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Managing your professionalrelationships :Managing your professionalrelationships
Slide 2:Managing relationships
is the
ART
OF THE
POSSIBLE
Slide 3:You don’t get along.
A personality clash!
Slide 4:Different teaching
philosophies?
Slide 5: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?
Slide 8:1. 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?
Slide 9:2. 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?
Slide 10:3. 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?
Slide 11:4. 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?
Slide 12:5. 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?
Slide 13:6. 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?
Slide 14:7. 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?
Slide 15:8. 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?
Slide 16:9. 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?
Slide 17:10. You don’t want to eat the Korean cafeteria food at your school. Your coteacher has already arranged it. What do you do?