High School Teachers Under Fire for Having Side Jobs 台中一中2師違法兼課 教學影片上傳網路

An anonymous tipster reported two Taichung First Senior High School teachers for having side jobs. One, a physics teacher surnamed Lin, posted video lessons online and admitted to a class of cram school students that he was breaking the rules by being there. School officials say an internal committee will decide how to proceed.

The cram school teacher is giving a physics lesson. In the middle of the lecture, the teacher tells the students that he is breaking the law by being there.

Mr. Lin, Teacher: “I am risking my life (to be here). Actually, not really. Actually, really. Last week, the director issued a warning, so of course, we are being more careful.”

Mr. Lin currently teaches at both the cram school and Taichung First Senior High School, and posts some of his lessons online. He says he has the side gigs because he doesn't make enough at his high school job. Someone reported both Lin and the other teacher, surnamed Liu, to the authorities for having side jobs.

Student: “If they have a better teaching method and they want to share it with others, it would benefit physics (education) in Taiwan.”

Student: “I don't think it's inappropriate, no matter what their reasons are.”

The school is convening its performance evaluation committee to review the matter and decide what the two teachers' punishment should be.

Wu Hsiao-chang, Director of Academic Affairs, Taichung First Senior High School: “We will go with the school's performance evaluation committee's decision. This is an internal matter.”

Kuo Ming-chou, Chief Secretary, Education Bureau, Taichung City: “The Education Bureau will continue asking schools to follow relevant guidelines and teachers to refrain from violating relevant regulations and being poor role models.”

The Taichung City Education Bureau says laws prohibit public high school teachers from having side jobs of any kind and the two teachers could be given demerits. The school says it doesn't have the authority to investigate but it will do its best to prevent this from happening again.

補習班老師在台上教物理，講課生動受到學生歡迎。但講到一半向學生坦言，自己是違法在外開班授課。

疑違法兼課林姓老師說：「我是冒著生命危險（教課），喔，不，真的啦，上禮拜主任都已經都警示了，我們當然就要小心一點。」

這名老師目前在台中一中任教，但卻同時在補習班兼課。他還將自己的教學影片上傳到網路平台，也直言開班就是為了賺錢。另外一位劉姓老師教的是化學，兩人都被檢舉私下在外開班授課。

學生認為：「他有比較好的教法的話，他去傳承給更多人，也對台灣物理有提升的部分。」

但也有學生表示：「我是覺得違法的事情就是不恰當，不管他是什麼理由，違法就是不對。」

學生看法不一，而校方介入了解，兩名老師坦承確實在校外違法兼課，校方也將召開教師成績考核委員會審議，最重將記過處分。

台中一中教務主任吳曉暢說明：「我們主要還是依據校內的成績考核會來做議處，這是校內可以做的權限，是在這個部分。」

教育局主秘郭明洲表示：「教育局將會持續請學校落實宣導，也請教師勿違反《教育人員任用條例》，做出不良示範。」

台中市教育局表示，依法公立高中等學校教師，不得在外補習、違法兼職，或從事商業行為，違者將記過處分。校方表示學校無法主動調查，但會加強宣導，避免發生類似狀況。