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anonymous
Q: fired from your job
Hello this is my second year in china.I had just moved from the first job to my new job in china its nearly been 4 weeks. I have been in the my new job and my boss gave me feedback and says that i didnt write lesson plans now she claims the parents are not happy and tas are "tired" as i cant control students properly.
She says she will give me only one week if not will fire me.
Any suggestions on how to do better or should i just leave as the school has very few students and blame me for not getting students. My job is an new school and cant attract many, students any suggestions or should i leave or will i be fired from my job.
10 years 30 weeks ago in Teaching & Learning - China
They;re not going to get student's,with your English
Robk:
A student's what exactly? A student's parent's money?
... Don't judge or you know someone is going to judge you back! =P
sy_fazal:
he didnt ask for give marks to his english writing,,dont u think u r better thn him coz u speak english ...please try to be supportive and positive as he is already in some kind of trouble,..
donnie3857:
Paul Martin was a Prime Minister of Canada a long time ago
here's a great tip... go to the nearest English school you can find. pay the school the tuition fees. attend the classes, even if they are intended for children. take notes, especially on punctuation and repeating useless information. improve your English at the school. then, take what you have learned, and rewrite all your questions you have ever written in this broken English and maybe somebody will show you empathy and try to give you some advice. with the new advice, try to improve your classroom.
belle_watson:
A tad severe, I think, Mr. Berger. Sure, I agree -- the OP's English is not the best in the world but then shall we look at the mistakes in your reply to his post?
He needs assistance here and a not a gratuitous kick in the shins.
dom87:
well maybe paulberger (sounds german) is not a teacher so he doesnt need to care about writing mistakes :/
anyways i think he suggested to go to the school not to learn english rather to copy the teachers there
belle_watson:
He's a damn Yankee I think and a newly arrived one at that.
Paulberger:
@belle bloody Yankee... yes, and proud. second, if you were a parent paying good money to learn another language, i don't know lets say Chinese, and you discovered the that the "foreign" teacher had horrific Chinese and passed this knowledge unto your child, you would be upset. not that i am against non-natives teaching, some of my best friends here are teachers from outside the big five, but they have a strong grasp on the language.
Ask your boss for some teacher training opportunities. Failing that, try to look elsewhere for those opportunities. The Internet is a good place to start.
Are there any senior teachers who can mentor you? Do you have a director of studies who can mentor you?
Don't be sheepish about asking for a chance to improve your skills. The Spanish have a saying: "Not asking is the same as having 'No' for an answer." So, you never know. If you ask, the answer just might be a... "Yes.".
And never accept the blame for the shortcomings of a poorly-managed school with no business plan other than to bilk people out of their money. Sounds like you ended up at one of those fly-by-nights.
Give it a go. If your boss is contrary to helping you, you don't need a boss like that. Find another job. And good luck to ya.
Go back to your home country.
Go back to university
I agree with Red Fox above.
There are still lots and lots of opportunities in China.
You are being taken to task for the schools poor management and inability to attract more students.
You are a teacher and not a recruiter.
There are so many ESL sites for China, and barring that, there are so many voracious recruiters who will take your case on just to make a commission.
Pick yourself up, be firm, dust yourself off, hold your head high, and move on.
Having been in your situation here, I can really empathsize and I don't give a damn about your spelling nor about your grammar. This is China around here, folks, not Harvard University.
All the best to you . If you need more tips, feel free to PM me.
Belle Watson
Red_Fox:
And Ole Red agrees with you. Every point you make is unquestionably reasonable.
(BTW, "pick yourself up, dust yourself off... and start all over again". Jerome Kern, 1936. Heard Diana Krall's rendition of this pop/jazz standard? Awesomeness.)
Now I got the friggin' song looping in my brain and won't be able to shake it until Saturday night when I got a blues gig downtown.
"Don't lose your confidence, la la la..." 
slice_999_k:
100% agree with this and RedFox, Keep you head up, work hard.
just move on, that school (training center, not school) sucks. they just wanna have money from the parents and they want you to be an advertisement.
let me guess: you are the only foreigner there?
p.s.: the TAs are usually there to control the kids as they dont have any respect for foreigners (clown) anyways. If the TAs are not for controlling the kids, for what do you even have them?
I would say follow your contract and give proper notice for resigning And go find a new job.because once the boss is talking with you like that it's all downhill from there. So you better Keep good relations on a good note and get your release letter so you can get a new visa.
Iron_Monkey:
It's sad but ironman is probably 99% right.
At this point I would consider leaving in peace, not pieces.
Keep things civil and do your job as best you can. If you know you have done your best under challenging conditions and stuck to your contract, you at least leave with your dignity, whereas your boss is the one who has 'lost face'
I see people critiquing both Pauls' English, but we all should understand 1 thing. There is a clear difference between typos, simple mistakes and a clear lack of understanding of the English language. As the posters above stated, if your English ability is horrendous then the parents , teachers and even the children will pick up on it. And with the decline of English learning in China due to poor management, strategy , or just the "Traditional" way of doing things here. We as English teachers should not add incompetent English teachers to the list. I will not encourage anyone who should not be teaching English to do so here. I have met many students, non natives and others who were great effective teachers, This is not about degrees, passports, native / non natives, correct visa etc. This is simply about people who for whatever reason are in effective teachers should not be teaching period.
As a teacher and an Expat period, ineffective teachers have a bad influence on how I am perceived.
I have to agree with Redfox. I would also add , talk with your agency that helped you if you have one , they should step up and go to bat for you. , if not follow Redfox's advise.
