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max power · Joined: 25 Apr 2006 Posts: 12

I want to find a teaching position in Suzhou or Hangzhou, or possibly Nanjing or Ningbo for the upcoming semester. I would prefer to teach adults. Any info, contacts, warnings, etc. pertaining to these areas will be greatly appreciated.

thanks in advance

aaron

Super Mario · Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2006 7:14 pm Post subject:

Aaron, a little about yourself: location, qualifications, experience would be handy. I have connections in Suzhou and Ningbo, but wouldn't want to spoil them, no offence meant.

max power · Joined: 25 Apr 2006 Posts: 12

No problem. I'm caucasian, male, 25 years old, and currently reside in the U.S. of A.. I'm a college graduate with a psych degree, although I started as an English major. During college I worked as an educator at a special needs wilderness camp, and a tutor at a special needs school.

Super Mario · Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2006 2:27 am Post subject:

There's a Suzhou uni looking for teachers. 4-5,000 a month, not great, but not bad. PM me again for a link. Suzhou is tres cool.

max power · Joined: 25 Apr 2006 Posts: 12

Thanks. Appreciate the help. Anyone else out there got any tips, leads, info, contacts for these areas?

frank d · Joined: 07 Dec 2005 Posts: 155

Hello, Aaron,

I have lots of contacts in Nanjing -- lots of schools asking me if I know some foreign teachers, but I honestly wouldn't recommend anyone work for them. If you want to punish yourself, feel free to PM me and I will name some Nanjing training schools for you. The training school market is becoming increasingly competitive, but also shaky here. A few schools that were thriving here 2-3 years ago (financially-speaking, not the quality of service) are slowly going down (or have already shut their doors). Another, impressive-looking, high-profile school was recently exposed and protested on local TV by disgruntled students. (Fortunately, I never worked for that one.) I'll point you toward some places, but remember... I warned ya!

max power · Joined: 25 Apr 2006 Posts: 12

Every bit helps. Thanks

Aaron

nanchang · Posted: Thu Jul 13, 2006 4:10 pm Post subject:

I've been offered three jobs in Suzhou. PM me. I've turned them down as they are too iffy, by which I mean standard Chinese deals, by which I mean it could be ok or it could be hell.

max power · Joined: 25 Apr 2006 Posts: 12

I'm pretty new to this, so I was wandering what you meant by the standard Chinese deal being iffy/ things to look out for, etc. Is there one particular thing keeping you from the SZ contracts? What should I be looking out for?

Thanks