Language School in Xiamen
Program Highlights
-Excellent salary: 16,000 – 18,000 RMB per month
-Established in 1997
-Free housing accommodation OR 2,000 – 3,000 RMB monthly housing allowance
-Well-researched North American curriculum and modern materials
ESL Jobs in Xiamen
Our school is now looking for enthusiastic, positive and qualified English teachers who have a genuine desire to teach young learners aged 3 to 15 years old at our modern language school in Xiamen.
Established in 1997, our school has more than 40 campuses across Taiwan and China. We aim to provide the best quality English education that we can offer. We offer a relaxing and accommodating work environment that also stimulates creativity and personal growth. If you have the qualifications and are looking for a new challenge, we would like to speak with you.
Our young learners have the opportunity to learn in modern, safe, all-English environment. We also provide a series of well-researched and well-structured curriculum which follows the North American standards. We provide education which has a balanced distribution on speaking, listening, reading and writing skills. We encourage our foreign teachers to create a fun and educational learning environment. With a maximum class size of 14 students, the foreign teachers and the young learners have more opportunity to interact and be acquainted with one another. A local teaching assistant will be available in every classroom to assist with the administrative side of running a class such as communicating with parents. We put great emphasis on quality education and we achieve that through our professional teachers’ training, on-going management support and promotional opportunities given to all the teachers.
The Curriculum
We offer two different programs for students: “Early Starter Programs” are for young learners aged 3 to 6 years old. It uses a series of English course materials developed by our very own research and development department. The textbooks cover areas such as phonics, vocabularies and conversation. A large part of the program is music where we developed over 60 songs for young learners. The lyrics of the songs are all associated with the content of our conversation books.
The other program is the “Elementary Program” which is for older students between 3 to 12 years old. The course materials consist of a series of English textbooks developed by McGraw Hill, an American publishing company. The subjects learned are Spelling, Language Arts, Phonics, Dolch Sight Words, Reading and Writing.
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 the clean environment.
Xiamen has plenty of special local products that are worth noting, including various kinds of tealeaves, fruits like sugarcanes, olives and longans as well as sea products such as fish, prawns, crabs, abalones and lancelets.
Main Responsibilities
-Maximum of 25 teaching + 15 hours admin work hours per week
-Plan lessons and classroom activities
-Write monthly reports on each student’s progress and development
-Weekend classes with 2 days off during the week
-Assist in school’s promotional events
-Conduct demo classes to potential new students
-Attend staff meeting and teacher training
-Teach students fluency in verbal, listening, reading and written English
-Introduce students to western cultures and festivals
Compensation
-Excellent salary: 16,000 – 18,000 RMB per month
-Free housing accommodation OR 2,000 – 3,000 RMB monthly housing allowance (excluding utilities)
-Annual salary increase
-11 days national holidays plus 5 paid personal holidays (teachers who sign a 2 year contract can choose to have August unpaid holiday)
-Legal ‘Z’ work visa provided
-Team buildings
-Professional pre-job training with on-going program supervision
Requirements
-Bachelor’s degree
-TEFL certificate preferred (No TEFL? – We recommend INTESOL www.GoldStarTeachers.com/INTESOL)
-Native English speaker from UK, USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa or Ireland
-Previous teaching experience preferred
-No criminal record
-Fluency in oral and written English
-Professional, positive and culturally aware
-Energetic, friendly and hard-working
There are no costs whatsoever for the entire recruitment process.
We are looking forward to hearing from you.
