Conversational University English Teacher

Company Description

Sias International University, affiliated with Zhengzhou University and collaborating with Fort Hays State University of Kansas, is a pioneering American-owned university in Central China. It combines Chinese educational philosophies with a Western model to prepare students for careers in transnational corporations and enterprises. Sias offers a diverse curriculum, including core classes like Western Civilization, Sociology, and Government, and provides students with a global perspective and hands-on learning experiences.

Sias graduates are well-equipped for international opportunities, possessing the tools to become influential civic and community leaders of the future.

Sias International University Introduction (2014)

The Conversational English Program Curriculum

The majority of students at Sias must fulfill a 2-year Conversational English requirement as part of their degree plan. Students fulfilling this requirement must take both Freshman and Sophomore Conversational English.

The Conversational English Program Curriculum is composed of a set of global goals and a series of 8 units, each composed of specific goals and objectives intended to guide classroom instruction. Units 1-4 are covered in the freshman year, while units 5-8 are covered in the sophomore year. The focus of the 8 units is on helping the students to develop communicative competence in spoken English to be able to effectively and appropriately socialize on campus, interact in small group opinion-based conversations, relay information and share experiences through story-telling, and successfully perform in job interviews.

Teachers are provided with a unit description for each of the units they teach, specifying what should be focused on in each week’s lessons. Teachers also receive a copy of the student textbook for the course as well as a pronunciation book to use as resources for lesson planning. Finally, all Conversational English faculty members are invited to join a private wiki that was developed specifically to facilitate collaboration among the faculty and to assist teachers in sharing lesson planning ideas and resources.

Professional –

• Minimum of Baccalaureate degree (Higher degrees preferred with additional compensation in salary)
• 2 years of teaching experience or completion of 120+ hour TEFL certificate. (Details here)
• Willingness to learn and develop teaching with excellence

Moral –

• Ability to work with a myriad of people from different cultures and backgrounds
• Willingness to enter into a foreign country with patience and diligence

• Logistics and Resident preparation
• Pre-document guidance for Visa work Application for Work Permit, Resident Permit Physical Examination assistance
• Standard Entry Medical Insurance
• China Arrival
• Airport Pick-up

Convenient and Free Housing on Campus

• Standard 1 Bedroom + Bathroom (Singles)
• 2 Bedroom + 1 Bathroom (Couples)
• 3 Bedroom + 2 Bathrooms (Family + Two or More Children)

• Free Water Utility
• Free Campus-wide Wifi
• Generous Semester Electricity Allotment Front Desk Assistance
• Environment with English speakers Courtesy Housing set-up
• Free Laundry Amenities
• Free Meeting room spaces
• Free Game room
• Dining hall restaurant on-site

• Cultivating student and faculty cross-cultural exchanges by offering assistance to Foreign Faculty
• Airport Pickup
• Bank and Phone account set-up
• Familiarity with Campus Living
• Light interpretation & translation assistance
• Bus Trips to Zhengzhou – depends on availability
• Extra-curricular cultural activities that are made available per semester
• (i.e. Chinese calligraphy, wood-print, New Year’s food cooking classes, serving at orphanages)

• Thanksgiving Banquet Christmas
• End of School Year BBQ

Either (2) Logistics-free day trips or (1) Overnight stay trip per semester

• Site-seeing activities to experience Henan culture
• Taste of Chinese History

Salaries startfrom 7, RMB ($1,175-$1,875 USD) a…