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Q: How to find a good English teaching job in China?

12 years 42 weeks ago in  Teaching & Learning - China

 
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A tough question.

A lot of it depends not only on what you want, but also on what experience you have.

For instance, big teaching organizations like English First or Wall Street English require that you have 1 to 2 years teaching experience, with relevant reference letters, etc...those companies pay upwards of 13,000 RMB a month but are really grueling work. Soul-crushing, some would say.

Others, such as public high schools, can be found just by searching the net. Their demands, and their conditions will vary, but in general kindergarten pay better.

These websites might be useful:

www.eslcafe.com

actually, hold on, I think this website has an article on this. Yup, found it. Here it is, in the link below.

www.eslcafe.com
www.teachingabroad.com
www.eslteachersabroad.com
www.tefl.com

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Agree with Zootown.
Lot's of universities in China now are looking for foreign teachers.
You may have a lot postions here
http://jobs.echinacities.com/

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12 years 41 weeks ago
 
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there are many english class. such as Wall Street English, most of teacher are foreigners

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12 years 39 weeks ago
 
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EF education. I have learn English there. At the same time I teach 24forms Tai Chi to the English teacher in Guangzhou EF Tianhe center. It's good place and offer good salary. I hope it can help you.
Pang Huang http://taichichuan24.blogbus.com

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12 years 39 weeks ago
 
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International schools pay the most then kindergartens.
Private language mills are next followed by public middle schools.
Colleges and universities pay the least.

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ESL teaching is the easiest way to get a job in China. If you are a certified teacher with a teaching license from The U.K. Canada or America, well your pay can exceed 44,000rmb per month. ESL positions will pay the bills and generally offer housing, but if you choose a training school beware. Long hours, cheating on your pay, threats of canceling your visa are all things I've tried to help foreigners through. International schools are good, government schools and Colleges/Universities pay less but usually allow you to free lance. Depends on where you want to be and what you want to do. If you have a teachers license then check out Maple Leaf International, Wellington, Beijing International for High Paying jobs, well worth it I may add. Stay away from EF training school, bad school, HongDe Shifan University good school but bad foreign boss. Good for the students, horrible for Chinese and Foreign Staff. Do your homework first and besure to speak to a few foreigners privately before choosing a training school. Little London of Hohhot is good for a start, pay is reasonable and their Foreign boss is a good Brit even if he is a Britt."Just joking" and the Chinese owner is one of few I've had the honor to work for. If anyone is interested in Maple Leaf, speak to me here or send a message, we have schools all over China and the ESL is one of the highest paying in China. Grades 7 thru 9 are difficult though.

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You could start with writing your title in proper English....

Localla:

I agree the most!!~~~ ppl here are so nice to answer a question with no content.... if you go to any forum to ask a silly question, ppl there will beat you to death for your simplist....

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My opinion may be slightly bias but I suggest using a placement company, especially if its your first time teaching in China. A good placement company will have researched the schools they work with, interview teachers and can provide you with positions that fit your desires, not just the schools. A recruiter at an individual school will tell you all the reasons why you should work there, because they have no other choice. A placement can give you pros & con's to help decide which position is best for YOU.

Good luck!

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12 years 30 weeks ago

http://www.teachingnomad.com - Your connection to teaching in China

 
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Check out websites like echinacities and Dave's ESL Cafe. They have hundreds of jobs. Decide whether you want to teach at a private language school or in a public school/university and what city/part of the country you want to live in. Then apply to the jobs (resume, copies of passport/degree, TEFL certification, etc) and see which schools give you the best offers. Narrow it down to a few positions and ask for the contact information of a current/former foreign teacher and grill them about what it's like to work at the school (pros and cons). Sometimes you'll work with an agent and that works too...as long as you don't have to pay them.

From my experience, I've had better luck with working at public schools. Private schools tend to not live up to what they promise. You might get a higher salary at a langage school, though.

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No. Find Word Abroad sucks. You're better off just looking around on here or www.eslemployment.com or www.teachcn.com. I posted a link to my blog that might have some useful tips for you.

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Pang Huang I see EF failed to teach you how to write!

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Do you want to teach young learners? adults? online?

Shaanmichael:

yes i want to teach young students because a student knows how to teach the students.

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