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[daylatehero]

Teaching positions in Guiyang City and Guangzhou City requires teachers to be an employee of fulfilling 18 hours teaching per week for one semester (4-5 months) or two semesters (10months).
Teachers' arrival date should not be later than Aprial 20, 2011.
Company offers teacher two optional pays: Pay (A) or Pay (B) Teacher is expected to make his/her pay decision before signing the contract.
Pay (A):
Teacher gets monthly pay 6300RMB (before tax) + benefits (accommodation, flight reimbursement, hotel fee reimbursement, insurance, work visa and limited logistic assistance).
Pay (B):
Teacher gets monthly pay 9300 RMB (before tax) without benefits (only provided work visa assistance and real estate agencies help for apartment renting at beginning ).If teacher requires relevant logistic assistance, teacher has to pay company service fee related to market price.
First; Background information about the Company
The company is an employer. (License NO: A2--4430003).
The Company contracts teachers to be employees and send them to fulfill the company�s teaching program in public schools in both cities. Company has gained a good reputation in this field .Currently company has a team of 70 employees working together to provide qualified teaching service to 100 schools (included kindergarten, primary school, middle school , college and language centers).
Second, School Information - Teaching:
1. Company provides teacher systematic pre-job training .The purpose is to help teachers to be able to teach independently in class within 3-5days pre-job training. All Teachers should attend pre-job training and are not paid for the period.
2. Training includes Chinese laws, local policies, work regulations, operation management, lesson format, classroom activities, games, school background, school teaching requirements, presenting skills, holidays and culture difference etc.
3. Schools have more or less 50 students/ class at middle school, 40 students / in primary school, 25 -30/ class in kindergarten.
Kids� ages: middle school 13-18; primary school 8-12; kindergarten 3-7.
4. Class period: Kindergarten 20-40 minutes/class; primary and middle Class 40-45 minutes/class.
5. Teacher should not be late for class or absent for classes without reasonable reasons.
6. School semester starts on late -February or September 1st.
7. As client number is more than one hundred schools, we are not able to tell teacher permanent school name yet until teacher�s training evaluations done. But once teacher sign the employment contract, we are able to guarantee a job for teacher in the company.
8. Work conditions are:
(1) Monday to Friday (18hours=27classes/week) 8:00AM-12:00AM; 14:30PM--17:00PM or 17:30PM. A few positions require teachers work at weekends and Company guarantees 2 days off within a week.
(2) Two hours and a half lunch break is not considered work time. Work system is different from US/Canadian/British/Australian. (3)A few language centre positions require teacher to have flexibility to teach at weekend and off on weekday.
Rescheduled situation happen 2-3times /semester due to government�s arrangement, local holidays or big event (Asian Games)
(4)Company or school provides teacher text book or material .Teacher must follow company's curriculum, teaching guide, co-work with Chinese staff for lesson planning to provide qualified teaching service together.
(5)Schools locations are in downtown or are easy to reach by bus, subway or by train. Guangzhou is a big city .Half an hour-forty five minutes traffic time is normal expected.
(6)Formal dress code is needed for the first school day/first week.
Third; Pay (A) position benefits and Living:
(1) Teacher is provided with individual or shared apartment (separate bedroom) with bed, hot shower machine, air-conditioning, fridge, washing machine, furniture etc.
(2) Flight reimbursements are paid at the completion of contract with airline company invoice or agency invoice and E-ticket /paper ticket(10months=RMB8000; 6 months=RMB4000; Less than 6 months reimbursement is calculated as RMB4000/6 months X actual months)
(3) Hotel reimbursement is within RMB100-500 (3-5 training days)
(4) Living cost is RMB2500-3000.
(5) Apartment rent is paid by company but utilities fees are paid by teacher (average monthly RMB200-350)
(6)Internet cost is RMB150-200 paid by teacher and is needed 5working days to be installed in apartment.
(7) Personal supplies are paid by teacher.
Teacher should keep confidential with pay and benefits; should not discuss with staff, teachers and clients. Company pays teachers differently.
Fourth，Pay (B) Teacher note:
Teacher should hand in airline company invoice or agency invoice and E-ticket /paper ticket to the company at arrival moment in order to have higher pay (Pay B). Arrival hotel fee can not be reimbursed with pay (B).
Fifth ； Work Visa Procedures
VISA Procedures
The Cost
Paid By
Procession Days
1Teacher takes medical test in his/her own country
Test fee USD 30-50
Passport Photo USD
Teacher
1-1.5 week
2 Send signed employment contract, work visa contracts(Chinese + English Versions),medical test result, scanned BA degree , scanned passport personal information page , CV, teacher data form all to the company by email
None
Teacher
1-3days
3 Company applies work permit + other documents
None
Company
1week+2 weeks +3 days
(Chinese government takes 3 weeks to process)
4 Work permit +other documents are sent to teacher
RMB300
Company
3-5days
5 Teacher applies work visa in his/her own country
USD 50-175
Teacher
1-2days（rush processing）
6 Teacher takes the second medical test in China, residence photo(5pieces)
RMB 482+30
Teacher
3 days
7Company applies foreign expert certificate +Teacher register at local police station
None
Company
1 weeks
8 Teacher applies residence permission
RMB400-800
Teacher
1weeks +2 days
Work visa procedures are fulfilled
RMB=Chinese Yuan

8-9 weeks

[daylatehero]

sorry the last part is like a table of the process of obtaining a visa and who pays for what parts

[daCabbie]

Do you like children?

Do you like a long commute to work, possibly several locations in the same day?

Do you like not being guaranteed two consecutive and preplanned days off?

Do you like sitting in an office?

If you can answer yes to the above questions then it all seems fine. The pay is a little low and I would request no more than two locations in one day and guaranteed days off, scheduled two weeks in advance.

This type of contract is for a Pimp, they are gonna sell you to every kindy in the area. You will be singing to every child in a hundred mile radius and dancing for their television commercials. You are not working for one school directly. I personally don't like Pimps.

[therock]

If you're going to accept the position in Guiyang city and planning on signing for two semesters, then take the offer of a higher salary without accommodation. You could easily find a decent apartment in a city like that for 1500 - 2000 rmb.