Managing your professional relationships

Managing your professionalrelationships : 

Managing your professionalrelationships

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Managing relationships is the ART OF THE POSSIBLE

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You don’t get along. A personality clash!

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Different teaching philosophies?

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Different management styles?

Class Objectives : 

Class Objectives Different Objectives

So, you don’t have the ideal situation : 

So, you don’t have the ideal situation What do you do? How can you live with it?

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1. You get to your school and the classroom is a mess! There aren’t any basic items and the computer is broke! What do you do?

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2. Your apartment is great! But you have to pay 130,000 won a month for “maintenance fees”. You are upset. This wasn’t in the contract! What do you do?

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3. Your coteacher is nice and helpful. Unfortunately, his/her English is very poor and they won’t help you in class. Usually they just sit at the back or sometimes don’t even come to class! This bothers you a lot. What do you do?

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4. You have planned a great lesson but at the last minute, your coteacher comes and says that class is cancelled. The students have to study for a Korean language test. This happens often and some classes you don’t see very often. You are frustrated. What do you do?

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5. You have a good relationship with your students. They are very eager to learn and love your class. Unfortunately, whenever there is a small classroom management problem, your coteacher jumps up and scolds the student harshly. He/She also translates into Korean for the students constantly. You don’t like this. What do you do?

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6. You have to teach at a winter camp. Your school wants a 30 page book of lessons in 3 days. You can’t believe it! What do you do?

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7. Your coteacher says you have a “demo” lesson in 2 weeks. They want to script and practice with the class over and over. You disagree and feel like a “parrot”. What do you do?

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8. You are teaching some extra after school classes. You’ve asked constantly about when you will be paid. You can’t get a straight answer and don’t even know how much you are going to be paid. What do you do?

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9. You think that you should be paid more than you are getting. You asked your coteacher about it but haven’t got an answer. What do you do?

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10. You don’t want to eat the Korean cafeteria food at your school. Your coteacher has already arranged it. What do you do?