Kindergarten Language School in Xiamen
Program Highlights
-Excellent salary: 15,000 to 17,500 RMB per month (approx. 2,100 to 2,500 USD per month)
-Monday to Friday work schedule, weekends off
-On-going professional development and training
ESL Jobs in Xiamen
Our international school is now recruiting positive, patient and energetic English teachers for our modern school in Xiamen. The school is managed collaboratively by AU Group and Professor Fthenakis, who is considered to be the father of German early childhood education. Our teachers work with students aged 2 to 6 year old, while instructing in small classroom sizes of 20 students per class allows our teachers to better understand individual children’s needs.
Our school takes “lighting up the future of children” as its mission and implements a program based on Co-Constructivism. It applies mixed-age classes, bilingual (Chinese and English) immersion program and STEM teaching, aiming to bring up the next generation talents of international innovation with multicultural background.
Teach English in Xiamen
Located at the southeast coast of China, Xiamen is a tourist city of Fujian Province famous for its attractive seascape. The name of ‘Xiamen’ was consequently given, which means ‘a gate of China’. As one of the forerunners of the special economic zones of China, Xiamen mainly consisting of Xiamen Island, Gulangyu Island, the north bank area of the Jiulong River and Tong’an County, is connected with the mainland by the Xiamen Bridge. The city is well known for its beautiful natural scenery, fresh air and a clean environment.
Xiamen has plenty of special local products that are worth noting, including various kinds of tea leaves, fruits like sugarcanes, olives and longans as well as sea products such as fish, prawns, crabs, abalones and lancelets.
Main Responsibilities
-Maximum of 40 working hours per week (immersion classes)
-Monday to Friday, 8am to 5pm
-Saturday and Sunday weekends off
-Develops English curriculum and lesson plans with a Chinese teacher
-Uses different strategies to teach children of different English proficiency levels, provides continual assessment of student progress, maintain student records and portfolios
-Develops each child’s self-esteem, self-confidence, autonomy, and assume responsibility for indoor and outdoor care in order to ensure the safety of the students
-Responds quickly to children individual needs (verbal and non-verbal) by taking into consideration personality, capability and cultural difference of each child
-Communicates with team members and parents about student’s progress, participates in parent-teacher meetings and other meetings
-Attends and participates regularly in teaching and research activities, staff meetings, training and other meetings organized by the kindergarten
-Participates in kindergarten activities
-Strong computer skills, including Microsoft Office
-Creates an inspiring, welcoming atmosphere for students
-Other duties as assigned
Compensation
-Excellent salary: 15,000 to 17,500 RMB per month (approx. 2,100 to 2,500 USD per month)
-Sponsored legal ‘Z’ work visa
-Airfare reimbursement up to 8000 RMB per year
-Airport pick up upon arrival
-Housing allowance of 2,000 RMB per month
-14 days vacation during Chinese New Year and other legal holidays in China
-Free lunch during working days
-Medical insurance provided
-Chinese speaking assistants provided
-On-going professional development and training
Requirements
-Bachelor degree or above in early childhood education or other related field
-Two years of kindergarten teaching experience strongly preferred
-TEFL or TESOL certification is a plus (No TEFL? We recommend INTESOL: www.GoldStarTeachers.com/INTESOL)
-Native English speaker from UK, USA, Ireland, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand
-Can also consider non-native teachers who have a teaching related Bachelor degree
-Notarised and clean criminal background check, valid within 6 months
