I guess I was a little unclear.

The school is hiring "full time" and part time teachers. The full time contract was a bit of a laugh. I don't remember what the hours were, but it only paid about 6-7000 a month. So I asked them about the part time positions. They said part time was 200rmb for 100 minutes. (They are getting smarter on the sales part). I "good" teachers they paid 220.

The "gig" is one to one privates. That is all they do. What ever the customer desires, so if it is IELTS you need to prepare that, if it is SAT, you need to prepare that, it is ?, you need to prepare that, etc. I usually try to avoid one on ones, because they tend to cancel a lot and you don't get paid. Then it got more entertaining. She told me about the attendance policy.

If you call in sick or pull a no show, you get docked 100. However if the student cancels less than 24 hours in advance, the student still has to pay for the class. I can't remember if you actually get paid for the class or not (I would probably bet that you get paid a portion of it with the rest going to the school)

I asked her about the curriculum and if she had ever used it, what was the quality, etc? She said some it was bad and you were going to have a lot of prep time.

Just wait, it gets even better. Then she tells me that they with hold 1500 from your first pay check and have the right to deduct another 500 and keep the entire if you 2000 if you decide to quite with out enough notice. She justified this, as well as the above penalties for missing classes, due to "unprofessional" teachers. When she asked me if this was a problem I said yes. No way i will agree to it. She offered to speak with management and see if she could make an exception.

I asked her what she expected. She wasn't hiring professional teachers at the rate and if she was going to hire back packers she was going to have those problems.

Of course she sympathized and said she understood, but these matters were all up to the management in Bejing and she had no control over the matters.

The bit about with holding salary sounds really bad and I just wanted to point this out to every one on the bored. If a school tries to hold onto a part of your salary, it is because THEY HAVE PROBLEMS KEEPING PEOPLE! If you ever encounter this situation pass on it.

That being said I would really be interested if any one has knowledge of this company.

An old ad is at, http://www.eslteachersboard.com/cgi-bin/China/index.pl?page=4;read=121923 or just search the site for the school name, it will come up.

As to what has been said about training schools, couldn't agree more. Maybe a subject for a different post.