Business or English Teachers in Asia (Until Filled)

Academics In Asia
Asia, , (Any Country)
Date Posted: 05/18/2014
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Job Type: Full-Time
Employee Workplace: Unspecified
Job Description:

Have you ever said you would be willing to serve overseas? We need career professionals!

 
We are interested in people with a variety of backgrounds, but we are especially looking for those with experience or college degrees in the following areas:
Qualifications: You don't have to have formal teaching experience. This is a great opportunity for those who would love to travel, mentor, and touch lives in China through teaching.  Learn more at: www.academicsinasia.com
 
If you do have teaching experience, you are qualified for higher paying jobs. See: www.jobs.academicsinasia.com
 
If you have a heart for traveling, mentoring students and touching lives in China! We provide one of the smoothest transitions into the Chinese culture as you join a university that caters to their 160 foreign faculty.

We are hiring 20 New Career Professional Teachers & 30 Conversational English Teachers for August 2015 to June 2016 School Year at SIU (see Pictures of the SIU Campus): bit.ly/SIU-Campus

Deadline to apply is June 15th, 2014 (but the earlier you apply the more likely you will get a job offer):
www.academicsinasia.com/apply-now/

In July we have a 3-week Long-term Impact Training (LIT) experience to help you prepare for mentoring and impacting the Chinese culture. Download the LIT brochure to get more info about this optional training: www.academicsinasia.com/lit-longterm-impact-training/

Approximately 55 of our 122 foreign faculty teach Oral English classes which are offered for Freshman and Sophomores. Every year we hire about 20 new Oral English Faculty. If you come with a spouse, he/she may be able to teach one of these classes. Families encouraged to join our faculty! We have 11 families on staff with children. Learn more: www.academicsinasia.com/oral-english/. Other partner schools are looking to us for teachers, too. Learn more at jobs.academicsinasia.com/

We offer a variety of academic courses, briefly outlined here: 
www.academicsinasia.com/academics/. These courses are offered through the School of Foreign Languages and School of Business.

Academic teachers prepare lectures and discussions for classes of 60 students on average, and multimedia classrooms are assigned for these courses. The full-time teaching load for academics is 12 class hours a week, providing ample time for preparation and meeting with students. Textbooks and other resources, including supervision, are provided. Flexibility to provide input into new textbooks and supplemental case studies possible. Applicants with corresponding degrees, teaching experience or work experience in an academic course discipline will be considered for openings.

See full list of openings here: www.academicsinasia.com/academics/

Benefits:

Watch: Intro Video
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FAQ: the best place to go to get a question answered or ask a question!
www.academicsinasia.com/FAQ/

Professional Requirements:
  • Business teachers should have a Masters Degree or 4+ years of business experience preferred. Oral English Teachers need a BA Degree and TESOL Certificate or BA and 2 years teaching experience. Higher salary for higher degrees.
  • Professional or informal teaching experience preferred.
  • Desire to interact in a cross-cultural setting.
  • Willingness to learn and develop teaching with excellence.

Moral Requirements:
  • Ability to work with a myriad of people from different cultures and backgrounds.
  • Willingness to enter into a foreign country with patience and diligence.
  • Commitment to integrity and a heart of servant-leadership.

Social Requirements:
  • You will be living in a community for 150 Foreigners with 120-300 impressionable students looking up to you as a role model. 
  • You will be expected to have interpersonal skills, be a team player, and realize life in China requires flexibility.
We will interview between January to April. Early applicants will have more opportunities presented to them.
 
Any questions? Visit our FAQ (www.academicsinasia.com/FAQ/) and PLEASE introduce yourself to us!

Email aaron@academicsinasia.com or Call Aaron at 209-877-7427
 
 
Blessings,
 
Aaron 
Faculty Recruiter
aaron@academicsinasia.com
1-209-877-7427
About Academics In Asia

Academics In Asia's goal is to help people find paid jobs in schools in Asia. We want to place you in a community that is supportive, loving and reaches out to students and their circle of friends and family.

3 Reasons to Choose Academics In Asia:

  1. EXPERTISE:
    We have 20 leaders serving our expat teachers with a combined experience of 150 years working at universities in China. We are experts in the area of transitioning expats into China through visa processing, training, and on-going/on-site support systems. Our leadership team is led by 16 expats with direction and support from 5 Chinese leaders whose overseas experience combined is over 40 years. Meet the leaders: www.academicsinasia.com/meet-the-team/

  2. COMMUNITY:
    Our community of 190 expats (over 80% from US) living on campus provides plenty of community for all ages and stages of life. On-campus K-12 provides free schooling for faculty children as well. Learn more: www.academicsinasia.com/community/

  3. OPPORTUNITY:
    We provide opportunities for teachers to take a semester off to study Chinese full-time, expanded Winter and Summer break for returning teachers to travel, attend seminars or to extend their education with scholarships towards an MA or PhD! www.academicsinasia.com/scholarships/

For more information, visit our website or connect with Aaron: http://www.academicsinasia.com/connect/

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