Job Discussion Forums

mdoor · Joined: 16 Jun 2010 Posts: 54

Sample syllabus for middle school math teacher?

In recent years I have taught ESL in Japan and Korea with my TESOL certificate on hand.
However, I have a Bachelor of Science degree in and feel WAY more technically competent teaching math than I do teaching English.

I have read in some online advertisements that I would qualify for teaching the subject of math but I have no experience in teaching it, I would like to see what I would be up against. Can anyone pass along a syllabus or the like to let me know what I would be expected to teach?

Regards

Jeremiah · Joined: 26 Jun 2010 Posts: 32

"Balls said the Queen, if I had them I'd be King. Well, I got them and I ain't King said the Jack."

Send me 1k rmb and then I'll think about it. The full syllabus = 8k.

nickpellatt · Joined: 08 Dec 2006 Posts: 1522

Id be amazed if you were ever allowed to teach Math in a Chinese middle school ... Couldnt ever see it happening to be honest. Math is waaaaaay to important for schools and the parents of students at said schools who have one eye on the exams. Without the qualifications to teach Math and the native speaker skills, I cant ever see an FT taking math classes.

Miasaurus · Joined: 05 Aug 2010 Posts: 24

I agree with Nick. If you do end up teaching math, it will be in an international school. While you couldn't get a job in a proper international school without a teaching certification valid in your home country, you could find a job at one of those schools that aspire to proper intl school status but are really just places for rich Chinese kids to be spoiled. I got an offer from one in Changsha, but the hours are loooong and the pay isn't much more than your average ESL job.