Job Offer and Wanting Comments

Work Teaching English in Taiwan
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I’ve been offered a job teaching kindy at a private elementary school. The package is fair, and no tax because it falls within the school system rather than buxibans. And I get paid for the first month to write up the following semester’s curriculum in the afternoon.

My hesitation comes because of the class size - 15-20, depending on enrollment. I’ve been lucky for the past couple of years and the largest class I’ve taught was 12 in number. More usually they’ve been around 6-10.

I get strong input into the textbooks we will use and have a good one in mind. And the Chinese teacher is there to help me alongside her duties.

I’d really like some feedback on whether this sounds doable in a good way. Aka: how to teach a class of 20 pre-schoolers in a way that is effective/satisfying and with a minimum of wasted energy.

Some key aspects I have in mind are making sure I get a good textbook, good routines for the class, and involving the Chinese teacher as much as I can.

Any ideas/examples of how to make it work would be welcome.

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Depending on how long the classes are, and the english ability of the teacher, you could split it into two groups.

3

Maybe. You’d have to sell it to the parents as, 2 hours a day in a class of 10 with the native English teacher, along with 2 hours with the Chinese teacher, being better than four hours in a class of 20 with both of them.

4

It was 18 for me at that school I showed you. It’s as easy as pie once you get the hang of it.

5

Straight from the horses mouth. Though it is another school brother. This one is’n Wanlong and total immersion. They seem to expect a lot. I think you’re right, tho, same pie more or less. Thanks for the positivity.