Hi All, Roger has put a wiki online for teachers of English as a second or foreign language: http://wikigogy.org A wiki is a website where you can not just...
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Our jobs board is in the form of a discussion email list. You can post a job position announcement to it for distribution to more than 1000 subscribers. It is...
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I would like to post the following 3 positions ;Job title: Teacher (three required) ;Job start date: August 30, 2007 ;School name: Henan Experimental High...
Hello Roger, encouraging to see a programme paying certified teachers a realistic salary. Best of luck with your selection process and the new school year...
Thanks to all for their great work in the past and thanks to all for their work in the future regarding the lists. It is very helpful to those of us in China...
I am one of those who abhor 'age discrimination', knowing full well that I am heading that way too. But when does age discrimination begin and common sense...
Ria Smit
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Jul 6, 2007 2:47 am
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I think the issue is ones health, not age. Young teachers who constantly getting colds and claim they cannot teach vs old teachers who never miss a class. ...
I'm glad to know the CELTA is taught in China. I want to get one before I'm 60. I'm 58 now & have been teaching in Asia for 10+ years. It seems like a good...
Seems to me it's an individual matter. I'm 58, in excellent health, have taught over here for 10+ years, but have a million wrinkles on my face. I was a yoga...
Hello Mary Ann, The Trinity certificate in Shenzhen, mentioned by Francios Williams below, is not actually run by the Trinity College. The training is ...
I agree with other posters that it is not age alone that determines whether you miss classes or not. I know of a young girl who came to teach in China in...
... Well Ria, I was wondering how your summer camp project was going. I see you are experiencing all the same perils I did as director/organizer back in 01/02....
Don wrote: But back to age...I do think most seniors regard themselves to be in better health than they actually are. Obviously, many older folk (how old is...
Ria Smit
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Jul 9, 2007 2:28 am
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DITTO Gary's message to all ... and I'm right behind him by just one year ... ... but the GOOD NEWS for all of you listists is this: I'm preparing to crash...
John Kirkley
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Jul 9, 2007 2:30 am
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Y40 per hour for a Foreign Teacher in an English Summer Camp is much too low. Is this ad real? My English Major Chinese students demand and receive Y40-Y50 per...
Turoring younger students is different from teaching at a summer camp which is mainly for speaking activities. Pressures from the students are also not equal....
C'mon, Ria, chronological age has relatively little to do with the physical demands required for a teaching assignment. At 75 I was in better condition than...
... Maybe that is why the camp starts on the 21st of July and they are still looking for teachers. Summer camps are hard work. They are presumably hoping to...
I think the point has been missed concerning the market value of a foreign teacher during the lucrative English Summer Camp business in China. First of all,...
I just cannot agree with this statement:- Turoring younger students is different from teaching at a summer camp which is mainly for speaking activities....
alan1
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Jul 10, 2007 7:19 pm
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the owners and sponsors need to pay the hard working foreign teachers their market value Here's a rule of thumb - I don't think it's too out of date. Foreign...
Nelson Bank
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Jul 11, 2007 6:03 am
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I'm trying to explain why the job of teaching spoken English is much more difficult than the work of part time tutor undertaken by many students to help fund...
[Was: Re: Age discrimination(?) or Common Sense? Re: Nanhai Campus of South China Normal University, ] ... To drift from the age thread a bit, I note Ria's...
Hi everyone, I really hope you can help me out with this one. Transferred by my husband's employer, we've just arrived back in Beijing. I'd like to work as a...
I'm curious about this question also. I have recently started tutoring a middle school student who is preparing for his last year of secondary school and thus...
I just had two middle school students preparing for the University of Hong Kong interview. They paid me 100 yuan each per hour, so I was earning 200 yuan per...
The going rate in Jiangxi Province, which is a less developed area, is Y100 per hour session. Some ask for Y120 per hour and receive it. In Beijing, it should...
Job Opening * School Name:~ Qingdao International School * Location~Qingdao city,Shandong province. * Students' Age/school-grade~Primary and middle school...