Кто занимается только репетиторством?

[Juliemiracle]

Mountbatten,
because if you want to work at uni in my city, that's nearly the only option. There are good things about my job (the classes, the students), but the amount of work and the red tape are killing me. No one cares about your teaching, only about some extra money and 'science fame'. Yesterday I learnt that next year I'd have to teach about 1000 contact hours. It's too much for me, but there's no chance to have less work. And yet, we're pressed that it's not enough, 'merely' teaching is nothing, so yeah, I'm a bit bitter at the moment.

[Aksamitka]

next year I'd have to teach about 1000 contact hours.

Cе манифик.
Но, как говорит мой муж, потерявши голову, о волосах не плачут.
Нельзя навести порядок в отдельной сфере, не изменив все остальное.
Поэтому я не работаю в учреждениях образования. У меня нет на это моральных сил.

[Mountbatten]

Juliemiracle, I didn’t realize that you were not from Moscow. Perhaps, it’s different in other places, and it’s a lot of violation. I hope you find some more positive moments in your job which will make you feel better. 🙂

[Juliemiracle]

I didn’t realize that you were not from Moscow.

No, I'm a provincial girl :)

I hope you find some more positive moments in your job which will make you feel better.

Either that or I'll give up and leave.
Anyway, thanks for your kind words.

[Marygold]

Juliemiracle, I didn’t realize that you were not from Moscow. Perhaps, it’s different in other places, and it’s a lot of violation.

I must admit it IS quite different in the capital and outside it.

Now that I have moved to St Pete I have been trying to apply for some uni position, as it appeared to be too boring to just work for myself. So, I got a couple of interviews, and you know what? In every interview the offical was impressed by the number of publications I have on my CV. As I understand, central universities merely don't make their staff publish so much!

And let us hope they can keep it like that, for away from big cities the situation with the duties of uni professors is drastic. "There is a queue waiting outside if you are unhappy with the job". Hate it.

[Mountbatten]

Marygold, I got your point. There are requirements we have to meet and tasks we have to do at my Uni,no doubt, but I can’t say that the academic staff is overloaded.
Let’s compare, if you don’t mind. How many ВАК articles a year do you have to publish?

[Marygold]

Last year the requirement for a teacher without a Candidate degree was 2 (!) VAK articles, believe it or not.

[Mountbatten]

Marygold, two sound a bit excessive. We need to have only one. Five pages of writing, it’s doable.

[Marygold]

Marygold, two sound a bit excessive. We need to have only one. Five pages of writing, it’s doable.

Exactly the way I see it.

[Juliemiracle]

Last year the requirement for a teacher without a Candidate degree was 2 (!) VAK articles, believe it or not.

In my uni it's at least 2 articles for any teacher per year: РИНЦ for a person without a PhD, РИНЦ + ВАК for a person with a PhD. Apparently, that's not enough anymore ('Who needs this useless outdated VAK?', they say. 'But if you have nothing better to show...well, at least this...'*all with eyes rolled exasperatedly). Over the last year or so we've been constantly reminded that if you're an assistant professor, you have to publish 1 Scopus/WoS article a year. They haven't started firing peole yet, but when it's time to renew your contract, you're going to get maximum 2 years without those articles (3 if sth extraordinary happens). Also, we're regularly interrogated/told off by our heads of dpts. It goes sth like this, "You have to do it. Give me the exact date and time when it'll get published. What exactly are you doing at this moment to get it published? Being just a teacher isn't enough if you want to continue working here..." And on and on it goes. They put you on some lists, they set you some tasks in CRM, they keep pressing...
I don't know how else to put it: you feel like a complete failure when you submit anything but Scopus/WoS. I haven't published any yet, so I'm probably "The pus, that infects the mucus, that cruds up the fungus, that feeds on the pond scum (https://www.springfieldspringfield.co.u ... ds-wedding) in the eyes of our seniors.

[Easy-Breezy English]

Also, we're regularly interrogated/told off

This just sounds so degrading...
Sorry, I know you don't have a choice.

[Juliemiracle]

It just sounds so degrading...

Tell me about it!
I'm currently puzzling over the whys and hows of writing sth sensible with 14-16 double classes each week next academic year. Or maybe I shouldn't. My contract renewal's coming up in autumn, so who knows...

[Juliemiracle]

Sorry, I know you don't have a choice.

Well, there's always a choice. I could stop moaning, quit and start (online) tutoring, for instance. Or retrain, for that matter. The thing is I actually like teaching at university. And when you read the threads full of tutors' complaints on this forum, you think that perhaps your job's not that bad, actually :)

[Easy-Breezy English]

Juliemiracle, I can't offer any meaningful input, but I admire your strength of character and I feel for you.
I can't begin to handle bullshit of this sort.

[Juliemiracle]

but I admire your strength of character

You should've seen some of my colleagues then. I'm a whiny little brat compared to some, especially in terms of how much they work.

[Easy-Breezy English]

You should've seen some of my colleagues

I don't know...
I think there's a limit to how much bullshit a person can/should take before it starts eating away at you and transforming your personality. But there aren't always choices, sadly.

[Popsicle]

отдавать надо в ресурсном состоянии, а не когда ты сам по уши в проблемах.

+1000

[Der Lehrer]

Я занимаюсь только репетиторством и только скайп. все заказы беру с профи. Есть небольшой сарафан, гниловатый..В школу не пойду даже под угрозой голода.

[Tory]

В школу не пойду даже под угрозой голода.

А Вы уже пробовали в школе работать?

[EngTutorMarina]

Der Lehrer,

Есть небольшой сарафан, гниловатый

Это как? Негативная репутация у вас?

[Der Lehrer]

В школу не пойду даже под угрозой голода.

А Вы уже пробовали в школе работать?

Да, проработал 3 года. Правда, это была сельская школа и контингент соответствующий.

[Der Lehrer]

Der Lehrer,

Есть небольшой сарафан, гниловатый

Это как? Негативная репутация у вас?

Нет, я этих людей не знал. Они как бы через общую знакомую вышли на меня. но до занятий дело так и не дошло. Папа их сказал что напряги с деньгами. там 2 детей, 10 и 13. ОГЭ/ЕГЭ пока не светит..

[Popsicle]

Working in a Public School in Brief

[Popsicle]

В школу не пойду даже под угрозой голода.

А Вы уже пробовали в школе работать?

Да, проработал 3 года. Правда, это была сельская школа и контингент соответствующий.

Про контингент хочется заметить: какая школа (а какой директор, такая и школа), такой и контингент.

Как человек, имеющий опыт работы в сельской школе, добавлю, что царящий в этих сельских школах мрак обусловлен несколькими факторами:
* Не всегда достойная (во всех смыслах) квалификация учителей;
* недостаточное финансирование, необходимость вырезать на все нужды; НЕделение классов на группы/классы до 30 человек как следствие;
* бесправие подчинённых= произвол руководства (БОЛЬШЕ, чем в бизнесе или других сферах, на мой взгляд. А точнее, школа - просто ВОТЧИНА 99% директоров, личное подворье и всё, что хотите)=нарушение норм ТК;
* з/п (для тех, кто НЕ среди приближённых или любимчиков руководства.)
* удручающе обшарпанные стены, и стАААренькое оборудование (не знаю, кто уж тут виноват)) Но учить в таких условиях детей просто категорически нельзя, факт.

В отдельных случаях вопиющая субъективность, несправедливость директора и, честно, безнаказанность и просто произвол: учителя начальных классов, проучившего в классе детей 4 года, ВЫПЕРЕТЬ из облагороженного кабинета и посадить туда своего ЗАМа. Учителю после выпуска детей вручить новый обшарпанный кабинет с постановлением: облагородить к новому учебному году. Средства на ремонт не выделять, при этом начислять 300% премии своим приближённым. (Это как называется, товарищи?)

[Der Lehrer]

Безусловно, работа в школе не имеет плюсов вообще. Слышал что многие учителя из граничащих с Китаем областей едут туда работать. не знаю насколько это правдивая инфа или фейк.