Have the Adventure of a Lifetime: Teach English in China!

  China

• Beijing: 
Beijing
• Shanghai: 
Shanghai
• All Other Areas in China: 
Shenzhen,  Zhangzhou

Length of Position: One Year

Description: Why China?
The chance to experience 5,000 years of history while developing your career and skills in The Middle Kingdom, as the Chinese call their country, is an opportunity of a lifetime. You can explore one of the worlds most ancient civilizations and engage in the local culture as a welcomed insider (and get paid to do it). China has a thousand faces; from the Great Wall and serene deserts to urban centres bustling with bullet trains.

The most recent host of the summer Olympics, Beijing has sprouted new athletic facilities, hotels and restaurants that rival any in the world. An adventure awaits you down every city street and across the dynamic terrain that has something for every outdoor enthusiast. The Chinese are an amazing friendly people, who will no doubt welcome you with open arms.

About the position with ENGLISH FIRST
Seeking: English Teacher for 3-16 years olds                           
40 hrs per week (20-25 teaching)
Location: Various locations in China                                          
Start: ASAP

Benefits:
- Free Mandarin Chinese Lessons: Private lessons in the teachers home 2 hours a week
- Paid Chinese Holidays and 10 days paid vacation
- Round trip airfare
- Comprehensive health insurance

Accommodation
- Assistance with securing of accommodations.

Support
- Visa services taken care of for you; arrive with a working Z visa.
- Professional development training and academic support
- Relocation assistance: Airport pick up; Initial hotel stay: housing assistance: 10,000RMB loan on arrival
Teacher orientation: temporary housing: help with cell phone and bank account
- Teachers Life Club (Long-Term Support)
- Travel offers
- Monthly events and parties
- TLC support phone

Qualifications: Qualifications-
- Bachelors Degree AND TEFL certificate.
- 1 year teaching experience.
- Be a native English speaker (i.e., since you were toddling around).
- Hold a valid passport from USA, Canada, UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand or South Africa.
- Be able to commit to a one-year contract (we cant leave the kids hanging after-all).
- No criminal record (we like a good story, but not the ones where you get nabbed).
- Age: must be over 24 yrs old due to visa restrictions (born in or before 1985)
- Medical Test: Required for Chinese visa must not have hepatitis or infectious disease

Minimum Education: Bachelor of Arts

Experience Required: yes

- 1 year teaching experience.

This Program is open to American, Asian, Australian, Canadian and South African Participants.

Participants Travel to China Independently

Typically Participants Work Independently

Application Process Involves:

• Online Application plus Application Assessment
• Phone Interview

Aclipse's Mission Statement: Aclipse helps college seniors and graduates launch global careers by placing them in jobs teaching English in Asia. Aclipse launched operations in December 2007 and will have placed more than 1,200 teachers with more than 20 clients in South Korea, Japan and China by the end of 2008, and we expect substantial growth in 2009. Aclipse is a business division of CDI America, a subsidiary of CDI Holdings, Inc., the leading provider of English Language learning services for South Korean kids ages 6-to 18-years old. Aclipse is focused on finding you a job with a future, with only reputable schools and programs, such as EPIK, English First and CDI. Aclipse currently has offices in Boston, Chicago, Osaka, San Francisco, Seoul, Sydney and Toronto.

Year Founded: 2007