Ideas English, Pattison Education Group

Pattison Education Group in Northeastern China currently takes up 60% of the Northeastern education market, and 70% in the Harbin English education market. From its opening in 2008 until now, we have achieved many firsts in English training tests as well as business English, as well as won many national awards for achievements as a business as well as a training centre. Pattison has been honoured as China's excellent foreign language training institution and the nation- university students’ most influential foreign language training institutions; as well as ‘Excellent Foreign Language Training Institution’ by ‘China Annual Education Committee’.

Pattison Education Group in Harbin is undertaking a brand new venture. We are proud to announce we will be opening a new school - Ideas English. This school will be dedicated to developing children’s English ability in daily English, mathematics and science. It will be the sixth Pattison campus to open in Harbin, all with the same owner.

Class Information
Classes will be small groups of children with a maximum of twenty students per class, each class will have a head Chinese teacher and a teacher’s assistant (TA). Foreign ESL teachers will always be accompanied by a TA to help with any behavior problems or language barriers that may come up in class. Each class is divided into two 30 minute periods with a short break in the middle.

Our classrooms have been equipped with the latest technology and we have partnered with Pearson’s Education to deliver the latest material to the students, both through tradition teaching methods and the use of interactive whiteboards.

Contract Duration,1 year.
Location, Harbin, Heilongjiang (based in only ONE campus)
Positions Available, 2 foreign ESL teachers, 1 head teacher
Start Date, May 2016
90hrs/month contract: No office hours. Any classes over 90hrs are paid at RMB120/hr.2 days off a week (not weekend)

Benefits
base salary starts at RMB9000/month after tax
***1-3 month probation period with training will be RMB1000 less than base salary.
RMB1500/month as Housing Allowance.
RMB6000 flight Reimbursement.
Reward bonus up to RMB6000
Legal “Z” Work Visa.
National Holidays

Requirements
Must be a passport holder from one of the following areas: Australia, New Zealand, the UK, the USA, Canada, Ireland.
Bachelor Degree
ESL Teaching certificate (TESOL, TEFL minimum)
1 year teaching experience (preferable)
A desire to join a professional team committed to each other, their students and the journey of learning.

Please send us copies of the following things if you are interested in this offer:
CV (most up to date)
Copy of Passport
A recent photo of yourself
Any references from workplaces (teaching preferred)
A copy of your degree
A copy of your ESL certificate

Please forward these to: ideasharbin@163.com and we’ll be in contact within a few days to organize a Skype interview. Looking forward to meeting you.

About our Foreign ESL Teacher Department
Our foreign teaching department is foreign managed and has a good reputation. Currently we have more than 30 foreign English teachers and more than 75% of them have chosen to stay with our Company more than a year, and around 50% have worked with our company for 2 years or more. As you probably know, this is pretty rare for English schools in China, or anywhere else in the world. So come and find out what the Pattison difference is.

What’s out secret?
Ongoing support – both inside and outside of the school

Training
We have professional training department dedicated to helping teachers achieve their best. This is offered both in regular group training seminars and on an individual basis. All members are actively encouraged to take part in this, both as a student and as a workshop leader.

Daily Troubleshooting in a Foreign Country
We have a skilled and friendly HR team established solely for our foreign teachers. They help foreign teachers with everything from airport pickup, finding an apartment, negotiating lease terms, orientation of the city, connecting to the internet, getting a local SIM card (all the basic necessities that we take for granted back home) to helping with communication, finalizing contracts, obtaining our work permits and visas.

About Harbin
Harbin, also known as the Ice City, is the birthplace of Mandarin which draws a lot of people to this city to study Chinese. It gets its secondary name, ‘The Ice City’, from the world class Ice and Snow festival it hosts each year and all throughout winter, ice carved lamps are scattered throughout the city. The Harbin greater area boasts some of the best ski fields in China, which can be reached in as little as 40 minutes. A day on the slopes, including transport, gear hire and a ski pass can cost as little as RMB100-150.
A quick search of Harbin will show you pictures of its streets lined in unique Baroque architecture. It has an interesting history and became a boom in the late 19th century, when Russian and Jewish refugees fled to this ‘Paris of the East’ to take refuge.

In the summer everything comes back to life. Beer tents replace the ice-lanterns and offer a refreshing place to cool off from the heat. The city’s gardens turn back to green and the frozen solid river slowly starts shifting icebergs before it’s finally returned to its original water currents.

Why choose a smaller city?
While Pattison's salaries aren't as high as the major cities in China, they're still competitive as Harbin's cost of living is much lower than other cities. Most people generally save more than half of their salary each month and that's including rent, entertainment, food and transport. It also provides you with an opportunity to immerse yourself in Chinese culture and provides plenty of opportunity for you to fine tune your Chinese skills.