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Mr. Fun
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 Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2011 9:52 am Post subject: Looking to Teach at Summer Camp in China 2011 |
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I am an American looking to teach in China in July/August for 4 weeks. I was thinking about just going and volunteering but most organizations that seem legit and want to help people charge the volunteers anywhere from 1,000 to 3,000 USD to participate. And that is on top of airfare.
My other alternative is to teach regular kids in Summer English Camps. So my question is how easy is it to get one of these positions?
I am a 32 year-old male with 8 years teaching experience split between Japan, Taiwan, Chile, Spain and the US. Currently, I teach kids in rural Japan. I have a 4 yr degree from a US university and a accredited ESL certificate received after 16 units of regular course work in applied linguistics, plus a run-of-the-mill TESOL certificate.
I was thinking of flying over from Tokyo to Beijing and getting involved with a program somewhere around there. I'd hope to get payed for my work but from what I've seen the money is pretty low. Does anyone know of any good schools that would hire a teacher without a visa and still pay them? Any other related advice would also be appreciated. |
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dharma86
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You definitely shouldn't pay for anything, but be paid.
Pay for your flights (and accommodation), at most. |
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rogerwilco
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| Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2011 9:07 pm Post subject: |
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Volunteer ???
The students almost always pay for the classes. Why should you work just so the tuition money will make someone else rich ?
Sad to say, but in this money driven culture, the people are more likely to view volunteers as gullible idiots than as kind-hearted humanitarians. |
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Mr. Fun
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| Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2011 11:37 pm Post subject: |
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The volunteer positions I have looked in to are for orphans and street kids. I would really like to teach children like these because it would be a new experience for me. And I would be doing something good for a change. The problem is I will never pay a thousand dollars plus to do so.
So I just see myself teaching at a regular summer camp.
Ive been teaching in Japan for so long now I need a fresh perspective. Any teaching job would do really. I mean it's a short term thing, so it couldn't be that bad. I'd only hope to get paid in return. Enough to cover the plane ticket from Tokyo would do.
Again, I ask. Does anyone know of a good summer program in China? Or know how easy it is to get one of those jobs without a visa? |
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Laurence
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Again, I ask. Does anyone know of a good summer program in China? Or know how easy it is to get one of those jobs without a visa? |
Summer camps are often staffed by teachers already here. The abundance of university teachers who are free for the summer, and the increasing number who don't receive salary for that time and want extra work, and the fact that student places are filled last minute, result in less advertised positions and less likelihood of finding a deal which includes plane tickets.
The one exception I can think of might be EF - they used to offer two month summer contracts well-ahead of time. They pay was low and the schedule was chocka-block, but they paid return airfare. Try the big franchises like Shanghai, Hangahou, Guangzhou and Urumuqi.
I can't imagine that many schools have procedures in place to organise legal working visa for summer teachers. |
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Mr. Fun
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| Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2011 8:09 am Post subject: |
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| Summer camps are often staffed by teachers already here. The abundance of university teachers who are free for the summer, and the increasing number who don't receive salary for that time and want extra work, and the fact that student places are filled last minute, result in less advertised positions and less likelihood of finding a deal which includes plane tickets. |
Thanks for the info. I guess it seems unlikely to get any positions coming in without a visa for short term summer work. I'll still keep any eye out for any openings. But if anything I could always just visit China to travel around. I've been in Asia for 6 years and have yet to go there. |
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sinniti
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Hi ya,
Don't know if you eventually came up with anything but I've been offered a summer camp job with the International English Summer Camp (IESC) at Yangzhou also known as the Beijing New Oriental Foreign Language School at Yangzhou. I'm still in very early process but found it relatively easy to find the job but now the issue is validity and reliability of the company, what they will actually offer me when I arrive and differing info on visas. I'm thinking of giving up as I can't seem to find any info or help on this that is concrete.
Let me know how you have got on, |
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