English Teaching Program in Shenzhen, China

  China

• All Other Areas in China: 
Shenzhen

Length of Position: One academic year (and renewable)
Dates: August to June 15

Description: Spend a year teaching English conversation in a school in Shenzhen - China's economic miracle adjacent to Hong Kong. This vibrant city of five million has modern housing, a warm climate, and a top-rated public school system. Learn Mandarin Chinese and gain a year's experience in one of the world's most important and most interesting cultures. 120 places are available. This experienced, successful, government program is entering its eleventh year and is the only such program in China. Participants have come from throughout the USA, and also from Canada, Australia, Ireland and the UK, are graduates of more than 180 colleges and universities, and range in age from early 20s to late 50s.

Program Description:
-Three-week intensive courses during August in China
-in Chinese language (4 levels; the beginning course requires no prior study of Chinese)
-in Teaching English as a Foreign Language (with supervised practice classroom teaching) --earn a well-recognized TEFL in China Certificate
-Housing (air-conditioned, double occupancy) and tours are included
-train ticket for travel to Shenzhen with the group
-Teach English speaking and listening, maximum of 15 classes (45-minutes each) per week,
-in Shenzhen junior/senior high school or elementary school where you will be a faculty member (September to June 15)
-Continue your study of Mandarin Chinese with courses in Shenzhen, which is a Mandarin-speaking city and therefore is particularly well-suited for learning Chinese

Highlights: Excellent training and excellent support in a modern, important city.
This well-organized, government-sponsored program is the only one like it in China. It provides you with on-site coordinators, language classes that continue in Shenzhen, and a faculty position in the excellent schools of China's most successful Special Economic Zone, adjacent to Hong Kong. The three-week intensive training in Chinese language and in Teaching English as a Foreign Language (with TEFL in China Certificate) prepares you for a successful, productive, and interesting year. Continue your study of Mandarin Chinese with courses in Shenzhen.

What you receive:
*5,000 RMB per month (approximately $730), September through June 15.
*Free faculty housing in Shenzhen, individual apartment with air conditioning, bathroom, telephone, television, utilities and internet access.
*Some meals are provided
*Couples are welcome
*Paid 3-week vacation during Chinese New Year in January/February, plus national holidays in October and May
*Vacation travel bonus of 4,000 RMB (approximately $480) at end of contract. *Roundtrip airline ticket is reimbursed

English Teaching Methods course (with TEFL in China Certificate) and Chinese course in August
*Housing i(air-conditioned, double-occupancy) and tours during the training in August.
*Train ticket for group travel from Beijing to Shenzhen
*Visa and work permit for China
*Internet access in Shenzhen in your apartment or at your school Entry visa and work permit for China

Qualifications:
-Native speaker of English in USA, Canada, UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand
-college degree (by July 2009)
-excellent health (lots of stairs and few elevators!)
-The program includes training, so teaching experience and/or prior study of Chinese are NOT required.

Minimum Education: Bachelors

Salary / Pay: $730/month (Sept. - June 15); free housing & utilities; travel bonus

Experience Required: no

Participants Travel to China in Groups

Application Process Involves:

• Phone Interview
• Written Application

Post Services Include:

• Alumni Network

Center for Teaching and Learning in China's Mission Statement: The Center for Teaching and Learning in China is a U.S.-based organization that recruits, interviews and trains teachers and other professionals for working in China. It has collaborated with the Shenzhen government Bureau of Education to recruit teachers of English in the Shenzhen public schools since 1997. The Center is North American representative of CAIEP (China Association for International Exchange of Personnel) of the Chinese national Bureau of Foreign Experts. The Center also holds memberships in NAFSA Association of International Educators and in the College of Teachers, Institute of Education, University of London.

Year Founded: 1997