[Buddha-l] Fw: H-ASIA: English Teacher for Tibetan Students Wanted in China

[jkirk]

> H-ASIA
> June 3, 2006
> 
> English Teacher for Tibetan Students Wanted in China
> ************************************************************************
> From: Kevin Stuart <koknor at hotmail.com>
> 
> 
> ENGLISH TEACHER FOR TIBETAN STUDENTS WANTED (Contact: Charlotte 
> Jefferay: jyekuteach at yahoo.com, charlotte.jefferay at gmail.com)
> 
> 
> Qinghai Province, China
> 
> Reporting to work 28 August 2006
> 
> Huangnan Nationalities Teachers' College is looking for a qualified 
> experienced English language teacher to take responsibility for a 
> class of 30 specially selected English Training Programme (ETP) 
> students from Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in the Amdo 
> Tibetan area of Qinghai Province.
> 
> Conditions of employment:
> 
> Salary: Equivalent to a senior local teacher's salary: 2 500 RMB a 
> month for 12 months.
> 
> Contract: One year initially with the possibility of renewal. 
> (September 2006 to August 2007)
> 
> Duties: Up to 15 hours of instruction in English language a week 
> using a variety of different teaching methods and activities (with 
> limited resources) and helping to create a syllabus.
> 
> Extracurricular: Several hours a week in informal student contact and 
> assisting the students with small-scale development projects.
> 
> Accommodation: An apartment with running water, heating, inside 
> toilet, electricity, gas cooker, telephone and basic furnishing.
> 
> Visa: The school will assist with getting a 'Z' visa
> 
> Travel: The teacher will have to pay his/her own (return) airfare 
> transport to Xining the Provincial Capital. A portion of this cost 
> will be reimbursed at the end of the first year and up to 10 000 rmb 
> at the end of three years.
> 
> Medical Insurance: The teacher will be covered by a local medical 
> insurance but international cover is the teacher's responsibility.
> 
> Holiday: There is a six-seven week break in the winter and 
> approximately 5 weeks in the summer
> 
> Qualifications and skills required:
> 
> English proficiency: spoken and written English with native fluency.
> 
> B.A. degree plus EFL/ESL training.
> 
> Teaching experience of at least two years preferably in an Asian 
> country and preferably in China.
> 
> Willingness to learn the Tibetan language and/or Chinese.
> 
> Awareness of local sensitivities and an attitude of respect and 
> support for all indigenous religious and cultural beliefs/customs.
> 
> Good interpersonal and communication skills with school administration.
> 
> Independence, self reliance and creativity.
> 
> 
> Background Information:
> 
> The college is situated in Tongren Town (Tibetan area called Rebgong) 
> approximately 180 km SE of Xining City, the Provincial Capital. It is 
> in a picturesque river valley at an altitude of 2 500 meters. Summers 
> are warm and the winters are cold - below 11 degrees C at times. It 
> is a small town (perhaps 50 000 inhabitants) with restaurants, 
> hotels, banks, markets, smallish supermarkets and Internet access. 
> There are many monasteries and easy access to the rural mountain 
> area. The majority of the town's residents are Tibetan. There are 
> smaller populations of Han Chinese and Muslims.
> 
> There are currently two ETP classes and there will possibly be a new 
> class starting in September 2006. The main aim of the ETP  is to 
> train excellent students as future English teachers in an area that 
> is one of China's poorest. At the end of the three years, the 
> students will write entrance exams for higher education and be in a 
> stronger position to explore employment and further study 
> opportunities to the benefit of the Tibetan community.
> 
> 
> Contact Information:
> 
> Charlotte Jefferay: jyekuteach at yahoo.com, charlotte.jefferay at gmail.com
> 
> Telephone +86+973+8795877 Cell =86+13139133034