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Offline teachkorea28

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Re: How many co teachers do you have?
« Reply #20 on: May 13, 2011, 06:12:44 PM »
I only have 3, thank goodness.  Not that anything is wrong with them but the more people you have to plan with and deal with the more the hassle.

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Re: How many co teachers do you have?
« Reply #21 on: May 13, 2011, 06:15:03 PM »
I teach K-6 at two different public schools. At my regular school I have 6 different ones (my 3 & 4s have the same KT and none for my afterschool classes), At my second school I have only one. So, I suppose I have 7. Most of them are beyond nice, but few of them at my regular school speak English that well.

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Re: How many co teachers do you have?
« Reply #22 on: May 13, 2011, 06:35:15 PM »
I have 2 for regular classes and I work with my coordinator for my after school class once a week.

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Re: How many co teachers do you have?
« Reply #23 on: May 13, 2011, 06:35:36 PM »
I'm at a middle school.

I have 4 co-teachers. 2 for grade 1, 2 for grade 2.
And I have 1 "director", we share an office but we don't teach together.
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Offline dostoevsky_21_81

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Re: How many co teachers do you have?
« Reply #24 on: May 13, 2011, 06:39:02 PM »
Just one!!

Offline charlsie

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Re: How many co teachers do you have?
« Reply #25 on: May 13, 2011, 08:29:08 PM »
Elementary K-6

Regular curriculum (3-6): 1 teacher
After school (1-2): 1 teacher
Special classes (k, 1, 3):  3 teachers who are present for discipline/translation

Offline cruisemonkey

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Re: How many co teachers do you have?
« Reply #26 on: May 13, 2011, 08:55:45 PM »
Five at my 'main', boys middle school and one at my 'second', co-ed  middle school.
The Ks once gave me five minutes notice. I didn't know what to do with the extra time.

Offline mountaingirl

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Re: How many co teachers do you have?
« Reply #27 on: May 13, 2011, 09:06:50 PM »
13.
But I work at multiple schools.

Offline anichion

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Re: How many co teachers do you have?
« Reply #28 on: May 13, 2011, 09:07:16 PM »
I had 8 for 2 years and 7 for 1 year. This year I have only 1 to really work with.

This is why I liked the mandatory Friday meetings- so they can tell me what is coming down the pipeline.
"You have to prepare a speaking test"
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Re: How many co teachers do you have?
« Reply #29 on: May 13, 2011, 09:41:31 PM »
In theory I have 9 ... Of those who actually talk to me before the class I would say 2..

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Re: How many co teachers do you have?
« Reply #30 on: May 14, 2011, 12:42:05 PM »
In total over the past year, I've had 19 (including ones that got replaced by new teachers this past semester).  But I work at 4 schools and teach every grade from K thru High except 3rd & 4th grade Elementary. 

Offline deyeana

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Re: How many co teachers do you have?
« Reply #31 on: May 14, 2011, 02:09:38 PM »
I have three co-teachers that I work with.
Its very interesting to see the different styles of teaching by the co-teachers and you can see how the students react to their teacher.
I have one co teacher who is very quite and can't raise her voice. The students are loud and don't take her seriously.
I have one co teacher who is extremely organized and has total control of her classroom.
and one who is kind of just there. she speaks korean to her students and pretty much teaches in korean. i kind of just stand there when she pushes me out of the way. haha

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Re: How many co teachers do you have?
« Reply #32 on: May 14, 2011, 02:14:31 PM »
three co-teachers

Offline Mezoti97

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Re: How many co teachers do you have?
« Reply #33 on: May 14, 2011, 02:52:32 PM »
I only have 3, thank goodness.  Not that anything is wrong with them but the more people you have to plan with and deal with the more the hassle.

Same here -- and I agree.

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Re: How many co teachers do you have?
« Reply #34 on: May 14, 2011, 08:22:58 PM »
Three (four if you count the regular teacher of my one kiddie class a week)

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Re: How many co teachers do you have?
« Reply #35 on: May 15, 2011, 12:45:50 AM »
One!   :D  She is my co-teacher for all my regular classes.   I don't have a co-teacher for my special and afterschool classes.

I'm surprised so many people have more than one or two.  Why would a school need to hire more than two KTs?  Even when a native teacher works at more than one school, you'd think that a school small enough to share their native teacher would only need one Korean teacher.

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Re: How many co teachers do you have?
« Reply #36 on: May 15, 2011, 01:18:59 AM »
For two years I taught with no coteachers. Last year might as well say I taught alone too since homeroom teachers rarely show up with their class and even if they do they don't do anything :) This year I actually have coteachers, four of them that actually lesson plan and teach with me. :)

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Re: How many co teachers do you have?
« Reply #37 on: May 15, 2011, 10:50:42 PM »
I have 4
but only one of them has good English.

Offline asabranca

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Re: How many co teachers do you have?
« Reply #38 on: May 15, 2011, 10:55:15 PM »
One!   :D  She is my co-teacher for all my regular classes.   I don't have a co-teacher for my special and afterschool classes.

I'm surprised so many people have more than one or two.  Why would a school need to hire more than two KTs?  Even when a native teacher works at more than one school, you'd think that a school small enough to share their native teacher would only need one Korean teacher.

Wow.  I think you might be the first person that I've come across yet who's only had one co-teacher.  It must be nice!

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Re: How many co teachers do you have?
« Reply #39 on: May 15, 2011, 10:56:50 PM »
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