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Foreign Language and Culture Teacher - Daohe Education - China

school
Daohe Education
location
Guangzhou, China
salary
US 2700 - 3900 a month
Start date
Start September 2018
1-2 Years
2
  • Early Childhood
  • Licensed Teacher, ESL Instructor
  • Bachelor
  • 2 years of teaching experience
  • Preferred
    • Teaching license
    • TESL/TEFL Certificate over 100 hours
    • Native English Speaker (UK, Canada, USA, New Zealand, Australia & South Africa)
  • Salary range: RMB 17,000 – 25,000 per month (plus housing stipend)
  • Duration
    • One-year contract
    • Two-year contract comes with RMB 10,000 signing bonus
  • Work visa assistance
    • Our staff will work closely with you to procure a proper offer letter and visa. Cooperation in supplying documents will make this process more expedient.
  • Team building & professional development
    • Planned team-building activities or events twice per year
    • 24-credit teacher development program
    • 128-hour workshop requirement in the first year
    • Mandarin classes to match your level
  • Wedding and funeral
    • Wedding: 1000-yuan’s one-time cash gift
    • Immediate family’s funeral: 500-yuan’s one-time condolence
  • Health and insurance
    • Accident insurance immediately after starting the job
  • Health check
    • Self-paid for the first year (approx. RMB 482), covered by school from the second year
    • Comprehensive medical examinations every second year for employees over 30 years old and with over two years’ employment
  • Holidays
    • Winter holiday: ten working days; summer holiday: ten working days
    • All Chinese state holidays
  • Flight reimbursement
    • Round-trip or one-way flight upon completion of each year of contract (max RMB 5000/person/year)
  • Housing allowance
    • RMB 1,500 will be given with the first monthly paycheck, and every month thereafter, to reimburse for rent.

Note: Certain benefits are dependent on completion of the contract. The contract will specify partial or full refund to the company in the case of a termination or non-completion.

Expectations

All the teachers of Daohe Academy Kindergarten are committed to the mission of developing a positive, accepting, nurturing and challenging teaching and learning environment. Chinese and foreign teachers are co-equal community members so should expect to exert their professional skills and take care of children’s needs.

 

Responsibilities

  • Cooperate to provide opportunities to draw upon the strengths of staff, children and community
  • Instill, through education, an appreciation for Chinese culture and diverse multicultural communities while striving to cultivate the students’ global perspectives
  • Acknowledge that the entire staff shares the responsibility for all children
  • Provide a nurturing environment for positive self-esteem
  • Create a rich and secure environment with various teaching methods in curricular learning that accommodates various learning styles
  • Support and promote the mission and goals of Daohe Academy Kindergarten
  • Ensure that the programs and curriculum of Daohe Academy Kindergarten adhere to the educational philosophy as stated in our Mission Statement.
  • Commit to promoting and upholding high standards of teaching quality and ethical behavior for our school
  • Engage parents as partners in understanding the unique characteristics and needs of children.
  • Promote equality and justice by creating a community that fosters respect, understanding, and an appreciation for differences that affirms the dignity of each individual.
  • Understand that language is absorbed not trained by integrating English into daily life
  • Help students to identify their own loves and aptitudes

 

Working hours

  • 8:30 AM to 5:30 PM Monday to Friday with an hour off for lunch
  • One Saturday per month (up to five Saturdays per semester)

 

Planning time

  • Planning time is from 1:30 to 2 PM daily
  • 2:30 or 3 PM to 4 PM one assigned day per week

 

Reporting requirements

  • Weekly course plan and communication sheets in English
  • Monthly, two-page report
  • Monthly plan of anticipated hands-on activities
  • Semester report, including a quota of photos of each student engaged in activities

 

Meeting time

  • An administrative group meeting of foreign teachers once a week (approx. one hour in duration)
  • Two-hour training once a week after work

 

Special academy events

  • Seasonal Festivals and Banquets (i.e., Spring Festival, Summer Banquet)
  • Important Holidays (i.e., Lantern Festival, Dancing Lions Rock the Chinese New Year)
  • Develop seasonal activities, articles, and/or poems.
This is a Direct to School Job
This is a Direct to School Job
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