Hi Kristy – usually the highest paying jobs are in the major cities, such as Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen. A lot of schools in these large cities require at least 1 or sometimes 2 years of previous ESL teaching experience, which you have. Disney English offer a very good compensation package which includes a generous salary, flights paid up front, housing allowance, insurance and other benefits. They also have schools in 14 major cities including the ones I just mentioned – you can find out more and apply here – https://goldstarteachers.com/teachers/jobs/disney-english-jobs-in-china/

Jim,
Well thanks for your input to that.

Hi Terry, thanks for the message. I have also heard that some schools can employ teachers without a degree however all the schools we work with do require one I’m afraid. There is quite a high demand for people with both English teaching experience and a good business background to teach business English to companies. In a city as large as Shenzhen I assume there will be plenty of options.

Hello Jim,

I have an associate who is currently teaching in Shenzen who informed me that there are alot of openings for non-degreed individuals who speak english to teach all over China. Do you have information on this? If so feel free to contact me at terry_stanfill@yahoo.com. I am available and willing to do a long term contract with the right package. By long term I meen up to 5-10 years not 1-2 years. Is there information available on such openings and what packages are offered for someone like myself. I have one semester of college doing business managment classes and metallurgy but no degree. I have worked in customer service as a Field Service Engineer in the Semiconductor industry for over 20 years doing installations and customer training worldwide. I have done training in Jilin, and Shanghai China for Philipps Semiconductor so I do have some exposure to instruction with the Chineese. Also there would be no culture shock as I have been there before and know what to expect. Please feel free to contact me if you have information on this, or a contact that is searchig for someone like myself.

Hi John

Thanks for the comment, yes that is certainly something we should do. We are actually looking to expand our Talking To Teachers section, have just been very busy recently 🙂

http://www.GoldStarTeachers.com/interviews

Hi Camille

Thanks for the message. Teaching very large group sizes can definitely be a challenge as their English level will no doubt be quite mixed. I would begin the class with an activate warmer that gets all the students involved, nothing too difficult. For managing the class, it would be really useful if you can arrange to have a local teaching assistant to help with a class that large. Also a good idea to try splitting students into groups (group names, badges, on going score board on the wall etc) which will really help structure the class. Some kindergartens have set songs associated with different parts of the lesson, so when you play one song the students will know it’s time for a game, another song and they will know to get out their course book etc.

For ideas for specific games and activities there are a lot online, including http://www.eslcafe.com/ideas/

Camille