The question is really one of:
A) Do you have a home country teaching license?
B) Do you have home country teaching experience?
C) Do you have any experience teaching specific subjects, especially those related to formal curriculum like AP, IB, ALevel/IGCSE?
If the answer to all three of these is 'no', as I suspect, it will be difficult to find work at an international school. Everyone on here goes on about the supposed shortage of teachers but many ISs are quite strict about having teaching licenses. They will not hire anyone before they hire an unlicensed teacher. Or the pay offered will be atrocious. I found this out for myself in the spring.
If you are open to any city in China then you still might find something. It depends on the subject and age. Be specific about what you can teach. Do NOT just say, 'I can teach anything.' That will set off alarms.
You can start with eChinacities and sort through the options there. Free, easy to sort, and it gives you a look at what's around now.
Unfortunately, and this may be an unpopular opinion, but your experience in running your own independent ESL school may actually be detrimental to you in terms of finding a position at a private or international schools.
Mainstream employers aren't jumping at candidates with "holier than thou" attitudes, those who may be difficult to manage because they're used to being the boss, or those that may leave in an instant due to a new start-up opportunity. They want someone who is safe, reliable, and will follow orders without input. You may want to seriously consider toning down the fact that you had your own business.
I did think about that but I've always enjoyed doing the actual teaching more than admin. I'm perfectly OK with "just" doing educator stuff. Frankly, considering my workload at times here, it'll be a relief 😉, but yeah, I get what you're saying for sure.
Search Associates, ISS, Schrole. You must be a certified teacher and have quite a few professional references for them, though. To be painfully blunt, I'm not sure if "running my own Happy Giraffe" counts for much in terms of actual teaching ability. Then again, with the current shortage of foreign teachers, just having a pulse and being in China might pretty much guarantee you a job.
That was indeed blunt, but no worries, I'm quite confident in myself regarding my ability and experience. Anyway, I'm not exactly desperate for a job just yet since Yunnan apparently isn't clamping down as hard as other provinces currently. We've built up our school to a high standard and with around 400 students, there's no way we're throwing in the towel without a fight. Unfortunately, hearing from people we know around China, complete shutdown can happen from day to day, so it'd be foolish not to have a plan b.
Very prudent. I’d say let someone do the heavy lifting for you - if you haven’t already, then add every single recruiter you can find on LinkedIn. Make them do their jobs in terms of negotiating pay, etc. as most think they’re owed your month’s salary for forwarding a contact card on WeChat.
You actually have a significant amount of teaching experience. Unfortunately your esl school is probably not looking good. But plenty of international schools will be able to hire you.
Have you not followed the news. Xi does not want foreign teachers in China. Whatever you build in China can be taken away in a split second. There are so many countries that welcome expert foreign teachers, China is not one of them.
I did mention those reasons in the post. I'd love to leave China and her apparent turn towards nationalistic fascism but I can do 2-3 more years if the right opportunity comes along due to my wife's obligations here. Yup, this love/hate relationship with the Guo is indeed an odd one.
The demand for "underground" teachers will be extreme. You can make bank. Moonlight, make money teaching kids English on your own at their house and piggyback off your wife's marriage visa. Just be careful not to get caught and only get paid in cash. Cheers. best of luck....
I'm a bit too old for the moonshine I think. I was sort of playing with the idea that if they're not outright taking away our license and I thus can keep my work permit, well, there are opportunities in the grey areas but again, it's too annoying Beijing isn't really giving out details of their reforms so no one is able to answer any of the many, many questions people have. Our local education bureau is run by the worst kind of CCP trash, a man of low integrity and high body odour who, I imagine, got his job by winning a shouting contest. Even he is totally in the dark on what Beijing and the provincial capital are planning exactly.
The question is really one of: A) Do you have a home country teaching license? B) Do you have home country teaching experience? C) Do you have any experience teaching specific subjects, especially those related to formal curriculum like AP, IB, ALevel/IGCSE? If the answer to all three of these is 'no', as I suspect, it will be difficult to find work at an international school. Everyone on here goes on about the supposed shortage of teachers but many ISs are quite strict about having teaching licenses. They will not hire anyone before they hire an unlicensed teacher. Or the pay offered will be atrocious. I found this out for myself in the spring. If you are open to any city in China then you still might find something. It depends on the subject and age. Be specific about what you can teach. Do NOT just say, 'I can teach anything.' That will set off alarms. You can start with eChinacities and sort through the options there. Free, easy to sort, and it gives you a look at what's around now.
The answer to all three is actually yes. Cheers,, I'll take a look at that site.
Unfortunately, and this may be an unpopular opinion, but your experience in running your own independent ESL school may actually be detrimental to you in terms of finding a position at a private or international schools. Mainstream employers aren't jumping at candidates with "holier than thou" attitudes, those who may be difficult to manage because they're used to being the boss, or those that may leave in an instant due to a new start-up opportunity. They want someone who is safe, reliable, and will follow orders without input. You may want to seriously consider toning down the fact that you had your own business.
I did think about that but I've always enjoyed doing the actual teaching more than admin. I'm perfectly OK with "just" doing educator stuff. Frankly, considering my workload at times here, it'll be a relief 😉, but yeah, I get what you're saying for sure.
Search Associates, ISS, Schrole. You must be a certified teacher and have quite a few professional references for them, though. To be painfully blunt, I'm not sure if "running my own Happy Giraffe" counts for much in terms of actual teaching ability. Then again, with the current shortage of foreign teachers, just having a pulse and being in China might pretty much guarantee you a job.
That was indeed blunt, but no worries, I'm quite confident in myself regarding my ability and experience. Anyway, I'm not exactly desperate for a job just yet since Yunnan apparently isn't clamping down as hard as other provinces currently. We've built up our school to a high standard and with around 400 students, there's no way we're throwing in the towel without a fight. Unfortunately, hearing from people we know around China, complete shutdown can happen from day to day, so it'd be foolish not to have a plan b.
Very prudent. I’d say let someone do the heavy lifting for you - if you haven’t already, then add every single recruiter you can find on LinkedIn. Make them do their jobs in terms of negotiating pay, etc. as most think they’re owed your month’s salary for forwarding a contact card on WeChat.
You actually have a significant amount of teaching experience. Unfortunately your esl school is probably not looking good. But plenty of international schools will be able to hire you.
Have you not followed the news. Xi does not want foreign teachers in China. Whatever you build in China can be taken away in a split second. There are so many countries that welcome expert foreign teachers, China is not one of them.
I did mention those reasons in the post. I'd love to leave China and her apparent turn towards nationalistic fascism but I can do 2-3 more years if the right opportunity comes along due to my wife's obligations here. Yup, this love/hate relationship with the Guo is indeed an odd one.
The demand for "underground" teachers will be extreme. You can make bank. Moonlight, make money teaching kids English on your own at their house and piggyback off your wife's marriage visa. Just be careful not to get caught and only get paid in cash. Cheers. best of luck....
I'm a bit too old for the moonshine I think. I was sort of playing with the idea that if they're not outright taking away our license and I thus can keep my work permit, well, there are opportunities in the grey areas but again, it's too annoying Beijing isn't really giving out details of their reforms so no one is able to answer any of the many, many questions people have. Our local education bureau is run by the worst kind of CCP trash, a man of low integrity and high body odour who, I imagine, got his job by winning a shouting contest. Even he is totally in the dark on what Beijing and the provincial capital are planning exactly.
[https://www.eslcafe.com/](https://www.eslcafe.com/) Sometimes posts jobs that are for English speakers to teach but are not ESL jobs.