A great year!

WorldTeach is good at helping with the visa process, which is great because it’s complicated to get a Z visa (work visa). They provide a good orientation at the start of the program and TEFL certification. There’s someone in country there to support volunteers. For my year, the program was called China Global Education Fellowship and we were placed in different cities and towns in Hunan province. You can choose if you want to be in a city or a more rural area. I chose city, so I was placed in ZhuZhou, a small million of a few million. I teach oral English at Nanfang High School (Nanfang zhong xue). Some volunteers teach at high school’s and others at middle schools. The contract is for 16 hours of teaching a week. My school has two English clubs, called English Corners in China, and some don’t have them. You can start one if you want. Classes are pretty large, so English Corners are one way to talk with students in small groups. You get a stipend of 3,000 RMB/month, which is about what Chinese teachers make. I’ve has such a great experience, that I’m staying for another year!