Sheng Kung

I am now working at Shen Kung Catholic Girls School in Tainan, Taiwan. As the name would suggest, it's an all-girls, private, Catholic junior high and high school. It's run by Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception, I think. My Catholic-order-related Chinese is not up to snuff.
That's it, though. I'm only working at that one school, full time. It's quite a change from last year when I had 6 different schools to rotate between, never quite feeling like I fit in at any of them. I don't rotate here, but the feeling of belonging is probably still a ways off.
I work 28 class-hours a week. I'm at school from 8 to 5:30 every weekday and an occasional Saturday. There are 8 periods a day, and I average about 6 classes a day. I teach 6 different age levels 7th-11th grade as well as a special community outreach class for non-English teachers and parents. I have around 21 different groups of students, with each class having between 25-30 students. That's quite a lot of names to remember.
Speaking of names, Taiwanese students, unlike the Japanese, almost universally have English names (as well as Chinese ones, of course). This makes it sound like it would be easier to remember names, except when you consider the fact that I usually have 3 Emily's, 3 Jessica's, and 4 Tina's per class. I have probably around 32 Tina's overall.
The work is good, for the most part. I am the only teacher in the class - a vast improvement over Japan where I was an assistant and basically an overpaid glorified CD player. Each class has it's own personality and some are joys to teach whereas others can be a serious headache. I have two classes that I believe are competing to see who can drive me crazy first. Either way, they win and I lose.
The week can be a bit of a grind with the high number of classes and the variousness of my schedule, but overall, I'm pleased with the job. It pays well and it keeps me busy and out of trouble. I'm looking around for a different gig for next year, but we'll see - it might just grow on me.
I'll write more about Sheng Kung as time goes by. Please post any questions you have about the education system in Taiwan.