Working Environment
For both students and staff
alike this is a particularly
exciting time to join us.
Our University is a
stimulating, diverse and
enthusiastic organisation
that is committed to
delivering the very best
experience for our students
and staff alike. That's
where you come in! If you
would like to achieve the
personal satisfaction of
making a real difference to
people's lives through your
own individual contribution
then we would like to hear from
you.
Requirements and Benefits
Our school welcomes dedicated people who have a passion for teaching children, are open minded, outgoing, have teaching experience, and good teaching skills. TEFL certified teachers are preferred, but other certifications will be considered. We prefer native speaking English teachers from the United States of America , United Kingdom , Canada , and Australia .
We Offer :
- A monthly salary of 5,000 Yuan.
- Actual contact teaching hours per week will not exceed 20 hours.
- A furnished apartment (not shared) with bedroom, living room, and private bath, is provided at no cost. Each apartment has heat, air-conditioning, and TV/DVD.
- A fully equipped communal kitchen (microwave, stove, and refrigerator), dining room, and laundry room, are available for use by the international teachers.
- Water and electricity are provided and paid for by the school.
- Each apartment has a private telephone (international teachers pay for its use) and free internet access.
- Three meals per day are available at no cost at the school cafeteria (Chinese cuisine) or international teachers' dining room (Western cuisine). Purified drinking water is provided throughout the school.
- Each international teacher will be assigned an office workspace with a computer and free internet access.
- International teachers may choose to take advantage of Chinese language and martial arts lessons at no cost.
- International teachers will receive the same medical coverage as the Chinese teachers. In addition, it is advisable for international teachers to have their own medical insurance. International teachers should contact their local health office for immunization requirements before coming to China.
- On completion of a one-year employment contract, a roundtrip economy air ticket from the country of departure will be reimbursed. If an international teacher teaches for two academic years, they will be reimbursed for two roundtrip air tickets.
- On completion of a one-year employment contract, international teachers will receive an end-of-contract bonus equivalent to one month's salary.
- International teachers will be expected to arrive in China on
August 23, 2008. A representative of the school will meet each international teacher at the Shanghai Pudong Airport and will transport them to the school in Yangzhou.
If you have any questions and/or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact us.
We will do our best to answer your questions and/or concerns.
The contact person is as follows:
Ms.
Angel Yu Yong Juan
Office Phone: +86 (514) 7907805.
Fax: 86-514-721-6247
Email:
angelyongjuan@yahoo,com.cn
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Alice Down the Rabbit Hole
by Tessie Thurnblad
Joined since: 2005 - present
Origin: Minnesota, U.S.A
“Alice Down the Rabbit Hole” was a phrase my mother used on her recent visit here to describe how she felt about being in China. In case you are unfamiliar with this phrase, it is a reference to the story Alice in Wonderland in which Alice falls down a rabbit hole and arrives in a totally different, yet interesting and endearing, world. This is also how I felt when I arrived in China about five months ago. From the juxtaposition of modern skyscrapers and donkey-drawn carts to the fenced-in school with men in army fatigues guarding the front door and children participating in military training, I was continually doing a double take at all the surprising things I saw.
For example, I had heard that winters temperatures in Yangzhou hover around freezing. I figured this would be nothing considering that I was used to Minnesota winters which can get down as low as –20 degrees F (which is about –30 degrees C). However, once winter hit, I quickly figured out this was not the case. In Minnesota when it is bitterly cold, the only time a person is actually outside is the time it takes to run from car to warm building, or building to car, which warms up nicely in a matter of minutes. Here in China, a country that is much more energy conscious, a person is almost constantly out in the cold. Buildings are not heated nearly as much, and windows are often left open to let in fresh air. Also, since classrooms and offices are not enclosed, students and teachers must go back outside to move between rooms. Add to this the fact that few people have cars, and most people ride the bus to town, and then walk all around, people are outside a good portion of the day, causing the damp cold to seep into your bones. My mother was a bit cocky this winter, having come from vastly colder MN. After the first day on campus, however, when she almost froze to death, she put on many more layers, began carrying hot tea around with her, and admitted that winter in China was nothing like winter in the US.
Another recent example involves me getting strep throat (a throat infection). I dreaded having it checked out, because in America that involves a long process of going to the doctors office, having them take samples from your throat, running tests on them to confirm an infection, giving you a prescription, and you finally going to the pharmacy to pick up the medicine. This could take the good part of a day, if not longer. Here in China, the process took about 10 minutes. Emily walked me over to the campus clinic, the doctor looked in my throat and confirmed and infection by sight, and gave me antibiotics, simple and effective. I was surprised to learn that Emily could just go to the pharmacy and get whatever medicine she knew she needed with no problems, and at relatively low cost. Not only are medicines for infections and such more difficult to get in America, they also cost an astronomical amount, hence all the insurance companies. I was pleasantly surprised by the ease of this in China.
Interestingly, it took my mom’s visit to get me thinking about all the differences between China and the US again. Obviously, I wondered at them when I first got here, but China so quickly felt like home, that I soon no longer noticed these differences. I don’t know if it was a result of the school being so helpful, or Chinese society itself being so inviting, but I had no problems adapting to life here. It took the arrival of new eyes to help me appreciate again that I was indeed living in a vastly different society
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