Managing your professional relationships
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Managing professional relationships requires flexibility and compromise. When conflicts arise with coworkers due to personality clashes, teaching philosophies, or management styles, it is important to communicate respectfully to find workable solutions. Some strategies include discussing issues calmly, seeking common ground, and focusing on students' needs above all else.
Managing your professional relationships
- 2. Managing relationshipsManaging relationships is theis the ARTART OF THEOF THE POSSIBLEPOSSIBLE
- 3. You don’t getYou don’t get along.along. A personalityA personality clash!clash!
- 7. So, you don’t have the idealSo, you don’t have the ideal situationsituation What do youWhat do you do?do? How can youHow can you live with it?live with it?
- 8. 1. You get to your1. You get to your school and theschool and the classroom is a mess!classroom is a mess! There aren’t any basicThere aren’t any basic items and theitems and the computer is broke!computer is broke! What do you do?What do you do?
- 9. 2. Your apartment is2. Your apartment is great! But you have to paygreat! But you have to pay 130,000 won a month for130,000 won a month for “maintenance fees”. You“maintenance fees”. You are upset. This wasn’t inare upset. This wasn’t in the contract! What dothe contract! What do you do?you do?
- 10. 3. Your coteacher is nice and3. Your coteacher is nice and helpful. Unfortunately,helpful. Unfortunately, his/her English is very poorhis/her English is very poor and they won’t help you inand they won’t help you in class. Usually they just sit atclass. Usually they just sit at the back or sometimes don’tthe back or sometimes don’t even come to class! Thiseven come to class! This bothers you a lot. What dobothers you a lot. What do you do?you do?
- 11. 4. You have planned a great4. You have planned a great lesson but at the last minute,lesson but at the last minute, your coteacher comes and saysyour coteacher comes and says that class is cancelled. Thethat class is cancelled. The students have to study for astudents have to study for a Korean language test. ThisKorean language test. This happens often and somehappens often and some classes you don’t see veryclasses you don’t see very often. You are frustrated. Whatoften. You are frustrated. What do you do?do you do?
- 12. 5. You have a good relationship with5. You have a good relationship with your students. They are very eageryour students. They are very eager to learn and love your class.to learn and love your class. Unfortunately, whenever there is aUnfortunately, whenever there is a small classroom managementsmall classroom management problem, your coteacher jumps upproblem, your coteacher jumps up and scolds the student harshly.and scolds the student harshly. He/She also translates into KoreanHe/She also translates into Korean for the students constantly. Youfor the students constantly. You don’t like this. What do you do?don’t like this. What do you do?
- 13. 6. You have to teach at6. You have to teach at a winter camp. Youra winter camp. Your school wants a 30 pageschool wants a 30 page book of lessons in 3book of lessons in 3 days. You can’t believedays. You can’t believe it! What do you do?it! What do you do?
- 14. 7. Your coteacher says you7. Your coteacher says you have a “demo” lesson in 2have a “demo” lesson in 2 weeks. They want toweeks. They want to script and practice withscript and practice with the class over and over.the class over and over. You disagree and feel likeYou disagree and feel like a “parrot”. What do youa “parrot”. What do you do?do?
- 15. 8. You are teaching some8. You are teaching some extra after school classes.extra after school classes. You’ve asked constantlyYou’ve asked constantly about when you will be paid.about when you will be paid. You can’t get a straightYou can’t get a straight answer and don’t even knowanswer and don’t even know how much you are going tohow much you are going to be paid. What do you do?be paid. What do you do?
- 16. 9. You think that you9. You think that you should be paid moreshould be paid more than you are getting.than you are getting. You asked yourYou asked your coteacher about it butcoteacher about it but haven’t got an answer.haven’t got an answer. What do you do?What do you do?
- 17. 10. You don’t want to10. You don’t want to eat the Koreaneat the Korean cafeteria food at yourcafeteria food at your school. Your coteacherschool. Your coteacher has already arranged it.has already arranged it. What do you do?What do you do?