Working & learning from others around the world

Visit http://uijeongbu.globalteacher.org.au/ to see my students work.

 I have a 12 month contract to teach at Uijeongbu Science High School. This is a specialist high school for gifted maths and science students. Although it is a public school it is a very special school and the facilities are incrediable. All students board at the school and school is usually 6 days per week. Normal classes start at 9:10am with a 7 period day finishing formal classes at 5:00pm. Dinner time is at 6:00pm and formal study for all students starts at 7:00pm until late. The school is a high school for students of grade 1 (year 10), grade 2 (year 11) and grade 3 (year 12) although most students are accepted into university after grade 2 and do not need to complete grade 3. Students and teachers work very hard.

The facilities at this school are truely wonderful. Here are my classrooms – English Lab 1, English Lab 2, English Seminar room.

I (Gail Casey) teach 10 different English classes (5 different grade 1 classes 5 different grade 2 classes. I have each class one period per week. I also tutor English to groups of teachers for 10 periods per week.

Changing schools in your own state or country can be a great experience. Changing schools to a non English speaking country while learning how to live and cope with day to day banking, buses, shopping etc is an experience that I continue to appreciate and enjoy. The Korean teachers around me believe that they are learning from me but the truth is that I continue to learn from them both personally and professionally.