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christmas · Joined: 27 Jul 2009 Posts: 49

Can someone give me an idea if this is a good offer or not. An international school in Beijing has offered me 20000 a month with a paid apartment and 16 teaching hours/week. Holidays are 80% paid.
Thanks

twilothunder · Joined: 09 Dec 2011 Posts: 442

Yes, it's a good offer.

MisterButtkins · Joined: 03 Oct 2009 Posts: 1221

Ludicrously good offer.

The Great Wall of Whiner · Joined: 29 Jan 2003 Posts: 4946 Location: Blabbing

It's a good offer, and it just goes to show that schools can actually afford decent salaries and benefits when they eliminate the greed factor. Looks like some of the money that is being made actually goes to the teacher instead of the pockets of some greedy paper pusher.

TexasHighway · Joined: 03 Dec 2005 Posts: 779

On the surface, it looks like a great offer. In fact, it appears to be a bragging post to me!

Non Sequitur · Joined: 23 May 2010 Posts: 4724 Location: China

It's about right for an international school.
A native-speaking certificated teacher with home country teaching experience (which is likely what you would need to garner an offer like that) would have a good idea of what was competitive in that sector.
My experience is that the Chinese owners of these schools are more at arms length and the hiring, salary offers and other conditions are in the hands of senior foreign staff.
That's good although I have heard that US trained senior staff are fairly intolerant of teachers who don't have their same career pathway. This is partly because non-US teachers have such terrible accents! Very Happy

auchtermuchty · Joined: 05 Dec 2009 Posts: 344 Location: Beijing

MisterButtkins · Joined: 03 Oct 2009 Posts: 1221

zactherat · Joined: 24 Aug 2011 Posts: 295

i doubt that this is actually an ESL position - it's probably a subject/homeroom teaching position

in which case it's kid of weird to come and boast about it on an ESL website.

naturegirl321 · Joined: 04 May 2003 Posts: 9041 Location: home sweet home

I don't know. I've seen better offers from intl schools. Real international schools would probably pay about double that. Keep in mind that 16 hours teaching can quickly grow at intl schools when you have meetings, prep, more meetings, have to be at school all day, sports, recess duty, etc.

I'd also ask about the apartment.

christmas · Joined: 27 Jul 2009 Posts: 49

Sorry if it sounded like I was boasting. I wasn't in fact. Just wondering if it sounded good. I have heard that Beijing is very expensive. Thanks for the responses. I appreciate it.
Cheers
Merry Christmas

johntpartee · Joined: 02 Mar 2010 Posts: 3258

Didn't sound like you were boasting to me. You laid out your offer and asked for opinions. It's a goodun.

twilothunder · Joined: 09 Dec 2011 Posts: 442

MisterButtkins · Joined: 03 Oct 2009 Posts: 1221

auchtermuchty · Joined: 05 Dec 2009 Posts: 344 Location: Beijing

Real international schools in Beijing generally pay more than 20K. They don't usually cut your pay by 20% in the holidays. The offer sounds like the Korean school. If that's the case, it's not bad, because the workload is not as heavy as a normal international school position, and you also don't need to be a certified teacher.

http://www.isb.bj.edu.cn/salary-benefits.aspx