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Nimah · Joined: 14 May 2007 Posts: 36

Hello,

Just received an offer: 21,000 plus the usual perks. I'm a fully qualified teacher with a years experience, but this will be my first international post. Looks like the contract could potentially be less then a year as well.

Any thoughts on the salary and the school? I've read a few posts that don't seem to be too flattering to the school.

Cheers.

phantombedwetter · Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 11:19 am Post subject:

Good salary, I was on about that as a manager.
Almost too good to be true after 1 year teaching.
Track down teachers from the school and check it out.

PM me a link and I'll ask around some old colleagues.

The_Hanged_Man · Joined: 10 Oct 2004 Posts: 224 Location: Tbilisi, Georgia

I just checked http://internationalschoolsreview.com/ and I strongly suggest you contact teachers currently working there before accepting a contract. Most of the reviews (and there are lots of them) in the above site are strongly negative citing a poor administration and a profit seeking orientation. You have to take everything on ISR with a grain of salt, but there seems to an overwhelming consensus that Yew Chung is a place to avoid.

phantombedwetter · Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2008 10:34 am Post subject:

Hi Nimah,
I echo the above post from hanged man, but I can't find any clarification on that salary, could you reveal how you arrived at that figure?
Thanks

Nimah · Joined: 14 May 2007 Posts: 36

Didn't arrive...was told by the co-principal himself. I'm definitely being cautious about the whole thing, but I do want to get out and teach and I don't want to commit to the 2 year contract so I may pass on this one.

11:59 · Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 4:54 am Post subject:

21,000 RMB seems very low for an international school, though I suppose this may just reflect your relative lack of experience. And this is a very important point, for � and do not take this the wrong way � why would a semi-decent international school employ someone with such limited work experience? This should, perhaps, set off alarm bells. I do not know about Shanghai but here in Hong Kong students at Yew Chung International School (Secondary Section) pay some $13,000 HK a month for tuition fees alone (I believe it is around the same in Shanghai, though they also have to pay a mandatory debenture of around $100,000 HK here in Hong Kong.) Given such sums I think 21,000 Yuan a month is very low, even with your quite modest experience.

As regards the two-year contract, that would be the norm at most if not all international schools, though especially those running the IBD (International Baccalaureate Diploma), of which of course Yew Chung is one such school.

Umm Banat · Joined: 18 May 2007 Posts: 28

How long from your interview was it til the offer? or was it made there and then?

The_Hanged_Man · Joined: 10 Oct 2004 Posts: 224 Location: Tbilisi, Georgia