Working as a manager for Aihua

I have been working for Aihua English for almost exactly 3 years now and have been in a management position at the school for more than 2 years. As far as I know, not many English schools are offering the prospect for a teacher to move on to management which makes Aihua stand out from other English schools here in Beijing – making the experience of living and working abroad even richer. This chance of working as a Manager/Foreign Centre Supervisor for the school has given me the opportunity to keep growing professionally and to start a career at the school rather than “just” work here for one year. The management-work at Aihua is very challenging and could not be more diverse and interesting while I am still following my passion of teaching in the classroom. One important aspect of my work is cross-cultural management which certainly is one of the toughest challenges considering the huge cultural differences between Chinese and “Westerners” – also on the management-level. But I also learn a lot from my Chinese colleagues just as I did when I started at Aihua as a teacher 3 years ago. Living in Beijing for such a long period of time has not been difficult for me as I consider Beijing to be one of the most exciting cities I have ever been to, and I see myself growing here personally as well.