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by YankeeFromNYC
Sun Jun 12, 2022 7:40 am
Forum: Forum 1. From Questions About ISS & Search to Anything and Everything About International Teaching
Topic: Negotiating workload
Replies: 4
Views: 5075

Negotiating workload

I was hoping for some guidance. I was recently offered a teaching position at a well-known "chain." They want me to teach 30 hours a week with 5 different preps, three of which are outside of my area of expertise.

This is an onerous workload that does not leave much time during the day to lesson plan, grade, etc. I'd like to negotiate better terms. How might I approach this?
by YankeeFromNYC
Wed Oct 27, 2021 5:15 pm
Forum: Forum 1. From Questions About ISS & Search to Anything and Everything About International Teaching
Topic: Asking for reviews to be removed
Replies: 25
Views: 27501

Re: Asking for reviews to be removed

Update: ISR published the review anyway, after my begging them not to. To knowingly put a teacher at risk makes ISR as bad as some of the schools reviewed on its website. I am incredibly disappointed and have written them again, asking them to cancel my subscription and refund my money.
by YankeeFromNYC
Wed Oct 27, 2021 5:43 am
Forum: Forum 1. From Questions About ISS & Search to Anything and Everything About International Teaching
Topic: Asking for reviews to be removed
Replies: 25
Views: 27501

Re: Asking for reviews to be removed

I agree. As far as your suggestion goes, ISR apparently used to do something like that with the use of a secret word that could verify the author of the review: http://www.internationalschoolsreview.c ... emoved.htm
by YankeeFromNYC
Wed Oct 27, 2021 5:14 am
Forum: Forum 1. From Questions About ISS & Search to Anything and Everything About International Teaching
Topic: Asking for reviews to be removed
Replies: 25
Views: 27501

Asking for reviews to be removed

Last night, in a fit of anger, I wrote and submitted a negative review of my current school. After rereading it when I had calmed down, I realized I had included key details that might reveal my identity to my administrators. The professional consequences would be severe, so within an hour of submitting the review (and obviously before it was published), I wrote an email to ISR, asking them to please not publish it.

In my view, ISR is a tool that helps protect teachers from potentially perilous situations. But if one of us writes a review and then asks to have it removed for fear of consequences, should ISR comply in an effort to protect that teacher from severe consequences?