Introduction to Xuzhou
Xuzhou’s coordinates are 3416’ North Latitude and 11711’ East Longitude .The city lies in Jiangsu, an east coastal province of China. Climate of the city is quite pleasant, neither scorching hot in summer, nor bitter cold in winter. Xuzhou has a total area of 11,258 square kilometers with a population of 9,079,800, and its urban area is 963 square kilometers and the population in the urban district is 1,500,000. Xuzhou is at the junction of Beijing-Shanghai Railway and Longhai Railway, serving as a vital transportation hub in China. It is only about 2 hours drive to Qufu, home town of confucius. Passenger trains from Xuzhou can reach Beijing, Shanghai and many other important cities. Xuzhou Guanyin Airport operates with international standard. It provides airlines service flying to Beijing, Shanghai and more than ten major cities in China.
Besides its traffic convenience, Xuzhou is one of the most famous historical and cultural cities in China. Its several-thousand-year history of civilization has left numerous treasures. The unearthed cultural relics of the Han Dynasty such as Han tombs, tomb stone engraving, Jade Garment sewn with silver thread, have formed group culture, which is rare and fascinating in China. Famous Han culture relics are being displayed in Xuzhou Museum. With Yunlong Hill and Yunlong Lake as its centre, a scenery area of 38 square kilometers is unified as a single entity with the combination of ancient and modern gardens. The rich cultural soil and charming natural scenery have inspired Li Keran, a great painting artist, Ma Ke, a talented musician and numerous well-known scholars. The folk wushu, folk music, Xuzhou opera, balladry and folk paper-cut, all with local character, are rich and colorful. Han culture, the shining of modern and ancient codes and records and the combination of the natural scenery with human cultural landscape, have made Xuzhou a brand-new tourist city.


Brief Introduction
The University, a provincial higher-learning institution founded in 1956, is located at Xuzhou. The university is composed of 4 campuses: Yunlong, Quanshan, Kuiyuan and Jiawang campuses. Its total area is more than 200 hectares. Xuzhou Normal University is a full-major normal university with 20 schools and departments, 55 specialties, 1,400 full-time postgraduates and 20,761 undergraduates. In addition, it has 10,036 students in night school and by long-distance education.
It has a high level research and teaching staff team of 1,286, among whom are 158 professors and 416 associate professors. The university has 28 labs and two provincial key laboratories and it is entitled to award Masters Degree in 53 disciplines. The university library has a building area of 26,102 square meters with a book collection of 1,947,800 volumes. The whole university is imbued with learning atmosphere. It serves as a cradle of knowledge in which students are growing up with knowledge and skills. The institution has been quite vigorous in research. Modern Chinese as a national higher-learning text book of liberal arts, written by Professor Liao Xudong with the university, a famous linguist, has been printed and been sold over 3,000,000 sets. The accomplished full-length proof-reading book of All Language of Tang Dynasty (1,000 volumes) is published home and abroad. All the achievements have gained the university a good academic reputation.
It is carrying out an open policy. It has extensive cultural exchanges with higher-learning institutions and academic circles of many countries. Every year it invites here foreign cultural and educational experts and delegations to teach or visit. Besides, the university has sent many of its staff abroad to visit, research, lecture and study. It attaches much importance to international education exchange and co-operation. From the mid 1970s, the university began to send teachers abroad to teach Chinese language and culture. It began to receive international students in 1986. In 1993 it was appointed by the Chinese State Education Commission one of the first national universities qualified to enroll international students. In order to enhance international education, the university has set up its Institute of International Culture and Education to take charge of international students enrollment, teaching and management. The institute has quite a number of highly qualified teachers, experienced and caring managing staff.

Employment Package
Requirements on Foreign teacher/expert

Gender：■unspecific
Education：■bachelor at least
Major：■ unspecific
Working Experience：■ having teaching experience in or out of China preferred
Kind of Teacher：■teacher/expert
Age：■25-60
Nationality：■USA ■UK ■Canada ■Australian
Language：■English
Vacancy：■2two
Contract Terms
Is the school SAFEA authorized to employ：■ yes
The time the employment contract be offered：■after the arrival
Contract time：■ 1st.Sep,2009 to 31st.July,2010
Can the teacher remain on school premises during holiday period if one year contract：■yes
Starting time：Sep.1,2009
Working place：■on campus
Workload：■ 20 class hours per week
class hours per week (45minutes per class hour)
Courses：■spoken English
Monthly salary：■Monthly Rmb 5000yuan
Airfare： ■round trip
Travel allowance (RMB)：■2200
What time to reimburse the air ticket：■ on the completion of the contract
What time to reimburse the travel allowance：■other
Monthly Tel allowance (RMB):■none
Meals：■cooling utensils provided
Will the school organize a friendly Bank Account： ■ no
Boarding place：■on campus
Transport：■school bus/bus
boarding：■apartment
Is the accommodation“FAO Approved”for foreigners：■yes
Is accommodation self-contained:■ yes
The floor space：__60 __（Square meter）
Inside the accommodation：
■one bedroom ■Sitting Room ■Bathroom/Toilet ■European Toilet ■Shower
■Kitchen ■Color TV ■Telephone (IDD) ■ (CCTV9) English Channel
■Refrigerator■Complete set of furniture ■Washing Machine
■24-hour supply of electricity/hot/water ■Air conditioning ■Microwave/oven
■A-Z miscellaneous items (bedding, blanket, pillow, towel,
sleeper, etc.)
■All kinds of cooking utilities (plates, glasses, cups, pots, pans)
With the accommodation, who pays for:
Water：■school
Electricity：■school
Phone local：■ teacher
Long distance：■ teacher
Internet connection：■ teacher
Can relatives and friend visit the teacher at school: ■yes

If being interested in the above position, please send the following materials to Doris at doriscn01@yahoo.com

required materials for applicants:
1.resume
2.recent life photo
3.recommendation letters
4.copy of passport/ highest academic diploma/ TESL certificate

Note: we will not get you back if you can’t meet employment requirements and fail to forward complete materials mentioned above. Thanks for your cooperation and hope you have a wonderful experience in China.


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