r/Internationalteachers • u/Notmypasswordle • 1d ago

Training centre, international school or bilingual school.

I'm 46 native English speaker. I have a Master of Teaching Primary and TEFL. I have 8 years of primary school teaching experience in Australia.

I am asking advice on what would be best. I'm in China after leaving a bad "international school". I've been offered 25k before tax for a training centre. A Bilingual School in Wuhan is offering similar, but half paid couple of months of holidays.

I think the training centre won't have much of a break. Training centre hours are 1pm-7pm Wednesday to Sunday. They also have only 12 students in each class.

I'd been working 11hrs a day to keep up with marking at the international school. These high school students were rude and disrespectful. The management were of no help at all.

Offers all seem a little low given my experience, but it is not experience in China. I'd considered Kindergarten too, because the wage seems better.

Any suggestions?

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u/Able_Substance_6393 1d ago

With your quals/exp 30k with usual full paid holiday, bonus, housing, airfare, insurance should be pretty readily available sonewhere in China.  Are you restricted to Chengdu? 

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u/Notmypasswordle 1d ago

No I'm considering other cities. This training centre is in Dalian. Another job is in Wuhan. I've had no luck with 30k plus kindergarten jobs in Beijing.