For the two semester positions you will be provided with a round trip ticket, and often a travel stipend of roughly 1100 RMB, enough vacation time to go explore the lands around you and other great benefits. With this package you will be able to see more of China and with more immersion in the language and culture. This is a great way to develop your language skills, cultural familiarity, and make great friends and connections.

Teaching   Schedule   Living Arrangements   Salary   Requirements

Teaching:
There are two main types of educational facilities. One is an English training center the other is the grade school. The grade schools could include elementary, middle school, high school or university levels.
In the grade school, classrooms will typically have blackboard with TV sets and air conditioners. Computers with Internet will be available at the school, and office space for the teachers will also be available. Basic teaching materials and supplies will be provided by the school. The student’s ages range from kindergarten up to senior high school. There will be 20-35 students in one classroom and about three or four different classes a day. The focus of the class curriculum is conversational English. The teachers base their lessons on the textbooks and supplement this with games and other educational and entertaining activities.
The training center will be in office like space with rooms for small class teaching. You will have close contact with a few students each day and teach in a round table format. Your students may range from kindergarten to adult. You may also have poster board or a small blackboard for writing. The training centers will all have air-conditioning, computers and all necessary materials for teaching. The focus of the lessons will be conversational English as well as the subject of the students interest. You be given textbooks to teach from but you will need to supplement this with your own lesson plans.---------------------top

Schedule:
The length of the full year contract will be between 10 to 12 months. With the language training center you will usually be asked to teach for the entire 12 months in the same school. With the grade school, you will be asked to teach two semesters in the same school but teach either the 1 month winter session or the 6 week summer session another location. If you include the 1 month winter session with the two semesters, the total length of your required stay will be 10 months. If you include the summer session instead of the winter, the length of our required stay will be 12 months. Either way you will have at least a 1 month teaching break for winter or summer.
Note: for those applying for full year positions which begin with the short term summer or winter programs, application procedures will depend on whether we can finalize the semester position for you 3 months before the regular semester begins (May for summer program, Sept for winter program). If we cannot, we may need to ask you to participate in the standard short term summer or winter program and pay the short term program fee until a position for you is settled, upon which we will reimburse you. In addition, you may have less choice about school location for both spring and fall positions that begin in summer or winter then you would with the 6 month positions starting in spring or fall.
With the grade school, the teaching schedule will be for a little less than 20 hours a week for about 4 ½ months. There are about three or four 50 minute classes everyday for 5 days a week. You may begin the 1 year program in either July, September, February or March, depending on whether you do the winter or summer short term program. Exact dates may also vary slightly from school to school. The summer and winter short term program will average 30 hours a week for 4 to 6 weeks. There are about 6 classes a day for 5 days a week.
With the training center you most likely teach in one location for the entire 6 months, and teach closer to 25 hours a week. Class periods are more flexible than with grade schools. Sometimes you will need to teach on evenings and weekends. The length of each period will operate similar to the grade school’s semesters but there is more flexibility in starting periods for the contracts.
Your Chinese lessons will need to be coordinated with the school or center on an individual basis. Sometimes the school will arrange a person to give you supplemental lessons to fit your schedule, sometimes the person designated as your school host will offer lessons personally.
Before you leave for China we will either send you our orientation packet or arrange an orientation day for you (if you are located near one of our offices) to brief you on all you need to know about the programs and prepare you for Chinese culture and teaching requirements ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------top

Living Arrangement:
All teachers will have a furnished room with the minimum of air conditioner, attached bathroom with hot water, bed, desk, chairs and electric outlets. Most sites also have TV, refrigerator, telephone, and computer as well. Most schools provide coverage for your utilities which is sufficient. The room you have might be in a shared apartment or you might have a private one, it might be on campus or off, all depending on the school's setup.
Most schools provide medical coverage but there are a few options. Some schools will provide insurance through a third party insurance provider, some schools will provide a medical coverage stipend and some schools will give free access to their on campus clinic.
Teachers meals are sometimes provided by the school. Othertimes the teacher must pay for it independantly. Usually the "grade school" offer teachers free meals at the school cafeteria, whereas most private training centers ask teachers to take of their own meals.
For any concerns or problems you may have you will be given a staff person’s number and your local host’s numbers that you can contact for help. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------top

Salary:
With the two semester position a round trip ticket will be provided. The salary the schools provide will be between 4000 RMB ($600 USD) and 9000 RMB ($1350 USD) a month. Exact salary will depend on the school and personal qualifications.
Because of higher teaching hours, language training center's salaries are often higher than that of grade schools.
For those in grade schools who later participate in the summer program, summer program salary will be between 5000 rmb ($625 USD) to 7000 rmb ($875 USD) depending on whether it is 4 or 6 weeks participation.
Most schools will also give a touring stipend of at least 1100 RMB ($140 USD) to spend during your winter breaks.
It may also be possible to earn extra money doing supplemental education work although this depends on demand and the permission of the headmasters. The program will also cover your visa fee. If you wish to acquire it yourself you will be reimbursed the fee of your visa once you arrive in China (the standard issue visa fee is $50 USD). Otherwise our staff persons in America will help you acquire your visa.---------------top

Requirements:
The essential requirements are being a native English speaker and having a college degree. Persons with better pronunciation and grammar (as determined by interviewing and standardized test scores), teaching degree, college degree, or experience teaching abroad will be preferred. All are welcome to apply. Your chance for acceptance depends on the number of applicants.---------------------------------------------------------top