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Tasmanian Devil
Joined: 15 Oct 2008
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 Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2008 8:33 am Post subject: Shanghai American School (SAS) |
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Has anyone had any experience of teaching at Shanghai American School?
http://www.saschina.org/
I'm particularly interested in hearing from anyone who teaches or who has taught IBD there, especially ToK.
Many thanks!
P.S. How do people living and working as English teachers in China and who have kids afford to have them educated? Do you receive an educational allowance or a free place at an international school? I've seen jobs for as low as 10,000 rmb a month in China but the cheapest international school place I can find is also about 10,000 rmb a month, and most are anywhere between 13,000 and 18,000 rmb a month. SAS above charge $22,000 US a year for years 9-12, so that's about 150,000 rmb a year so around 15,000 rmb a month (not counting the holidays of course). So how do people with kids but who don't work at an international school cope? |
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theincredibleegg
Joined: 01 Jul 2008
Posts: 224
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| Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2008 11:19 am Post subject: Re: Shanghai American School (SAS) |
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| Tasmanian Devil wrote: |
Has anyone had any experience of teaching at Shanghai American School?
http://www.saschina.org/
I'm particularly interested in hearing from anyone who teaches or who has taught IBD there, especially ToK.
Many thanks!
P.S. How do people living and working as English teachers in China and who have kids afford to have them educated? Do you receive an educational allowance or a free place at an international school? I've seen jobs for as low as 10,000 rmb a month in China but the cheapest international school place I can find is also about 10,000 rmb a month, and most are anywhere between 13,000 and 18,000 rmb a month. SAS above charge $22,000 US a year for years 9-12, so that's about 150,000 rmb a year so around 15,000 rmb a month (not counting the holidays of course). So how do people with kids but who don't work at an international school cope? |
Why do you go on here about SAS? There is no reason for a form teacher to hang-out at an ESL-forum. Besides, American schools aren't known to rip people off and treat staff like shit.
Everything at SAS is done the american way, so why not go to an American teacher forum somewhere?
15 000 RMB is a sufficient salary to have kids on. I know a guy with less than that and he does fine. |
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wailing_imam
Joined: 31 Mar 2006
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Location: Malaya
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| Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2008 11:41 am Post subject: |
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The 15,000RMB he mentions is not the salary but the monthly cost of educating kids at SAS.
If you have to pay this, you will really struggle. Don't forget that you will lose at least 20 percent of your salary on tax.
It is likely your kids would get subsidised education at the school if you decide to work there. If not, forget it. |
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Tasmanian Devil
Joined: 15 Oct 2008
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| Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2008 3:50 pm Post subject: Re: Shanghai American School (SAS) |
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| theincredibleegg wrote: |
| Everything at SAS is done the american way, so why not go to an American teacher forum somewhere? |
Wow, who rattled your cage? Sorry but, hmm, the first S in SAS stands for Shanghai and the last time I looked Shanghai is in China and so I thought I'd post my request for info and advice on an on-topic China forum. Silly me. Of course I was met at the gate by another of these (self-appointed) forum guard dogs, who's unhappy as he has some grotty little dead-end job.
| theincredibleegg wrote: |
| 15 000 RMB is a sufficient salary to have kids on. I know a guy with less than that and he does fine. |
Good for you! Well done for knowing such a bloke! Oh, BTW, if you had bothered to read what you quoted (!) and tried to rip into then you'd know I was talking about education fees. With your obvious problems in reading comprehension I do hope you're not trying to teach ESL for a living. |
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englishgibson
Joined: 09 Mar 2005
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| Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 8:18 am Post subject: |
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funny, but someone else has coincidently suggested your devilish reading skills on some other flamish thread of yours too. wazup with ya, devil 
on the topic, those students that've got their parents pay such amounts of money to schools must be just fantastic. i mean with their knowledge, skills or personalities they've got to rock the teachers' world. and, their way's paved completely to the western educational system 
cheers and beers to all angles we look from, but let's have some fish with that omega three oil  |
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cj750nomad
Joined: 11 Oct 2008
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Location: Beijing and
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| Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 8:38 am Post subject: |
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| How do people living and working as English teachers in China and who have kids afford to have them educated? |
the ones I have known have either sent their kids to the international school they are working at...usually one cn get at least one child in for no cost...or as to FTs that are teaching at language schools and have small kids; sent to Chinese school..much of the time a spouse will teach (for extra scratch)as the SO is employed by a better paying employer. Ex-pat packages often incl. schools allowance. |
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