rtm
- 2010-04-24
Cambridge International Centre of Shanghai Normal University has come a long away from the last post however it is still beset with unprofessional practices. IT has stronger leadership now but there are still some issues it is still struggling and may never be able to overcome.
The school pays very well as it does not have to pay tax []. Most classes are also shared with a local (poorly paid) Chinese teacher which again saves the school money even if it is of questionable educational value, especially as almost all of these classes are taught in Chinese. The vast majority of teachers are unqualified. They resent and have established a culture of intimidation towards the very few qualified teachers that remain. Many state research shows that there is no difference between qualified and unqualified teachers but yet fail to back up their assertions with facts, and continue to ignore widely accepted evidence based pedagogy. Racial stereotyping such as Chinese students are only good at maths and science are continually used to justify unprofessional practices, and resist changes to pedagogy. Many so called teachers have shown themselves to be emotionally unstable and should not be working with young people.
All new qualified staff will be paid less than existing unqualified staff due to a grandfather clause. Your best efforts will be continually blocked by people who know nothing about education and to top it off they will be earning more money than you. Almost all subject leaders who are expected to instrument change are unqualified. The unqualified nature of the staff is proudly presented on the schools website.
The students are amazing and deserve better, however there are too many people making money at their expense.
Come to teach for the remarkably unprofessional organization known as The Cambridge International Centre of Shanghai Normal University. Here you will be treated with the least respect possible and we will attempt to push you around and walk all over you as we see fit.
Although our Chinese staff are rather normal, our Chinese management are a little lacking in the area of professional conduct. We are, according to one recruiter, "unconcerned with the quality of teaching" and we help our students to learn by pretending to teach them.
You'll get to spend your office hours in a cramped office and you will have the opportunity to teach in the classrooms where the noise from the street and from the DVD shop downstairs is deafening. To make you feel happy we will entertain you by giving you lots of contradictory instructions so that you will never know which one to follow its fun, youll love it!
Of all the schools in Shanghai, you should choose The Cambridge International Centre of Shanghai Normal University. We are a new school - started just 5 months ago and 60% of the foreign teachers have already left. We need teachers badly!!!!!!!!
Why else do you think we're always advertising???