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  • China
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52+ weeks
Classroom Audience
Adults Early Childhood High School Middle School Pre-School University Students

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Adults Early Childhood High School Middle School Pre-School University Students

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Starting Price
1500
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With over 10 years experience in the ESL industry, Gold Star TEFL Recruitment is an honest, professional, British owned recruitment agent. We have helped thousands of teachers find meaningful jobs with excellent schools.

We offer a completely free recruitment service, there are no costs or salary deductions at all. We are looking forward to hearing from you.
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Jan 19, 2021
Sep 02, 2018
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The best jobs with the best schools across China

We are looking for qualified teachers with the passion and talent to deliver exceptional English education at leading schools across China. Our high academic standards and enjoyable learning environment have established our schools as the very best in the industry. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who wants to work in an established school as part of a supportive teaching team where you creativity will be valued and you teaching will really make a difference to students’ lives.

Gold Star
We are English owned and managed, based in China and have over 10 years experience in the TEFL industry. We are an independent recruitment agent so you benefit from impartial, unbiased job advice and have access to the best and most recent jobs from a variety of English schools across China.

There are no costs whatsoever for the entire recruitment process.

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  • no fee
  • tailored to your preferences
  • quick response
  • works with a range of schools including major companies
  • schools are also screened for quality

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Excellent Recruitment Program

Aug 1, 2011

I found Jim with GoldStar TEFL recruitment after months of looking for teaching positions with other companies. As soon as I became in contact with Jim, the process of finding the perfect school and city in China became smooth and uncomplicated. He instantly connected me with schools that fit not only my teaching criteria, but also fit me as an individual. Jim helped me set up interviews and continued looking for schools that suited me while I talked with and considered my options. The process did not take very long because I quickly found the school that I was meant to be at. In addition to helping me find my school, Jim continued to keep in contact helping calm my nerves of moving to China through sharing his own experiences of teaching in China. Even since I have been here, Jim continues to check in to see how I am adjusting to life in China. I am incredibly blessed to have worked with Jim and GoldStar!

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Gold Star TEFL Recruitment: Live and Teach in China
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Why did you decide to teach abroad through Gold Star TEFL?

I had worked abroad before, but never in Asia, so in early 2013 I decided to start looking for a teaching job in China.

Some friends recommended me to check Dave`s ESL café website for jobs in Asia, but even if I found many offers, the recruiting agencies were mainly Chinese and many of the schools were no name Chinese language centers that couldn`t provide me with a work visa.

I was growing frustrated with the lack of quality of the interviewers and of their job offers, when one day I came across Gold Star TEFL and everything changed overnight.

Jim, the interviewer, knew what he was talking about, and understood perfectly the dilemmas of a new comer to China, he had contacts with big name language schools across Asia and I received several good offers and signed for a job within days.

Soon after, I was ready to go! I worked in Shijiazhuang, a city close to Beijing for one year, and then moved to Shanghai to a new position that Gold Star helped me find, so now I`m teaching university students and I love it, both the job and the city!

What made this teach abroad experience unique and special?

I worked and lived for a year in a large city in northern China with only a few other foreigners and a majority of locals who couldn`t speak English, so I had to learn basic Chinese to survive: to order food in a restaurant or buy it from street vendors, to take a taxi, to buy bus or train tickets, to understand what my 3 year old students were asking for (like going to the toilet or drinking water). I had to learn to eat with chopsticks and forget about forks and knives most days and to learn to appreciate local Chinese specialties and either forget about cheese, sour cream, olives or decent bread, or try to order them online on expats food websites.

I taught the most adorable 3-6 year olds in the universe, but also had to learn how to deal with discipline issues with older students and with their parents, in such a different language and culture. I made Chinese friends I hope I will keep for many years to come and visited some of the most popular tourist attractions in northern China. I learned how to stay safe in a chaotic traffic and cover my face with a filter masque in really polluted days. And above all, I understood that I wanted to stay in China longer than a year.

How has this experience impacted your future? (Personally, professionally, academically, etc.)

During my first year I worked with more than 40 Chinese staff at my local language center, with more than 15 foreign teachers and with more than 120 Chinese students and their parents, so I learned a lot about the Chinese working environment, education system, society and culture. I made friends with some Chinese and foreigners, I traveled with them on holidays, I experienced new things and gained wonderful memories.

Professionally, I worked with new teaching technology, I gained new certifications, I got promoted, I tried new things like participating in marketing events and social events and qualified for a job in Shanghai that would not have been accessible to me previously.

Academically, I learned the basics of Chinese, by taking classes with a Chinese tutor once a week for a year and I intend to continue learning and get a Chinese language certificate in the future.

What is one piece of advice you would offer someone considering teaching abroad in China?

I would advise new comers to China to talk, if possible, to some foreign teacher (other than their job interviewer) who already works in the language center that the new comer intends to join or in the city they intend to move in, before signing the work contract, in order to get more up-to-day information about daily life and daily work there, and thus avoid unnecessary complications.

For instance, if you have some respiratory problem like asthma, don`t go north as air pollution will probably worsen it, or if your skin color is dark, don`t go to a small town where the locals have never seen a black foreigner before, or any foreigner for the matter, stick to the major cities like Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Shanghai where locals have been exposed to many foreigners for a long time.

And ask all the questions you could possibly think of during the interview and after, before signing the contract, as it will reduce the chances of a misfit.

Location

Location:
China
Currency:
Chinese Yuan
Weather:
Jan-Mar
57 F / 37 F
Apr-Jun
82 F / 52 F
Jul-Sep
90 F / 72 F
Oct-Dec
73 F / 50 F
Airports:
Beijing Capital International Airport
( PEK )
Shanghai Pudong International Airport
( PVG )
Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport CAN
( CAN )

China is the most populous country in the world and has one of the fastest-growing economies. China's landscape is vast and diverse, ranging from the Gobi and Taklamakan Deserts in the arid north to subtropical forests in the wetter south. China has over 34,687 species of animals and vascular plants, making it the third-most biodiverse country in the world, after Brazil and Colombia.

About Gold Star TEFL Recruitment

China is an exciting place to live and teach! With over 10 years of experience in the TEFL industry in China, Gold Star TEFL Recruitment specializes in arranging interviews for English teachers with the very best schools across the country and we do it completely free of charge. To maximise the quality of English language education throughout China...

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