Guangdong Country Garden School
http://www.bgy.gd.cn

Name: Guangdong Country Garden (IB World) School
Telephone: 0086-757-2667-7428, 0086-757-2667-7328, 0086-757-2286-8591
Fax: 0086-757-2663-5118
Email: bgydavidli@gmail.com   
licl@bgymail.gd.cn
Address: 528312 Country Garden School, Beijiao Town, Shunde District, Foshan City, Guangdong Province, People’s Republic of China

Teaching Vacancies
（2008-2009 school year）

Vacancies list

Level	Subject / Area	Positions	Grades
DP &  A Level	Theory of knowledge	1	Grade 11-12
	English Language Arts	1	Grade 11-12
	Economics	2	Grade 11-12
	Biology	2	Grade 11-12
Art Center	Visual Arts	0	Grade 9 - 12
MYP	Economics	1	Grade 9 -10
	English Language Arts	0	Grade 6 - 8
	Science	1	Grade 6 - 8
	Biology	1	Grade 9 -10
	Math	0	Grade 6 - 8
	Physics	0	Grade 9 -10
PYP	Reading & Writing	0	Grade 1 - 5
Primary School	Oral English	1	Grade 1 - 5
Kindergarten	Homeroom Teacher	0	All Grades
	ESL	0	All Grades

 

Introduction
History
GD Country Garden (IB World) School (GCGS) was founded by SHUNDE COUNTRY GARDEN GROUP (a famous Real Estate Development Company in China) in September of 1994.
Location
GCGS is in the hub of Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Zhuhai, Macao and Hong Kong in the Pearl River Delta.
Philosophy
To make the children more successful than you.
Status of the school
GCGS is a private boarding school.
Capacity and Size
GCGS covers 330, 000 square meters of acreage, with an enrollment of 3,500 students that range from Kindergarten to Senior High School (age 3 to 18) with 20 to 25 in each class.
Teaching staff
There are over 400 teaching faculty members, including 40 from other countries and regions.
Curriculums
GCGS is a member school of the International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO), offering three programs DP, MYP and PYP including the PYP Kindergarten at the same time.

The International Section provides students with IB curriculums, A Level and IGCSE, to help students enter the top100 universities in the world and attain the highest levels of self- accomplishment.
Extra-curriculums
GCGS incorporates numerous explorative activities, such as, Creation, Action and Service (CAS); Areas of Interaction (AOI); and Program of Inquiry (POI). Other courses include dance, calligraphy, folk instruments, orchestral instruments, painting, paper cutting, kung fu, robots, and many more.
Chinese school calendar
There are two semesters (terms) in each school year.  The first term starts from the very beginning of September (9) and lasts until to the beginning of February (2); the second semester starts right after the Spring Festival which usually falls in the mid of February (2) and lasts to the very end of June (6).
Technical facilities
Three Teaching Buildings, an International Building, a Lab Building, an Administration Building, a Library Building, an IT Center, an Observatory Tower, two Botanic Parks and a Geography Park, a Gymnasium, a standard Rubber-track Playground, a Heated Swimming Pool and an Open-air Swimming Pool, the Students’ Palace with more than 88 piano rooms, a Theatre with 500 seats.  Each classroom is connected by an intercom to both the Internet and the Intranet, linking with Broad Band.
Library
We have two main libraries.  One is with 120,000 books in Chinese language and the other with 10,000 books mainly in English and some other languages.
Medical Facilities
We have an in-school clinic offering 24 hours service for all the working staff and all the students.  The community hospital affiliated with the school takes care of the health check as well as emergency service.
Salary and benefits package
GCGS offers a highly competitive salary and benefits package to both the Chinese teachers and the foreign teachers, including the academic development.  Salary for the foreign teachers is negotiable, depending on their diplomas, teaching positions, teaching experiences and teaching qualifications.  Benefits for the foreign teachers are:
● a free furnished apartment with one bedroom, one bathroom, one sitting room and one kitchen
● free gas, water and electricity
● free Cable TV
● free Internet connection
● free meals
● free basic medical care together with medical and accidental insurance
● free transportation
● a round trip airline tickets
● paid winter vacation
● net pay, free of tax
● 80% discount of school tuition
Employment
Teachers are selected and recruited from all over the world. GCGS signs contract with the teachers, from one year to permanent.
Working languages
In the whole school both Chinese and English are available.
General Qualifications for teachers
What the school expects from the teachers are as follows:
1. Enthusiastic, experienced, flexible, well-qualified and highly motivated teachers committed to assisting students to become global citizens and to enthuse about their subjects.
2. Excellent subject knowledge and good understanding of international education.
3. Experience of quality planning, assessment and evaluation.
4. Exceptional understanding of students' needs and dedication to offering assistance to the students.
5. High expectations of self, students and colleagues and commitment to building and maintaining a supportive, collegial environment within our school.
6. A proven record of successfully impacting upon students' learning.
Interviews
Interviews will be conducted by telephone or in person.
Deadline
July 2008
Age limit
60
Materials to be sent
A recent photograph, a cover letter expressing why the candidate is interested in the position, a CV, copies of Diplomas and related teaching certificates, a copy of the passport and recommendation letters from the previous schools.
Working hours
The amount of teaching hours (40 minutes each) for the ESL/EFL teacher should be no more than 50 class periods every two weeks and no more than 44 class periods for the Subject teacher. 
Tuition Policy for the Dependents
Chinese National Section Grades: (RMB Yuan, per student per school year)

National Section	Tuition	Dormitory	Meals	Total
Kindergarten	6000	3000	4000	13000
Primary School	6000	3000	4600	13600
Middle School	6000	3000	5000	14000
Art High School	8000	3000	5000	16000

1. International Section Grades: (RMB Yuan, per student per school year)

International Section	Tuition	Dormitory	Meals	Total
PYP Kindergarten	8000	3000	4000	15000
PYP and MYP Year 6	9000	3000	4600	16600
MYP Year 7, 8, & 9	10000	3000	5000	18000
DP 11, 12 & MYP Year 10	16000	3000	5000	24000

Notes:

1. Meals fee only covers the cost of the meals in the Chinese canteens. It doesn’t cover the surcharge in the International Cafeteria.
2. Should a student stay at long weekends, an additional 180 Yuan RMB will be charged each time.
3. The tuition fee doesn’t include foreign textbooks, studying overseas and / or outside province tour in China, competitions fees, TOEFL or IELTS fees, etc.
4. Parent-kid classes (around 1 or 2 years old) in Kindergarten tuition is 4000 Yuan RMB per student each school year.
5. Dormitory fee or Meals fee will be subtracted from the total fees should a student choose not to live or eat on campus. It must be clarified at the beginning of each semester.
6. The meals fee doesn’t include the snack fee. 300 Yuan RMB is charged should choose to eat per semester.
7. 1500 Yuan RBM is charged for each kid in Kindergarten for the Noon Nap bed per year.
8. Tuition Policy for the second child: apart from the tuitions mentioned above, an extra 1,1000 Yuan RMB is charged for the second child.