Job Openings of Qingdao Amerasia International School

Job Overview

Grade Level Preschool, Primary, Middle, High
Discipline Language, Writing & Culture, Science & Engineering, Finance, Management, Economics and Business, Art, Law, Political Science, Education
Address Qingdao, China

Job Summary

Qingdao Amerasia International School (website) is looking for experienced international educators to join our professional and inspiring community for the 2022 – 2023 academic year.

POSITION	STATUS	REQUIREMENTS/PREFERENCES
Early Childhood Lead Teacher	Tentative	Must hold a MACTE-approved Montessori Certificate (AMS/AMI preferred)
Lower Elementary Literacy Specialist	Definite	2 Years of Balanced Literacy Experience with Readers/Writers Workshop Preferred
Full School Learning Support/Special Education Coordinator	Definite	Learning Support/Special Education Coordinator with ESL experience preferred
Lower School Principal	Tentative	IB PYP and/or Montessori Elementary Experience Preferred
PYP Coordinator	Tentative	2 Years of PYP Coordinator Experience preferred
MYP/DP English Language A	Tentative	2 Years of DP English Experience preferred
DP/MYP Film	Tentative	2 years of DP Film Experience preferred
Upper Elementary PYP Lead Teacher	Tentative	2 Years of PYP Experience preferred. Balanced Literacy Experience with Readers/Writers Workshop preferred
MYP/DP Math	Tentative	2 years of DP HL Math experience preferred
MYP/DP Design	Definite	2 years of MYP Design experience preferred
DP Coordinator	Definite	2 years of DP Coordinator experience preferred
PYP/MYP/DP Theater	Definite	2 Years IB DP experience preferred
EAL/ESL Lower School	Definite	2 Years of EAL/ESL experience preferred
Band	Definite	2 Years of experience with both Upper Elementary and Secondary preferred
MYP/DP Art	Definite	2 Years IB DP Experience preferred
MYP English Language Acquisition	Tentative	2 Years IB MYP Experience preferred
Montessori Lower Elementary Teacher	Tentative	Must hold a MACTE-approved Montessori Certificate (AMS/AMI preferred)
MYP/DP Humanities/Economics	Tentative	2 Years IB DP Experience preferred
MYP/DP Biology	Tentative	2 Years IB DP Experience preferred

Come and join our community of professional educators in ‘Asia’s Most Liveable City!’

Qingdao Amerasia International School aims to inspire a lifelong love of learning in students aged 18 months to 18 years. We are the first IB World School in Shandong Province offering the full IB Continuum of PYP, MYP, and DP. We are also the first school in Asia to be accredited by the American Montessori Society (AMS) for our Montessori Toddler and Early Childhood programs.

Living in Qingdao

Qingdao is located in the southeast part of Shandong Province, fitting snugly between the mountains and the Yellow Sea and is sometimes known as the Switzerland of the Orient. It is a ‘second-tier’ Chinese city with 9 million inhabitants, and offers a rich history and culture, interesting architecture, a fantastic coastline and some great hiking and biking trails in the mountains. The city’s downtown area is spread around 30km along the coast, interspersed with beautiful beaches, and all fully accessible by boardwalk. Qingdao also hosted the Sailing Regatta during the 2008 Beijing Olympics, and regularly hosts international and regional sailing events.

Salary and benefits

QAIS offers competitive salary and benefits for international teachers, including housing allowance (based on number of dependents), medical insurance, annual flights home, and tuition waivers for up to two children. Salaries are scaled according to education and experience.

Our Commitment to Child Protection

QAIS is wholly committed to protecting the children entrusted to our care. In order to ensure that staff will work at the highest possible levels of professionalism during their employment at our school, QAIS has incorporated the Recommended Screening and Evaluation Practices developed by the International Task Force on Child Protection (ITFCP) into its recruitment practices, effective November 1, 2017. All candidates will be subject to a thorough application and interview process, criminal history background check, and professional and personal reference checks/verification before employment decisions will be finalized.

Other Positions

We also welcome any spontaneous applications which we will keep on file for one year and successful applicants will be contacted should a position become available.

General conditions for all positions:

Bachelor’s degree or higher.
Minimum 2 years of relevant international teaching experience.
Montessori and/or International Baccalaureate experience.