Corwin and I were watching this as he finished his coffee and we said “PE teacher. What?” It actually sounds perfect for you and that’s good that you’ll be able to incorporate English. I know it can affect you if the students are down in the dumps so it will be a positive change having students at their happiest. Theater and the conversation club sound cool, too. The trash situation sounds like a nightmare. Hopefully it gets easier to deal with, bro 🤞 Lol, the dog at the end.
Oh God, I feel like I have these, "What, really?" moments a little too frequently lol. Thanks Sis, it ain't such a bad gig at all. Tell Corwin hi and hope you two are doing well with everything and in particular the big preparations!
@@ryfree Haha, at least it keeps your life interesting. I bet, it sounds fun! I have a best friend who taught special needs students and then switched to a PE teacher for awhile. She’s switched schools a lot too since the vibes weren’t always so great. Will do and thanks bro! I hope you and your girlfriend have a lovely week.
Cool to hear that it sounds like it is going well at the new school. Sorry about a contract mess. Seems Taiwan has some nice sidewalks at least where you are.
Yeah, there are some really pretty river paths that are great for walking or bicycling. Those pesky last minute alterations to contracts can be annoying but luckily it got sorted out acceptably. How's everything going where you're at in Africa? Things going smoothly?
@@ryfree Yes, we are in our third week of school. This is our third year at this school (my wife works part time there too). It's really nice to be in a relatively stable situation. Before this school we were in different countries in Africa (with different languages and nuances on African culture), so I feel like we are just starting to feel the progression of language studying and knowing the culture, and getting to know the school. It takes years in a country I feel to really know what you are doing.
I see we're both dealing with serious readjustments currently. PE teaching for most of the classes isn't something I ever imagined someone would be doing working these programs. Honestly man I'm just beyond overwhelmed right now with how much my school piled on me right from the start and I'm still trying to sift through everything. I've got stuff to submit to the school and the bureau of education. I'm not sure how it is over on your end with your program but man the paperwork requirements they're demanding over here is like nothing I've had to deal with before. My self-intro lesson is done so now it's trying to figure out what to do next. There's this English Day event taking place next week that I've only been able to rehearse one major part of once so far. This heat really needs to end already because I'm just done with being drained walking around places in it and being soaked in sweat. At least around November it should be cooler here in Taichung. Tainan's heat was just insane. Well, big plus this month is I actually got paid four days early and a lot of that check went toward getting needed stuff for the apartment and paying off rent.
Yeah, it seems that although public school contracts and conditions are for the most part standardized, the differences can make quite the difference. I'm not sure what type of paperwork they're having you deal with but it certainly doesn't sound fun and I'm surprised you aren't being assisted by either your recruiting company coordinator or the school coordinator. Things here where I'm at are different in some not so nice ways as well. For example, for our English Day, we're expected to build a booth and game. We're given a budget for supplies and prizes and we're supposed to get those ourselves. All this extra work is uncompensated mind you. In my previous schools, whenever we had to do something like this, we just gave our ideas and the school staff took care of the preparations for us. At our monthly meeting yesterday (all public school teachers in the city), they announced that we'll be doing a podcast and needed teachers to volunteer for it. When we did a podcast in Taoyuan, teachers were actually paid for it. It wasn't a lot considering the work but it's nice when a city pays for these extra responsibilities. In any case, I'm glad you got some money into your account and could alleviate your financial stress. Hope you have smoother sailing in the near future my friend and keep me updated.
@@ryfree I have to do a bi-weekly reflection (2nd and 4th Friday of the month) talking about the classes and submit that to my school and I'm already being asked about our Halloween Day and have to submit requests by Monday so they can figure out stuff with the budget. Mind you, I'm still dealing with our first English Day coming up (a day after the holiday no less) and we have rehearsals tomorrow and Monday.
@@PsychoGemini Okay, your school definitely beats mine on the paperwork and pressure gauge it seems. That biweekly reflection seems tedious, is that a city wide thing in Taichung?
@@ryfree All teachers under the Bureau of Education (that Teach Taiwan works with) nationwide I believe have to do this. We were told at an online meeting for new teachers yesterday that there are TFETP teachers here as well but they're under thte Ministry of Education so their rules are different. We also have to turn in a 12 page lesson plan twice a year (we will be helped with this thankfully as new teachers). Once in December and that one will be graded and count toward our renewal and bonus. The second one in April to go along with our official observed class by a professor. You know it's times like this that I'm really missing how much lighter my workload was in Korea once I knew the system. Also I'm really wishing we had as many days as they have off next week for the Chuseok holiday. They've got the 16th, 17th, and 18th off while we only get one measly day for Mid-Autumn Festival.
@@PsychoGemini Man, I had no idea Teach Taiwan had so many requirements. What I've noticed is that some schools can be quite strict with adhering to what they say they require while others are a bit more loose. In any case, hope you don't feel overwhelmed my friend.
It ain't such a bad life here for sure. I can recommend the company that I've stuck with: PIDI. Email them and let them know Ryan sent you. Best of luck.
Totally ready for cooler weather!!!!! Congrats on breaking ground on English PE !!! Everyone LOVES Pe! Have fun and keep the kids chatting!
Thanks Mike!! Gotta love a little circulation and fresh air fun with the kids. Hope everything is going well with you and the new platform!
gratz on 1.8k it took an eternity just to hit 1
Hey Ry, you look happy and healthy i
in this video. Love, Pops
Pops! I'm doing well. Thanks and hope you're feeling well these days.
Corwin and I were watching this as he finished his coffee and we said “PE teacher. What?” It actually sounds perfect for you and that’s good that you’ll be able to incorporate English. I know it can affect you if the students are down in the dumps so it will be a positive change having students at their happiest. Theater and the conversation club sound cool, too.
The trash situation sounds like a nightmare. Hopefully it gets easier to deal with, bro 🤞
Lol, the dog at the end.
Oh God, I feel like I have these, "What, really?" moments a little too frequently lol. Thanks Sis, it ain't such a bad gig at all. Tell Corwin hi and hope you two are doing well with everything and in particular the big preparations!
@@ryfree Haha, at least it keeps your life interesting. I bet, it sounds fun! I have a best friend who taught special needs students and then switched to a PE teacher for awhile. She’s switched schools a lot too since the vibes weren’t always so great.
Will do and thanks bro!
I hope you and your girlfriend have a lovely week.
Cool to hear that it sounds like it is going well at the new school. Sorry about a contract mess. Seems Taiwan has some nice sidewalks at least where you are.
Yeah, there are some really pretty river paths that are great for walking or bicycling. Those pesky last minute alterations to contracts can be annoying but luckily it got sorted out acceptably. How's everything going where you're at in Africa? Things going smoothly?
@@ryfree Yes, we are in our third week of school. This is our third year at this school (my wife works part time there too). It's really nice to be in a relatively stable situation. Before this school we were in different countries in Africa (with different languages and nuances on African culture), so I feel like we are just starting to feel the progression of language studying and knowing the culture, and getting to know the school. It takes years in a country I feel to really know what you are doing.
I see we're both dealing with serious readjustments currently. PE teaching for most of the classes isn't something I ever imagined someone would be doing working these programs. Honestly man I'm just beyond overwhelmed right now with how much my school piled on me right from the start and I'm still trying to sift through everything. I've got stuff to submit to the school and the bureau of education. I'm not sure how it is over on your end with your program but man the paperwork requirements they're demanding over here is like nothing I've had to deal with before.
My self-intro lesson is done so now it's trying to figure out what to do next. There's this English Day event taking place next week that I've only been able to rehearse one major part of once so far. This heat really needs to end already because I'm just done with being drained walking around places in it and being soaked in sweat. At least around November it should be cooler here in Taichung. Tainan's heat was just insane. Well, big plus this month is I actually got paid four days early and a lot of that check went toward getting needed stuff for the apartment and paying off rent.
Yeah, it seems that although public school contracts and conditions are for the most part standardized, the differences can make quite the difference. I'm not sure what type of paperwork they're having you deal with but it certainly doesn't sound fun and I'm surprised you aren't being assisted by either your recruiting company coordinator or the school coordinator.
Things here where I'm at are different in some not so nice ways as well. For example, for our English Day, we're expected to build a booth and game. We're given a budget for supplies and prizes and we're supposed to get those ourselves. All this extra work is uncompensated mind you. In my previous schools, whenever we had to do something like this, we just gave our ideas and the school staff took care of the preparations for us. At our monthly meeting yesterday (all public school teachers in the city), they announced that we'll be doing a podcast and needed teachers to volunteer for it. When we did a podcast in Taoyuan, teachers were actually paid for it. It wasn't a lot considering the work but it's nice when a city pays for these extra responsibilities.
In any case, I'm glad you got some money into your account and could alleviate your financial stress. Hope you have smoother sailing in the near future my friend and keep me updated.
@@ryfree I have to do a bi-weekly reflection (2nd and 4th Friday of the month) talking about the classes and submit that to my school and I'm already being asked about our Halloween Day and have to submit requests by Monday so they can figure out stuff with the budget. Mind you, I'm still dealing with our first English Day coming up (a day after the holiday no less) and we have rehearsals tomorrow and Monday.
@@PsychoGemini Okay, your school definitely beats mine on the paperwork and pressure gauge it seems. That biweekly reflection seems tedious, is that a city wide thing in Taichung?
@@ryfree All teachers under the Bureau of Education (that Teach Taiwan works with) nationwide I believe have to do this. We were told at an online meeting for new teachers yesterday that there are TFETP teachers here as well but they're under thte Ministry of Education so their rules are different. We also have to turn in a 12 page lesson plan twice a year (we will be helped with this thankfully as new teachers). Once in December and that one will be graded and count toward our renewal and bonus. The second one in April to go along with our official observed class by a professor. You know it's times like this that I'm really missing how much lighter my workload was in Korea once I knew the system. Also I'm really wishing we had as many days as they have off next week for the Chuseok holiday. They've got the 16th, 17th, and 18th off while we only get one measly day for Mid-Autumn Festival.
@@PsychoGemini Man, I had no idea Teach Taiwan had so many requirements. What I've noticed is that some schools can be quite strict with adhering to what they say they require while others are a bit more loose. In any case, hope you don't feel overwhelmed my friend.
Great to hear you're doing great! Bruh the trash problem sounds really annoying... Taiwan should have those big dumpsters like the us lol
If only!! We need you to run for president here one day brotha.
Average monthly salary in USD to teach English in Taiwan?
Around 2.5 K
@ is that for the cram schools too or just public school salary?
@@magnumfunnels6165 public schools. cram is roughly $23 per hour.
Life in Taiwan seems wonderful. Which company do you recommend I use to find a job there? I'm a 45yr old male from the United States if that matters.
It ain't such a bad life here for sure. I can recommend the company that I've stuck with: PIDI. Email them and let them know Ryan sent you. Best of luck.