I have an extra class with some students who would like to learn more English. These students are usually above average in English compared to their classmates.
Wednesday is usually the busiest day out of the week for me. I teach 4 classes until noon, have lunch at 12:10, and then I have the tutoring session from 1:10-2pm. At 3pm, I play volleyball with the staff. Then we have snacks and drinks after volleyball. Most of the staff can't really speak English, but they are all very friendly and at least attempt to talk to me in English. Or "Konglish" (a mixture of Korean and English lol).
As I mentioned earlier, we have English tea time on Thursdays at 3. This is a chance for the staff to meet with me and practice their English. I've only had one tea time so far, often they have staff meetings at that time. I'm trying to think of different topics to talk about. The first tea time was just a chance for me to introduce myself, so I showed the powerpoint that I showed to my students!! But next time, I'll ask them to tell me about themselves and their family's...etc....
So that is pretty much a typical work week for me. It tends to vary every week, depending on whats going on at school. The next post will be about a typical weekEND in Korea!!! Stay tuned.
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