A very recommendable school
Verbesserungsvorschläge
A good transparency and communication to the outside - you are already there! ;-)
Arbeitsatmosphäre
It is very pleasant to work with colleagues. The school management gives you support and motivation to break new ground. Especially the work with students is amazing, as they treat each other and the teachers very respectfully.
Kommunikation
Over time, communication within the school got better and better. The different branches and their different objectives sometimes made clear transparency more difficult. But with the current school management a clear line was recognizable.
Kollegenzusammenhalt
The german community in Jakarta in general is quite small. A lot of free-time activities take place in school as well. For sure that there are from time to time difficulties in a bubble like that. Yes - there can be gossip - like everywhere. But if you counteract this and address it, these voices also fall silent. In 8 years - I had only experiences like that: you can always count on your collegues - it doesn't matter from which branch!
Just as you call into the forest, it echoes back. ;-)
Work-Life-Balance
BSD, Tangerang has grown tremendously over the past 10 years. There are very good shopping opportunities, but also beautifully designed compounds and parks that offer some local recreation.
At the weekend you can easily reach the 1000 Islands or the Puncak to recharge your batteries.
Vorgesetztenverhalten
The current school management is very committed and attentive to the well-being of each individual employee. Even if there are certainly different voices here, the school management was always fair and open-minded towards me.
Interessante Aufgaben
If you get involved in school life and the life that goes on at school after school, there is an enormous range of interesting tasks. Further training, environmental issues, interior design, sports competitions in whole Southeast Asia - I enjoyed working with my groups and I miss this work in public schools back in Germany. There is also a lot on offer culturally at the DSJ.
Gleichberechtigung
In 8 years I have never heard any racist comments on the part of the college. It's a great togetherness, also with the staff, who are appreciated by everyone.
I wonder how anyone can form such a judgment after 4 months working for the DSJ.
What is really the case, is that employees are paid differently. This also varies enormously within the teachers. This is because some teachers are dispatched to Jakarta, others are german local teachers, and some have local salaries. They also differentiate between kindergarten, elementary school and secondary school. However, everyone knows that, better should know it. It is by no means a matter of favoritism.
Umgang mit älteren Kollegen
Absolute respect for older colleagues and their expertise is gladly used.
Arbeitsbedingungen
Good to very good working conditions in the classrooms as well as in the specialist rooms. The sports hall is very well equipped, unfortunately everthing is quickly dusty.
It could be better equipped with the new media.
Umwelt-/Sozialbewusstsein
There is a Green Group which works on issues concerning enviromental problems also in the Kampungs in the surrounded area.
Of course, the school is aware of the different social standards and tries to behave as well as possible towards everyone
Gehalt/Sozialleistungen
The salary for German teachers can be compared well with the German standard, as well as for the Indonesian colleagues. However the gap between both parts is enormously.
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Unfortunately, I was shocked to discover that two former colleagues are trying to cast the DSJ in a bad light.
The comments made me realize that these are colleagues who were both only at the school for six months, had little contact and are trying to defame the school.
In my opinion, the German School Jakarta offers a very good education according to German standards and doesn’t let the togetherness out of sight. I was a part of that excellent german school abroad for 8 years and I really miss it. I'll be back one day!
Karriere/Weiterbildung
It depends on you - how much effort you put in your development!
But there are many opportunities for further educations and development.