Basic Requirement:

1. Male or female Caucasian native speaker, healthy, positive, honest, caring, pleasant personality, passion towards education, strong sense of responsibility towards students and teaching; good sense of humor a bonus;

2. At least college education or bachelor degree and above;

3. Teaching experience preferred;

4. Qualifications: TEFL/TESL/TESOL certificates or equivalent will be a great advantage, but not mandatory;

5. FREE accommodation at an air-conditioned and fully furnished apartment , with 2 bedrooms and 1 sitting room, bathroom; Cooking utilities available;

6. Reimbursement annually for single-trip international air ticket;

7. Free food in the standard of RMB 300/month.

8. Other welfare: RMB 2,000 yuan allowances for sightseeing twice a year during the week long holidays of International Labor Day (May 1st) and Chinese National Day (October 1st).

SALARY:

Monthly Salary: RMB 3,500 yuan (around $430 USD)
Duties: 15 - 18 Class Hours per week. 5 working days out of 7. Curriculum are set and arranged by the school. The foreign teacher will be teaching Listening Comprehension to first year students of senior high school students, so that after one year the students’ listening and oral English abilities can be improved.

The public high school was established over 60 years ago, with high-level teaching quality. It is rated as the First Grade Level A school by local educational authorities.

Brief Introduction to Jingzhou City, Hubei Province, China

Location: situated at the Jianghan Plain, close to the Golden Waterway; Wuhan to the east, Yichang south, and the Jingmen city north; bordering on the Three Gorges
Neighboring Areas: Anhui, Jiangxi, Hunan, Sichuan, Shaanxi, and Henan provinces

Physical Features: higher west and lower east; densely cover by the network of waterway, as well as lakes; with winding river course

Population: 6.30 million
Urban Population: 1.56 million
Area: 1,400 sq km
Average Temperature: 16C annually

Nationalities: Han, Hui, Manchu, Tujia, Miao and Mongolian

Ancient History: a cultural ancient city with 2000 years history with the reputation of "the finest under heaven, being overwhelmed by 9 divisions"; one of the cradles of Chu Culture, and used to be the capital of the Chu State during the Spring and Autumn Period for totally 20 emperors; in Northern and Southern dynasty, the capital of Qihedi, Liangyuandi, the Later Liang; in Five dynasty, the capital of the Nanping State

Climatic Features: subtropical humid monsoon climate; four seasons clearly demarcated; cloudy and sunny not certain in spring, humid and hot summer, fine autumns, dry cold winter; plenty of sunshine; frost free period of 220-300 days