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[TEFOFF]

Dear all,
I saw this job advert come up recently, it sounds interesting, does anyone have any information about it, pluses and minuses, but specifically knowledge about the salary range would be great. Thanks in advance.


Education First’s Academic Partnership program collaborates with universities in Shanghai and Jinhua by supporting teams of EF teachers based on the university campuses to deliver quality EFL courses to university students for academic credit towards their degrees. EF Academic Partnerships is currently recruiting teachers for positions with February and August start dates.
The job
- Teaching core and selective TEFL courses to undergraduate and postgraduate students.
- Conducting assessment and reporting results.
- Designing, adapting and updating course syllabuses and materials.
- Working with a team to develop and deliver a consistent curriculum.
- Working with the university’s English Department to upgrade the TEFL program.
- Promoting the use of English through extracurricular activities.

The candidate
- BA University degree, MA highly respected
- TESOL or Education or Linguistics majors preferred.
- TEFL-qualified, CELTA/CerTESOL or equivalent preferred.
- Two years' full-time teaching experience.
- Interest in teaching EAP or ESP communicative classes.
- IELTS or TOEFL examination preparation

The benefits
- Competitive monthly salary during semester a holiday stipend paid during breaks
- Annual bonus.
- Long summer and winter breaks. 3 months in total
- A varied Continuous Development Program with financial incentives.
- Academic support from Director of Studies, Senior Teachers, Academic Quality Manager and
other team members.
- Cross-department experience opportunities in the world’s biggest private educational
organization.
- Work Residence Permit (work visa), practical and financial support with resettlement.
- Co-paid health insurance.
- Sponsored training programs and certifications.
- Free Mandarin lessons.

[The bear]

Seems like you'll be contracted out by EF to work at different universities.

Why not work directly for the university? I'm a little wary of these things as I've heard bad things about them. Could be nothing, but then again...

And as always 'competitive salary' could be anything.

[thechangling]

EF and most other training centres are the absolute pits in China. Apply direct to universities and/or Public Elementary/middle/High schools if you want a 'soft' landing in this country.

[danshengou]

I second all the above. The money will be low. Good luck.

[jimpellow]

Well, it does offer "Free Mandarin Lessons". I also like how a Masters is "respected".

My take on it would be that with the teacher shortage, they are acting as a stealth recruiter for the universities, and most likely for those that experience chronic vacancies due to poor pay and living and working conditions.

Can EF step in and get these universities acts together, and be able to offer the teachers a better salary while paying off their new overhead and still make a profit? The reality will be that something will most likely have to give, and I would wager the teacher will shoulder most of it.

EF has some folks near the top who know how to talk the talk, they just have a (with exception) poor track record of walking the walk.

[adventious]

[jimpellow]

[pioneer]

Well.. I just had a very bad experience with this company. I applied for the position of a University lecturer in Shanghai back in April and they immediately got back to me and offered a Skype interview. Shortly after the interview i was sent a job offer and asked to do all the paper formalities. All this went on and on until August at which point i already had my background checked, Blue card issued and was just waiting for the invitation letter from EF to visit a Chinese consulate here and get a visa and get on my way to China! Well.. suddenly they stopped communicating with me. Finally, after I sent a number of emails to the recruiter i was dealing with, he got back to me only to tell me that Immigration denied my visa because i am over 55! well, nothing i can do about my age, but why were they wasting my time (4 months)?! Didn't they know the age requirement for getting a work visa??? That left me furious. So i would not recommend dealing with this EF company as they acted totally unprofessionally. Still not sure what their agenda was of trying to get me in.. Any thoughts?