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KnockoutNed
Joined: 03 Dec 2009
Posts: 87
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 Posted: Sat Dec 05, 2009 5:37 am Post subject: Any comments on the details of my contract? |
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Province: Henan
Location: Shangqiu
Level of Institution: Gigh School
6-Month Contract
Full-Time position
20 Classes/week
45 minutes per class
6000 RMB
Overtime pays 50 yuan per class
Airfar reimbursement: 6,000 RMB
Travel Allowance: 1500 RMB
Paid Holidays (All national holidays and 3 weeks for winter holidays)
Accommodation:
2 Bedrooms, 2 sitting rooms. 70 sqm.
TV, Refrig., washing machine, etc.
School pays all utilities. |
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Chris_Crossley
Joined: 26 Jun 2004
Posts: 1797
Location: Still in the centre of Furnace City, PRC, after eight years!!!
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| Posted: Sat Dec 05, 2009 1:10 pm Post subject: Re: Any comments on the details of my contract? |
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| KnockoutNed wrote: |
| Level of Institution: High School |
What grades are you expected to teach? Will you have to teach some classes more than others? Are you on your own in the classroom or will you have the services of a Chinese teaching assistant/teacher?
| KnockoutNed wrote: |
| 6-Month Contract |
How much notice can you/are you permitted to give if you want to quit the job? Is there any penalty clause? If so, what does it entail in terms of, say, deduction of salary?
| KnockoutNed wrote: |
| Full-Time position, 20 Classes/week, 45 minutes per class |
Sounds reasonable to me, but you might be expected to cover for any absent colleagues. If so, how much notice can the school reasonably give you before asking you to cover?
| KnockoutNed wrote: |
| 6000 RMB, Overtime pays 50 yuan per class |
For a government high school, 6,000 RMB/month isn't too bad, though perhaps the overtime of 50 RMB/45-min class is a bit stingy.
| KnockoutNed wrote: |
| Airfare reimbursement: 6,000 RMB |
Sounds stingy. They ought to be prepared to reimburse you at 8,000 RMB, considering how much international air fares cost these days. Such a low reimbursement amount would only be considered reasonable in my book if your outward bound was from China rather than to China.
You should also bear in mind that, since this is a 6-month contract, the school will reimburse you only for your air fare coming into China. If you want to go back home at the end of that time, you may have to fork out the air fare yourself.
| KnockoutNed wrote: |
| Travel Allowance: 1,500 RMB |
Again, I'd say this is somewhat stingy. At least 2,200 RMB per year would be reasonable unless the 1,500 RMB is for the six months rather than for a year pro-rated (i.e., 1,500/yr so 750 for 6 months). You'd better check with the school if this figure does mean 1,500 for the 6 months or one year; if the latter, you'll therefore get only 750.
| KnockoutNed wrote: |
| Paid Holidays (All national holidays and 3 weeks for winter holidays) |
I presume this means that your contract expires right at the end of the summer term.
| KnockoutNed wrote: |
| Accommodation: 2 Bedrooms, 2 sitting rooms. 70 sqm.; TV, Refrig., washing machine, etc.; School pays all utilities. |
So, it looks as if you may not have the place to yourself, then. Are you OK with sharing with some fellow teacher of the same gender? 70 sq. m. sounds somewhat tiny if two people are sharing, though. There is barely any room to move around! No mention of a bathroom or heating/cooling system, though! 
How about internet access? Is there any? If not, would the school allow you to have it in your accommodation or can you have it only from the school teachers' office? If that is the case, do all the teachers have access to their own individual computer with internet access? If so many teachers are sharing a few computers, that might create problems of access unless there is some kind of rota system or shared understanding. |
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happigur1
Joined: 25 Jul 2009
Posts: 228
Location: USA
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| Posted: Sat Dec 05, 2009 3:44 pm Post subject: |
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That overtime pay sucks.... What subject are you expected to teach? If it's ESL, then it might not be too bad. It it's an actual subject (chem., english, etc.) that might be a bit more tough especially if you see the classes more than once a week. It requires a LOT more lesson planning and grading  |
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Hansen
Joined: 13 Oct 2008
Posts: 737
Location: central China
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| Posted: Sat Dec 05, 2009 11:55 pm Post subject: |
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It's a six month contract. What's to lose? Your air fare will be nearly covered, if not completely. 6000/monthly is a lot of money in Henan, equivalent to the salary of a university principal. Considering that your lodging is covered, you will be in good shape, unless expensive hookers are a must for your life style. Even then, you could still frolic a couple of times a week on a salary like that.
Expect to experience massive culture shock. Henan is very populous and a large number of those people are, by western standards, intrusive, coarse, crude, xenophobic. If grown men who giggle like teen age girls, are to your taste, you should be comfortable.
20 hours is a bit heavy for a beginner. See if you can reduce the class load. If not, I'd still jump on the opportunity.
Internet access can be easily achieved with an ADSL hookup.
Again, it's only six months. Great opportunity.
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mat chen
Joined: 01 Nov 2009
Posts: 494
Location: xiangtan hunan
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| Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2009 12:05 am Post subject: |
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| Beware even though they say 20 hours of teaching they may expect you to be in the teacher's office from 8.30 to 5 everday. You will soon find out that the Chinese teachers are teaching much less than you but are putting in hours of time hiding behind walls of notebooks. |
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The Great Wall of Whiner
Joined: 29 Jan 2003
Posts: 4946
Location: Blabbing
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| Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2009 3:28 am Post subject: |
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If this is the best that you've seen out there, then you haven't looked hard enough.
If you have minimal education, are a non-native English speaker, or have some quality that makes you stand out negatively like you are missing a leg, I'd go for it.
Sorry to be blunt, but that's reality.
I make twice that for the same amount of hours. |
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KnockoutNed
Joined: 03 Dec 2009
Posts: 87
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| Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2009 6:11 am Post subject: |
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| Thanks for the input everyone. I will be teaching English. Also, I do not share the room with anyone. |
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