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Schools allowed to hire foreign teachers
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boubou



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PostPosted: Sun May 13, 2007 11:58 am    Post subject: Schools allowed to hire foreign teachers Reply with quote
Hey! I'm checking out a job in Tianjin and I've been negotiating my contract over e-mail. I'm thinking of meeting this school in June... and I want to know, how do I know if they are legally hiring me? Do they have a certificate proving I'll be legally teaching there? Or an ID number they can send me over e-mail so I don't go to Tianjin uselessly?

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Shan-Shan



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PostPosted: Sun May 13, 2007 12:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Any trip to Tianjin is a useless trip. The place has everything that is dull, vapid and culturally numb about "modern China" without anything quaint, quiet or peaceful on the side.


P.S.

When negotiating with a language school over e-mail, be sure to watch your spelling. Your title to this thread has an especially "loud" mistake.
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tw



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PostPosted: Sun May 13, 2007 12:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
PM me with your e-mail address and I will send you a JPEG of a school's license to hire FT's.

If it's a college or a university then I don't really think you'd have anything to worry about. If it's a language training centre, then ask how long they've been open (schools must be at least a year old before they can legally hire FT's).

BTW, it's "allowed" not "aloud".
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boubou



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PostPosted: Sun May 13, 2007 12:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Shocked OMG....... I euh euhm, don't know what to say, I definitively don't know how I could have written aloud instead of allowed... wow.. sorry about that... Confused
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lostinasia



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PostPosted: Sun May 13, 2007 12:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
It's called a "mistake" my friend, don't worry about. Then again, some of the freaks around this forum find themselves with nothing better to do than belittle others. Not necessarily in this case, but I'm sure you've seen what I'm talking about.

Ask the school for their proper governmental licensure.
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jamesmollo



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PostPosted: Sun May 13, 2007 1:04 pm    Post subject: allowed Reply with quote
He did say allowed not 'aloud' am I the only one who noticed this?
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lostinasia



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PostPosted: Sun May 13, 2007 1:14 pm    Post subject: Re: allowed Reply with quote
jamesmollo wrote:
He did say allowed not 'aloud' am I the only one who noticed this?


I'm assuming that the mistake was made and then he changed it, I could be wrong.
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james s



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PostPosted: Sun May 13, 2007 1:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
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boubou



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PostPosted: Sun May 13, 2007 1:59 pm    Post subject: Re: allowed Reply with quote
jamesmollo wrote:
He did say allowed not 'aloud' am I the only one who noticed this?


First of all, it's SHE Very Happy
and yes, I did correct it once I saw how horrible it looked... hehehe, even though it is a mistake, I can clearly not call it a typo...
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lostinasia



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PostPosted: Sun May 13, 2007 3:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
To be fair I was assuming ... not "assume" ... thus impossible to have the ass out of you and "me" part ... Razz Wink
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jamesmollo



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PostPosted: Sun May 13, 2007 3:47 pm    Post subject: teaching legally Reply with quote
my apologies boubou.
yes the school should have a foreign experts license that they can send you proof of. Or you can check with the S.A.F.E.A if you are worried about this
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