Paid Teaching in China

  China

• Beijing: 
Beijing
• Shanghai: 
Shanghai
• All Other Areas in China: 
Guangzhou,  Shenzhen

Description: As a LanguageCorps TeachChina English Teacher, you receive TESOL Certification, a guaranteed paid job, extensive financial benefits, and unique training and services empowering you to thrive as a professional abroad.

Learn and apply new skills while developing a wider perspective about the diversity of cultures and populations around the world all within the security of a guaranteed paid job, a highly organized system, and a supportive community.

Highlights: Why choose LanguageCorps?

Our TeachChina Program includes:

Pre-departure package
Initial visa preparation
Airport pick-up in Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Loaner international cell phone and starter minutes
Health insurance
Unlimited Mandarin training
Internationally accredited TESOL Certification: half in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, the second half in your host city in China
Accommodations during training
Flight reimbursement up to 12,000RMB (approximately US$1,650)
Relocation assistance (including internet, mobile phone, bank account, etc.)
Loan for initial settling costs
Vouchers for initial food and transportation costs
Excursion to Angkor Wat
Guaranteed job placement with salary up to 10,500RMB per month (approximately US$1,475)
Teaching handbook
Network of over 500 Teachers throughout China
Reduced-rate travel tours throughout China
Completion bonus

The TeachChina Program begins with an intensive TESOL training and Certification phase. The first 2 weeks of TESOL training take place in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, followed by an additional 2 weeks in China for local orientation and practice teaching:

In Cambodia
Airport pick-up in Phnom Penh, welcome dinner and orientation.
TESOL Certification: 2 weeks of classroom work at our Southeast Asia headquarters at Pannasastra University in Phnom Penh.
Excursions that include a tour of the area around Phnom Penh and a 3-day trip to Siem Reap to explore Angkor Wat.

In China
Two weeks of additional training at your destination site, where you complete your course with lesson preparation, practice teaching, and observed teaching.

Unlimited Mandarin lessons and country orientation at your destination school in China.

What is so compelling about China? The numbers are staggering: Population over 1.3 billion, a fifth of the species; territory nearly 10 million square kilometers stretching from the deserts of Mongolia in the north to the tropical Macau peninsula in the South China Sea, including both some of the most densely-populated areas on earth as well as some its most inhospitable, uninhabited regions; age: over 4,000 years of continuous civilization.

A generation ago, China began to open up to the world. The very first points of exchange, or "Special Economic Zones," were established in Shenzhen, Zhuhai and Shantou in Guangdong Province. Within a few years, the Pearl River Delta became part of an open coastal belt, parts of which now include free trade zones, state-level economic and technological development zones, and high-tech industrial development zones.

As any quick search online will demonstrate, hands-on-knowledge of China is in demand in every industry: from consulting to architecture to finance to medicine to engineering to sales. It is no accident that China is the fastest-growing destination for American foreign exchange youth. Beyond the practical advantages, however, a year in Beijing, Guangzhou, Shanghai, or Shenzen allows LanguageCorps Teachers to experience the best of historic and contemporary China.

Qualifications: Successful LanguageCorps Teachers are true global citizens. They are comfortable with, and excited about, genuine intercultural exchange. They embrace opportunities to share their own cultural identity with others, and to immerse themselves in new and different worlds. While neither previous teaching experience nor foreign language skills are required, all Language Corps Teachers must possess excellent native-level English, a college degree, a valid passport; and must complete an application, interview, and background check, and be available for a one-year commitment.

Cost in US$: US$1795, one year commitment required

Internationally accredited TESOL Certification: 4-week course split in two parts: one at our combined facility at Pannasastra University in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, followed by training in China and practice teaching in your host city. The TESOL Certification combines 90 hours of classroom-based work with 20-30 hours of Practice Teaching.

Unlimited Mandarin and Cultural Awareness Training.

Job Placement
Following TESOL Certification, LanguageCorps offers job placement options in Beijing, Guangzhou, Shanghai, or Shenzen.

Salary / Pay: Typical wages for LanguageCorps Teachers is up to US$1475/month (pay is in Chinese Renminbi or RMB). Financial benefits for our Teachers include flight reimbursement (up to US$1650), a completion bonus, loans for initial settling costs, and US$300 in vouchers for initial food and transportation costs. Living expenses are low, about US$300/month. Most LanguageCorps Teachers can earn enough to live very comfortably, travel regionally, and set aside savings.

Experience Required: no

This Program is open to American, Australian, Canadian, European and Kiwi Participants.

Participants Travel to China Independently

Typically Participants Work Independently

Application Process Involves:

• Phone Interview
• Written Application

Post Services Include:

• Exit DebriefingAbroad
• Re-Entry Debriefing at Home
• Alumni Network

LanguageCorps's Mission Statement: LanguageCorps' mission is to offer participants a rewarding experience living in, working in, and learning about a new culture; affording them a unique opportunity to learn and apply new skills and challenging them to develop a wider perspective about the diversity of cultures and populations around the world.

Year Founded: 2002