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Primary Music Teacher

school
Junhwa International School
location
Jinhua City, China
salary
US 2400 - 3200 a month
housing
Free housing
airfair
Annual round-trip airfare (up to 10,000 RMB)
Start date
Ongoing
2 years
1
  • Elementary, Middle School
  • Licensed Teacher
  • Bachelor
  • 2 years of teaching experience
  • Teaching Credential/License
  • United States (USA), United Kingdom (UK), Canada, South Africa, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand
  • Monthly salary all year round
  • Monday to Friday schedule
  • Up to 20 teaching periods a week
  • Up to 20 students per classroom
  • Access to a laptop computer
  • Personal working space in the teacher office
  • Yearly bonus
  • Free yearly flight to home country (up to 10,000 RMB)
  • At least 2 months of paid vacation a year
  • Full-time staff member to help foreign staff (bank, visa, translation, medical, etc.)
  • Free housing
  • Free medical insurance & medical check-up
  • Free pick-up at the airport
  • Free work permit & visa 
  • Monthly subsidy for school cafeteria & convenience store
  • Free Chinese classes
  • High level of support from Chinese and international staff
  • Sick leave, bereavement leave, and parental leave
  • Free tuition for 1 child (50% for additional children) (n.b. program is in Chinese)
  • Free access to faculty gym
  • Free field trips to Chinese cultural sites
  • Ongoing professional development (Cambridge, British Council, peer training)

Teaching duties & expectations:

  • Respect the school and all those within it
  • Provide quality instruction using diverse teaching and assessment approaches
  • Effectively manage classrooms to promote learning
  • Design & implement teaching-related documents (e.g. schemes of work, lesson plans)
  • Contribute to subject curriculum development
  • Participate in school academic (e.g. invigilation) and non-academic activities (e.g. field trip)
  • Engage in collaborative work with Chinese and international colleagues
  • Demonstrate a high level of emotional maturity and flexibility
  • Participate and positively contribute to staff meetings
  • Engage in professional development as both student and trainer
  • Behave in a professional manner with all colleagues and students
  • Fulfill professional duties in a timely manner
  • Communicate effectively with colleagues to develop projects and address challenges

 

School facilities:

  • Classrooms with Wi-Fi and smartboards
  • Cafeteria with Western & Chinese food
  • Dormitory for students & faculty 
  • Sports: soccer field, gymnasium, basketball, volleyball, tennis, squash, taekwondo, kung fu, rock climbing
  • Music & dramatic arts: music classrooms, dance studios, piano classrooms, piano practice rooms, traditional Chinese instruments classrooms
  • Art: dedicated art classrooms, art showrooms
  • Science: dedicated science classrooms for experiments

Students:

  • 700 students in September 2019 – projection of over 3,000 students after expansion
  • Grades 1-8 in September 2019 – K-12 after expansion
  • Vast majority of students come from the Jinhua City region and are Chinese

Teachers (September 2019):

  • Over 120 Chinese and international teachers: 19 from countries such as UK, USA, Canada, Jamaica, and South Africa

Curriculum:

  • Dual curriculum: Chinese National Curriculum & Cambridge
  • Bilingual school: English & Chinese
  • Certified Cambridge school

 

Benefits of living in Jinhua City:

  • Authentic Chinese city that also includes modern convenience and international benefits
  • Clean air and water (https://aqicn.org/city/jinhua/)
  • Lower cost of living & high savings potential
  • Central location in Zhejiang province
  • Proximity to international cities like Hangzhou and Shanghai
  • Close access to a high-speed rail network and international airports (Yiwu & Hangzhou)
  • Cheap & convenient public transportation (high-speed bus) and taxi services (DiDi)
  • Diversity of cultural and heritage sites
  • Affordable quality healthcare providers (doctors, dentists, vets)  
This is a Direct to School Job
This is a Direct to School Job

Junhwa International School is looking for primary and secondary teachers for its new program in Jinhua City, China. 

Educational philosophy:

The Junhwa School is based on the successful experience and excellent performance of Jinhua Foreign Language School, oriented by the educational philosophy “To develop noble characters, to cultivate international talents” of the Shengtai Group, and its curriculum contains the quintessence from all cultures around the world and the achievements of modern science.

The school holds the school motto “to pursue the gracious realm”, appealing to the teachers and students to fulfill the “Six New Morality (gentleness, kindness, courtesy, frugalness, modest and bravery)”, to study the “Six New Artistry (etiquette, music, archery, driving, calligraphy, arithmetic)”, aiming to cultivate elites named “gentlemen in the new age”, who will be outstanding in all aspects, equipped with “Three Profoundness (erudition, aspiration, and philanthropy)”, “Three Elegance (elegant appearance, morality, and interest)”, national integrity and world insight. The school appeals to become a distinct, superior international school with a noble spirit, one that will benefit the local people for centuries. 

About Junhwa: 

Fast growing school (8X in the next 5 years – Full K-12 program with 3,200 students)  Great opportunities for advancement (curriculum development, leadership) Bilingual program  Mix of Cambridge Curriculum and Chinese National Curriculum   20 students per class International faculty from over half a dozen countries Wide range of extra-curricular activities (golf, rock climbing, horseback riding, fencing)
This is a Direct to School Job
This is a Direct to School Job
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