turtle-webs

It must be stated I am teaching at a private school and a brand new one at that, they are not exactly common place here yet but my wifes private school has also had them installed this summer. I would imagine it will take quite some time for the state schools to catch up.

Gemma

And this is in Izmir too is it? Where i imagine has better schools than most small tourist towns.

Sara-666

Thanks to everyone for the info, on going back to the school to confront the teacher about the cost of the books she has now 'changed her mind' and the cost is going to be 60ytl for 12 books, which is great and a lot more reasonable. It's a state run school and we didn't pay that much for a year's books in a private nursery last year! It wasn't the 150ytl I objected to it was that it was only for 3 books.

Gemma

Big difference, good for you.

turtle-webs

Yes, my wifes school is one of the best in Turkey and the fees are around 17,000ytl a year (plus service bus, plus food, plus books, etc) so the very best is only to be expected if you are paying that much.

My school is brand new only opening this year and therefore they have gone for the latest technology for the classrooms, plus they are part of a group that also have a technical University so there is a focus on using technology.

Gemma

Turtle-web. I didn't realise you were a teacher, so is your web-site business put to the side now? Faz and I have some big ideas for Leyla and Peri along with some of the other children in our group for schooling. We are planning to put up an english primary teacher who wants a year out and pay him or her between us to get a little private education for them when they are around 4. Hopefully to give them a head start with English that we can carry on at home. After this then Turkish primary school.

turtle-webs

Its still ongoing but as a side line now rather than full time, I'm only teaching 18 hours so get most of my prep work done between lessons meaning I can still do site work in the evenings. The business was good but there are always good and bad months so no real security for any financial planning and with the kids we wanted them to get a decent education and the school Ekim was at was not providing it.

Although we could have got a discount at my wifes school the prices are still too high for mere mortals so I have accepted a job at a new school which means they can go there (still costs and arm and a leg but at least only one of each) and get a lot more attention than they would in state school, it also has a full English program meaning they can keep up, going to a state school they were becoming more proficient in Turkish but English was starting to suffer, this way they can improve in both languages and of course more formally then just spoken at home and on TV.

We found it difficult to give them any proper English language attention at home becuase of the business, my wifes teaching prep (she has many more hours than I do), general home life and of course adding this on top of the mountain of homework Ekims school were sending home, in the new school they have supervised study hours after school where he gets most of his homework completed before he gets home.

Sounds like a good plan there but its the keeping it up at home bit once they've started school but if you have the time it'll be OK, we never found the time. I'm sure it won't be too difficult to find someone who wants a year or 2 in Dalyan.

Aleynasdad

Would that be Ozel Turk in Cigli by any chance? My wife taught there two years ago when they were putting in the boards.

kaplumba

Many UK schools (in fact most) have interactive smart boards, and usually in every classroom. The state primary school I was working in had them five years ago and there is much training available to teachers to allow them to use them well. The Turkish teachers from TED Ankara who did an exchange with me were very impressed with them and didn't have them at that time. I believe they have them now. They are a fantastic invention and boys in particular are motivated by them. They do make teaching exciting for all age ranges. However they don't completely replace a good old fashioned experienced teacher, they just add to them .