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rid259 · Joined: 23 Jul 2006 Posts: 5 Location: USA

Does anyone have any info or experience with Tangshan Teachers College in Tangshan (of course). I'm thinking about taking a job that I was offered there and wondered if anyone had taught there or had any dealings with them.

Robert

nolefan · Joined: 14 Jan 2004 Posts: 1458 Location: on the run

my wife and I spent 2 years there and we had a great time then everything turned south.
The college got a new president and within 2 months, they broke our contracts and jeopardized my wife's status in China. Thankfully, I had some connections that got us out of the trouble they put us in.
Also, at the end of february 2006, TSTC had 6 foreign teachers signed to a contract. We left end of march, the 4 others never came back for the fall semester.

Those are just facts!! it's not hearsay, it's something I've lived.

TSTC has 2 parts to it. The main college is the first and main one, Jingbo international college is the other. If for whatever reason you end up taking this job, try to work for Jingbo. Mr Li is wonderful and so is the staff. The students there pay twice as much as those of the college but they are much better IMHO.

The accommodations are actually part of the Jingbo building inside the campus. Each flat has a kitchen ( pretty big), bathroom, and one room that is to be used as living room and bedroom all in one.

Class size ranges from 20 ( when they are non-english majors) to 60 (English majors). They used to take their foreign teachers seriously and get you to teach the hard stuff.... Literature, history, writing, culture and of course, Oral.

some of my posts between Feb 2004 and March 2006 chronicle some of those events.

Bayden · Joined: 29 Mar 2006 Posts: 988

rid259 · Joined: 23 Jul 2006 Posts: 5 Location: USA

Thanks for the info.......I appreciate the insight and will most likely look for other opportunities........any suggestions other than Jingbo?

puchunguise · Joined: 26 Jan 2005 Posts: 1

There are other schools in Tangshan that are 4 year universities to consider. One is Tangshan College. Located only one block away from Tangshan Teacher's College. They offer more money and do require to teach more or less the same thing than Tangshan Teacher's College. There is also Hebei Polytechnic University. It is more centrally located and only require their teachers to teach oral English. Both are good schools, but as always there is the Administration to deal with.

Good Luck!