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Bobabacca   
17 Nov 2008
Work / Little Help finding out right to leave 1 yr contract. [15]

Hi my names Phil,

I moved to Poland 5 months ago with my Polish girlfriend Alex and we live in Zory near Rybnik.

Things were going great at 1st till I started my job Teaching English using the Callan Method at my new place of work. I love the method and the way of teaching but my boss who was a gr8 guy till i signed my contract is a pratt & he makes mine and the rest of the other Teachers life a misery.

I was wandering if anyone knows of any Schools within the area or if anyone knows my rights as an employee as my contract is for a year & though i like the students i dont really think i can hack it.

Thanks for your time & I hope i've put this in the correct area if not i'm really sorry :)
Bobabacca   
17 Nov 2008
Work / Little Help finding out right to leave 1 yr contract. [15]

Thanks for replying so quickly! Yeah i know what you mean about the method only been 2 months & i hate the sight of a pen, a pencil, a book & Mr & Mrs Brown!!!

But i love teaching & i love meeting new people all the Polish seem so enthusiastic about learning a new language (wish i was the same about Polish but i just cant grasp it) but my boss makes it hard for me & i would like to work in a better enviroment.

Yeah got loads of materials here as my girlfriends fluent in English & was a English teacher so she has all the books Polish - English and vice versa.

Whats the best way of advertising for private lessons etc esspecially without my boss findin out as hes the type of person who doesnt want people earning outside of what he gives us & I would love to give private lessons as i'm new to teaching i was a chef b4 i moved to poland and i only have a TEFL Certificate to back me up.
Bobabacca   
18 Nov 2008
Work / Little Help finding out right to leave 1 yr contract. [15]

Hi

My contract states that either party can terminate the contract giving 3 months notice at any time. However my contract also says i should be getting 20 hours per week and since the start of the school year i've done 18.5 at most. There is not enough classes to teach and i feel i was lied to as this is our main income and were not picking up what we were budgeting for. So i dont know whether i can get out of the contract relating to that as he promised me 20 hours and in 3 months i still have not done 20 hours per week.