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[aliasyoshi]

I have done some searching in my free time for teaching jobs in/near Beijing for biology/biology related topics. I do not (yet) have a PhD so the college level is not realistic, but I am interested in any other level of teaching science. Just wondering if anyone knows how to get hooked up with such a teaching assignemnt?? Thanks!

[clark.w.griswald]

To my knowledge International Schools may be your best bet as some of the larger ones offer teachers the opportunity to teach subjects rather than only English. Some of these only employ overseas at fairs, while others will accept local employment. Also some have tougher criteria than others as far as teaching qualification and experience.

My understanding is that the International School network is booming in China and this seems evident from the list that I provide below. Only five years ago there were only two or three such schools in Shanghai, now there are about 16.

Here is a list if International Schools country wide.

You can probably also use Google to find lists of these schools in Beijing.

[Roger]

You must not forget the linguistic competency of your students; most CHiense cannot follow instruction held in ENglish.
Some parents try to push them through an English-medium school; those are, luckily limited numerically.

I know one private K 12 school that has an international section; local students are allowed to enroll there but that costs extra money; the teachers hired have good track records and usually several eyars of experience teaching their subject.

But English is still a problem in their classrooms.

[Spiderman Too]

Science teachers needed at Shanghai American School and SMIC Private School (also Shanghai):-

http://www.saschina.org/jobs/jobs.asp & http://www.craigslist.org/sfc/edu/126792119.html

And then there's:-

[mondrian]

[vikdk]

allthough slighty off topic - I just want to say how that last post high lights a huge problem for teachers in China - holding up an expert status infront of a parent.

The parent is the fee-payer - they must be right - after all doesn't being qualified give us that dangerous licence to make them look stupid and loose face?

The perfect solution to this problem is to market education as a guaranteed product - and treat the student as a mechanical rather than biological entity.

And if only they were, parents could park their kids with the educational grease monkeys regardless of academic standard - a bit of English oil applied here - 40,000 volts of educational energy there - a new grammar filter - rewire the vocab-box -here you are mum an dad the finished product - don't touch, the paint is still wet

just something you have to live with here - but you know what, I do think things are slowly changing for the better - very slowly!!!!!

[bendan]

[vikdk]

Yeah bendan - the marketing of education as a product - I suppose that's another gripe that sends me into a spin when thinking about chains and mills. Completely irrational of course 'cause I market my educational product here to - but that's what the China experience can also be about - a learning curve that teaches us that this most "moral and virtuous" of professions can in fact be spun and packaged in such a way that learning suddenly becomes a by-product to financial gain.

In short - not much room for the educational snob here - but then again if the market develops in such a way that better educational quality produces better economic result, then things can�t be that bad - can they???

[vikdk]

What an A-hole post I just sent - of course the purpose of education is to fuel economic gain - for what other reasons do countries devise national education systems, other than to train a population up to be a workforce that drives the economic machine - are you allowed to have a flame up at your own posts in daves????

[Louras]

Yes, you are allowed to, as long as you don't threaten yourself