Schedule

Precise work patterns can vary but are based on a regular schedule of 5 working days per week. Usually teachers work at one particular school on any given day of the week but go to a different school each day (Monday - school A, Tuesday - school B etc). The idea is that teachers see the same students at the same location, each week. This enables teachers and students to get to know each other properly thereby building a proper teacher/student relationship, and it establishes a pattern for effective learning. It is a far superior system to that frequently employed by other schools where student attendance is not pre-arranged and teachers can teach completely different students each week in the same class.

Most teaching takes place in Shane schools, and contact time is then between 4-7 hours per day, usually between the hours of 1 pm and 10 pm. Sometimes teachers work at outside locations (such as companies, private houses, kindergartens etc) in which case lessons can take place in the morning. Teachers are expected to teach the equivalent of around 25 hours per week throughout a quarter, and any teaching over this earns credits towards a quarterly bonus. Average hours for a five day schedule are 25 though variations above and below this figure are possible.

Holidays

Holidays are a big advantage of working for Shane.There are 6 weeks of paid leave per year. This includes non-working periods of 6 days in spring, 8 days in summer, and because Shane is British company and understands that teachers like having a Christmas holiday, it also includes 10 days at Christmas/New Year.