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Ryks
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 Posted: Mon Sep 25, 2017 10:40 am Post subject: BISS International School Beijing? |
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| Anyone had any experience working here or heard anything? I've done some research on this school, but there is literally nothing on them. |
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Non Sequitur
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| Posted: Mon Sep 25, 2017 6:29 pm Post subject: |
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| Do you know what the initials BISS stand for? |
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Non Sequitur
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Ryks
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Non Sequitur
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papuadn
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Ryks
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| Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2017 2:48 pm Post subject: |
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They aren't on COIS unfortunately. And they seem to have nothing to do with the other BISS school. Annoying how little there is on them :/
The link isn't working Sequitur |
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papuadn
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| Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2017 4:42 pm Post subject: |
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The job description link worked for me.
Fishy: The page's copyright is 2015, which is not that unusual, but four accreditation body logos are at the bottom of the page, with IB prominently used at the top while none list the school.
I don't believe it is common for schools to acquire accreditation from more than one. |
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Non Sequitur
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| Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2017 6:42 pm Post subject: |
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| Ryks wrote: |
They aren't on COIS unfortunately. And they seem to have nothing to do with the other BISS school. Annoying how little there is on them :/
The link isn't working Sequitur |
I'm getting through.
Here's the relevant bit of Person Spec.
• Native or bilingual proficiency in English
• Foreign passport holder, with extensive experience living in an English-speaking community
• University Degree (Bachelor or above) from an English-speaking country
• Cambridge DELTA or equivalent ELT qualification
• Must have a minimum of 5 years’ post-degree teaching experience (English teaching/training experience in China/Asia
preferred)
• Some experience or background in primary or middle schools is desirable
• A passion for contributing and making a difference through education
• Attributes such as patience, teamwork & collaboration, strong communication & presentation skills and a positive
attitude.
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Ryks
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| Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2017 7:50 pm Post subject: |
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| papuadn wrote: |
The job description link worked for me.
Fishy: The page's copyright is 2015, which is not that unusual, but four accreditation body logos are at the bottom of the page, with IB prominently used at the top while none list the school.
I don't believe it is common for schools to acquire accreditation from more than one. |
Yeh saw that too and they have CIS at the bottom, but when I searched them - nothing :/ |
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Non Sequitur
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| Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2017 8:15 pm Post subject: |
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| My point (which I've made often) is that true internationals have much higher thresholds for staff than faux internationals which are vanity schools. |
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papuadn
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IB led the effort to establish standards to facilitate the transfer of marks of children of the military and business professionals, and others since have come along to meet demand of a market of non-resident admissions.
What is relevant to this thread is that it is likely BISS is claiming accreditation it doesn't have-- a significant flag. Or it might be a matter of a technicality-- having applied for the process of accreditation and a pending situation granting a latitude to use the logos. But I strongly doubt it. It's fishy. Completing the process from any one body is comprehensive and lengthy and what's implied is any and all of them have endorsed the school.
What you're repeatedly asserting is certainly true of accredited schools because the "higher threshold" for staff is a definitive component of accreditation. To be rhetorical about it: If a well-heeled enterprise instructs its HR to hire "the best", but misrepresents its accreditation, is it a true international school?
| Non Sequitur wrote: |
| My point (which I've made often) is that true internationals have much higher thresholds for staff than faux internationals which are vanity schools. |
But such is a selective and incomplete criterion for "true" versus "faux" (a binary distinction) and "vanity". |
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Non Sequitur
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| Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2017 2:42 am Post subject: |
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| Barf! |
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papuadn
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| Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2017 3:46 am Post subject: |
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| Non Sequitur wrote: |
| Barf! |
 Please don't sic Scot47's retired avatar on me! |
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Non Sequitur
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| Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2017 5:05 am Post subject: |
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| The word barf is a ubiquitous British term for puke or puke-making. |
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