Job Overview
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CNY
Month
- 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.