English Literature and/or Language Teacher

About the Job

Overview

Beginning March 2018

English Literature/Language Position

The Qingdao Daewon School (QDS) is seeking an English Literature and/or English Language Instructor to join our community of learners starting in the spring of 2018. The primary teaching assignment is to teach up to two hundred-minute blocks each day, leaving instructors responsible to around 25 students at any one time during the year. English Literature Instructor is expected to provide students a sense of cultural and global perspectives via inquiry-based learning. In the QDS, speaking persuasively, writing convincingly and thinking critically are emphasized throughout a student’s English learning career. In addition to teaching, an instructor would be expected to (1) collaborate in our periodic gathering of a level team and department meetings, and (2) participate in our students’ experiences outside the classroom by supporting either athletics or residential life and serving as a mentor to a small group of students.

The Qingdao Daewon School (QDS) is a college preparatory boarding school which was found in a collaboration between Qingdao Jungyang School and Daewon Foreign Language High School (DFLHS) in Seoul, Korea. The QDS learning community may be small, but we have inherited the educational expertise of DFLHS. Our curriculum focuses on supporting students to become competent on a global scale by encouraging our learners to become proficient in three languages: English, Chinese, and Korean.

Interested candidates who find themselves in sympathy with QDS’s teaching and learning model and supportive of QDS’s expectations for all instructors should express their interest by submitting the application to qdshr@qdis.org.

The Qingdao Daewon School offers competitive salary and benefits packages.

Job Description:

Number of vacant positions: English Literature and/or English Language (2)

School Location: Qingdao, China

Start date: March 1, 2018

Student to Teacher Ratio: 5.5:1

Working Hours: 08:00 ~ 17:00

Teaching Schedule: Two hundred-minute blocks each day

• All classes are taught in English
• May choose to participate in our After School Program (Compensated Separately)

Salary and Benefits:

Salary: 160,000-230,000 RMB/year (Will be adjusted based on abilities, qualifications, and experiences.)

Housing: provided (dorm)

Flight:  9,000 RMB (at Max) Flight allowance per year. Airport pickup service

Other benefits include: Work visa provided. Paid Winter and Summer breaks.

 

Requirements:

1. Bachelor’s degree or above
2. English related major or a certified teacher.
3. Minimum 1 year of teaching experience required.
4. SAT English Language and Composition teaching experience highly preferred.
5. Must be able to legally work in China

Required Documents:

1. A resume.
2. Teaching Philosophy - Write a one page statement describing your teaching philosophy.
3. Class demo video or a demo class upon request.

Qingdao Daewon School

http://www.qdis.org   / Email: qdshr@qdis.org

Tel: (86) 532-8908-9592 / (86) 131-7320-2050 / (82) 70-7660-6246

1402 Wangsha Road, Xifuzhen Chengyang District, Qingdao Shandong 266106 China

中国山东省青岛市城阳区惜福镇王沙路1402, 266106

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