Private school English teachers in China are usually paid more but have to endure more grueling conditions than those working for a University. Typically they have to work nights and weekends, accept frequent schedule changes, respond to ill-informed criticism from parents and students, forego paid holidays and often struggle with managers to be paid according to their contract terms - or to be paid at all.

The trade off is usually a higher monthly pay scale – on paper at least.

Here is an opportunity to have the security, conditions and stability of a university teaching post with a pay scale better than most private schools. No teaching on weekends or evenings, schedules set for the full semester, opportunities for private teaching and you don’t have to teach large classes or young kids.

Changchun Teaching College in NE China is starting a new program in which students will do the first two years of their degree in China then complete it in Australia. The students will receive intensive English training to properly prepare them to study and participate in campus life at an English speaking university.

We are seeking suitably motivated and qualified native English speakers to teach the spoken English component of the course.

Should you be a successful applicant, you will give twenty-four lessons, each of fifty minutes per week. This gives a total student contact time of twenty hours a week.

You will have considerable freedom to choose your own teaching style but we request that an emphasis be placed on student participation. Class sizes will be kept small to allow for personal interaction.

The pay is 90,000 RMB for a sixteen month contract that starts on the 16th of September 2005 and finishes on the 10th of January 2007. There is a 6,000 RMB completion bonus for the 16 month contract. Pay is monthly. Some 10 month and 4 month contracts are also available.

You’ll also be provided with free accommodation on campus. Meals are not provided free, but restaurants are inexpensive and you can also cook for yourself if you wish. The accommodation is very good by Chinese standards, clean and functional; but probably a bit below what you are used to in the West. Heating is provided free in winter. Water, gas and electricity are paid for up to 130 RMB per month, which is plenty for normal use.

You will have opportunities to travel as there are three fully paid holidays: about six weeks at Chinese New Year and a full week in October and May. The eight week long summer holiday is paid at 50%. There are three teaching semesters of 18 weeks each.

We are looking for people who want to rise to the challenge of being as good a teacher as they can. You must be a native speaker with an Australasian, British or North American accent. You must have a bachelor degree (preferably in a language field) or equivalent or an EFL/ESL qualification or second language teaching experience.

We can provide documentation for you to get a valid working visa.

Send me an email telling me about yourself and why you think you might like the position and we’ll take it from there. If you can, please attach a jpeg photo of yourself (less than 500kb please), so I know who I’m talking to, and phone number(s) with good times to call.
I’ll get back to you promptly.

Best wishes,

John Haigh.

Email: johnhaigh@163.com
The college website is www.cncnc.edu.cn