English and/or Social Studies Instructor

Beginning August 2017

English Literature Position

The Qingdao Daewon School (QDS) is seeking an English Literature Instructor to join our community of learners starting in the fall of 2017. The primary teaching assignment is to teach up to two hundred-minute blocks each day, leaving instructors responsible to around 25 students at any one time during the year. English Literature Instructor is expected to provide students a sense of cultural and global perspectives via inquiry-based learning. In the QDS, speaking persuasively, writing convincingly and thinking critically are emphasized throughout a student’s English learning career. In addition to teaching, an instructor would be expected to (1) collaborate in our periodic gathering of a level team and department meetings, and (2) participate in our students’ experiences outside the classroom by supporting either athletics or residential life and serving as a mentor to a small group of students.

Social Studies Position

The Qingdao Daewon School (QDS) is seeking a Social Studies Instructor to join our community of learners starting in the fall of 2017. The primary teaching assignment is to teach up to two hundred-minute blocks each day, leaving instructors responsible to around 25 students at any one time during the year. Social Studies Instructor is expected to use natural, social, political, economic, cultural, and technological markers of a society to provide students a sense of cultural and global perspectives via inquiry-based learning. In addition to teaching, an instructor would be expected to (1) collaborate in our periodic gathering of a level team and department meetings, and (2) participate in our students’ experiences outside the classroom by supporting either athletics or residential life and serving as a mentor to a small group of students.

The Qingdao Daewon School (QDS) is a college preparatory boarding school which was found in a collaboration between Qingdao Jungyang School and Daewon Foreign Language High School (DFLHS) in Seoul, Korea. The QDS learning community may be small, but we have inherited the educational expertise of DFLHS. Our curriculum focuses on supporting students to become competent on a global scale by encouraging our learners to become proficient in three languages: English, Chinese, and Korean.

Interested candidates who find themselves in sympathy with QDS’s Teaching and Learning Model and supportive of QDS’s Expectations for All Instructors should express their interest by submitting the application to qdishr@hotmail.com.

The Qingdao Daewon School offers competitive salary and benefits packages.

Job Description:

Number of vacant positions:

• English Literature: Middle and High school (2)
• Social Studies: Middle and High School (1)

School Location: Qingdao, China

Start date: August 21, 2017

Student to Teacher Ratio: 5.5:1

Working Hours: 08:00 ~ 17:00

Teaching Schedule: One to Two hundred-minute blocks each day

• May choose to participate in our After School Program (Compensated Separately)

Salary and Benefits:

Salary: 160,000~ 250,000 RMB/year (after tax)

• Will be adjusted based on abilities, qualifications, and experiences.

Housing: provided (dorm)

Flight:  9,000 RMB (at Max) Flight allowance, airport pickup service

Other benefits include: Work visa provided. Paid Winter and Summer breaks (6 weeks each)

Requirements – English Literature Position:

1. Bachelor’s degree or above from an English speaking country (USA/UK/CAN/AU/NZ/IRE/ZA).

• Need to provide verification document.

2. English or Education major, TEFL/TESOL/CELTA holders or a certified teacher.
3. Minimum 1 year of teaching experience preferred.
4. SAT and/or AP English Language and Composition teaching experience welcomed.
5. Must be able to legally work in China

Requirements –Social Studies Position:

1. Bachelor’s degree or above from an English speaking country (USA/UK/CAN/AU/NZ/IRE/ZA).

• Need to provide verification document.

2. Social Studies related major (Psychology preferred) or a certified teacher.
3. Minimum 1 year of teaching experience preferred.
4. Related SAT II and/or AP Subjects teaching experience welcomed.
5. Must be able to legally work in China

Required Documents:

1. A resume.
2. Teaching Philosophy - Write a one page statement describing your teaching philosophy.
3. Class demo video or a demo class upon request.

Qingdao Daewon School

http://www.qdis.org  / Email: qdishr@hotmail.com

Tel: (86) 532-8908-9592 / (86) 131-7320-2050 / (82) 70-7660-6246

Wangsha Road 1402, Xifuzhen, Chengyang District, Qingdao City, Shandong Province, 266106, PRC

中国山东省�'岛市城阳区惜福镇王沙路1402, 266106