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goose · Joined: 27 Jul 2005 Posts: 32

I am interesting in working in a middle or high school next term, however all the websites I have found seem to cater for university or college teaching. Where does one go to search for work in a middle school?

mondrian · Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2007 12:27 pm Post subject:

Most of these jobs are tied up with the agencies. They do the recruiting: arrange your work visa; accommodation and salary. They charge the school about 20% extra for doing so (if you are lucky! - 25/30% if you are not).
The schools don't want all this hassle - they just want a performing monkey, so that they can charge the parents a hefty premium for your "services".
As usual in China, it's all about money.
The average fee charged by the agency to the school is 10,000 RMB a month. So what salary are they offering you?

Steppenwolf · Joined: 30 Jul 2006 Posts: 1769

goose · Joined: 27 Jul 2005 Posts: 32

Interested

Thanks Roger, I'll do the same next time for you.

So it seems in order to find a middle school job, I'll need to use an agency/recruiter. Can anyone recommend some good and reputable agencies or recruiters that specialize in placing teachers in middle schools?

eslstudies · Joined: 17 Dec 2006 Posts: 1061 Location: East of Aden

dajiang · Joined: 13 May 2004 Posts: 663 Location: Guilin!

You could just walk in and ask if they have a job for you.
Ask around in the city you want to work about which school has the best reputation, and which one the worst. That'll narrow down your options a bit cuz most cities have tons of middle schools (most of them have numbers by the way, like hospitals).

Prepare for huge classes when you do find a place. 50+ students is pretty much a given and call yourself lucky if it's below 70.

G'luck!