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SAVE the GIEI District Coordinator Position

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Danielle Scott
4 years ago

Removing this position might be cost effective in some way but only in the short term, if that. It's too important.

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Leah Dietle
4 years ago

They should not remove such a vital resource for teachers.

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Paul Hayes
4 years ago

This role is extremely important for all teachers and the survival of the program.

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Wandisile Siphe Somdyala
4 years ago Featured

I think it serves the program in Gangwon Province to maintain the Coordinator positions. The province is significantly rural & that requires an intentional effort to help new & already placed EPIK teachers to adjust & adapt. Coordinators are a very important part to the social & professional adjustment of those placed in the province.

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Carly
4 years ago

The coordinator position is extremely important for the province to successfully manage the NSET program.

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Lincoln Smith
4 years ago

My district coordinator played a vital role in me surviving a difficult year in the countryside m. I could not have stayed without them.

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Anonymous
4 years ago

Let's make everyone happy with our decisions, shall we? We need positive changes to increase productivity, correct? Terminating these positions provides what kinds of benefits?

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Lindsey Dyer
4 years ago

The coordinator position is a necessary step in communication for native English teachers.

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Chelsea
4 years ago

The coordinator is crucial. I can't see life as an EPIK teacher being healthier in any way without this role. Removing coordinators will harm teachers and their inclination to stay in Korea.

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Samantha Moldovan
4 years ago

I have had the blessing of having a good active coordinator helping me and being an active coordinator who helps others. And I have seen GIEI fail to aid multiple teachers within my ditrict over the one year they have been operating. I fear the lack of district coordinators will leave people isolated and frustrsted with the POE and EPIK as a whole if there are not people they can go to talk to in times of need when their school and the system have ignored or failed to help them.

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Stella Cheung
4 years ago

It’s my daughter’s first year working in the program and the coordinator Joseph had gone a great job helping her with all the issues

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LaChanda Davis
4 years ago

This role is very important to current and future teachers.

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Philip Tolmie
4 years ago

Without our coordinator, I genuinely think I would have ran away back to the UK.

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Ashley Van Oordt
4 years ago

I feel that the coordinators play an integral role in school districts especially in the rural areas and should be considered as essential.

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Wobit Teshome
4 years ago

This position is vital to our everyday lives! If there is no well thought out alternative, please don't just remove it.

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Andrew Solley
4 years ago

I’m super grateful for everything the coordinators do. They are essential to the wellbeing of native English teachers and are a great source of support for the English teaching community.