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Posted By: Heidi English <heidienglish@163.com>
Date: Sunday, 25 October 2009, at 7:18 a.m.

We are the earliest founded private owned English school in Dandong with an emphasis on Foreign Teachers’ teaching, North East China. Dandong is a small city by Chinese standards, (2.4 million people) and the locals are very friendly and helpful. We are seeking teachers to teach Oral English classes to our Chinese students who range in age from 4 to 45. Positions are available for Jan,2010 or Mid March,2010. If you have a sense of adventure and like to have fun, there are many things for you to do, including mixing with our ex-pat. Population, most of whom are teachers.
Our basic requirements are:
1. Be a native English speaker from a country such as Australia, UK, Canada, Ireland, America or New Zealand.
2. Have a minimum of a bachelor degree in any discipline.
3. Some teaching experience would be preferred but the positions may be available to others who do not have much experience, what counts is that you are the right person
We offer to you:
For Jan,2010
12 month contract-15hrs/week. Salary 4000RMB/month. Completion bonus 2000RMB. 6days of holiday.
6 month contract-15hrs/week. Salary 4000RMB/month. Completion bonus 1000RMB. 3days of holiday
For Mid March,2010
12 month contract-25hrs/week. Salary 6500RMB/month. Completion bonus 7000RMB. 14days of holiday.
6 month contract-25hrs/week. Salary 6500RMB/month. Completion bonus 3500RMB. 7days of holiday.
100RM/hour for working overtime per month
Also included with the above package is: shared furnished modern apartment accommodation fully furnished for your everyday needs only fifteen minutes pleasant walk from the school. Taxi fare to or from school is only RMB 5 (Aud$0.80)
Other working options with relevant benefits as above according to time worked.
Dandong is in the north east of China , situated beside the Yalu river. There are many inexpensive attractions for your days off including the beautiful and historic Great Wall of China .
Local costs =
transport: bus 1RMB, taxi 5RMB, soft-sleeper train to Beijing 270RMB.
Eating out = Chinese take-away meal 2-5RMB, Chinese Restaurant for two 10-40RMB, KFC meal 20RMB, Swanky Western Restaurant meal 30-60RMB.
Shopping = instant noodles 2-3RMB, chocolate bar 5-10RMB, coke 2.5RMB, rice ( 1kg ) 4RMB, loaf of bread 2-4RMB, chicken fillets ( 1kg ) 18-20RMB, packet of imported pasta 12RMB, jar of coffee (instant) 30RMB, local grapes in season ( 1kg ) 2-4RMB, imported grapes 15-25RMB, tomatoes ( 1kg ) 2-3RMB, beer 2-10RMB. Tailor-made clothing is anything between 40RMB for a shirt, to 400RMB for a wool suit.
Kung Fu lessons are about 100RMB for the term, and gym membership is 50RMB per month.  
Thinking about coming? You need to check with your doctor as to the recommended vaccinations for this area (Tetanus, Hep A&B, and Typhoid are recommended on the Aussie Traveller website), and do be warned that if you intend to travel to the south of China on your hols, some areas are in malarial hot-zones.
There are many options for getting here. No idea if you will pop back to Europe first, or if you will be flying from Melbourne , so will include lots of suggestions and you can see which fits:
a) Direct flight into Dandong , via Pudong Airport in Shanghai (flights depart 4 times per week {Mon/Wed/Fri/Sun}, less than a 2hr flight from memory and departure time from Shanghai is 13:10 if that is any help for connecting flight info). The airport is 15min down the road, and our smiling team will of course be on hand to greet you and whisk you to dump your bags, have a shower and then check out the area if you are not too jet-lagged. The flight code is CZ-6755, and baggage allowance is 20kg for checked in luggage. They are very strict about the checked in luggage weight (I’ve managed up to 24kg without being slugged with any additional fees), but I’ve never been checked for hand-luggage allowances, so if you have the need to bring a heap of stuff I suggest doing your best Sherpa impression and lugging it all on in different ‘Duty Free’ bags – the 8th wonder of this modern world in my view ;)
b) Arriving into any of the international airports ( Beijing , DaLian {which is a 3.5hr taxi journey away Y130 RMB}, Shenyang {which is a 3hr taxi journey away Y140RMB}) and then making your way to Dandong .
c) Public transport it here from anywhere around China - Beijing is an overnight journey away, Shanghai is 24hrs away by train. Just depends on you, the time-zone you just came from, your budget and timeframe plans for your stay in China (travel before or after working). Think that's about all we can offer information-wise right now, but if you have any specific questions please feel free to email us and we'll gladly answer them asap.
Our phone number is 0086 415 2161070/ 0086 415 2161072
E-mail: heidienglish@163.com / heidienglish@yahoo.cn

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