English and or Drama Specialists
- Employer
- The Affiliated High School of Peking University
- Location
- China
- Salary
- Competitive Salary
- Date posted
- Nov 9, 2020
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- Position Type
- Faculty Positions, Arts, Performing Arts, Humanities, English & Literature
- Employment Level
- Non-Tenured Track
- Employment Type
- Full Time
Teach at one of China's highest-ranked and most prestigious schools, The Affiliated High School of Peking University's Dalton Academy reinspires education leading the nation's reform efforts.
The Affiliated High School of Peking University (HSPU) is hiring secondary school teachers in language arts and drama for the 2021-2022 and future academic years. Though we are only looking for a few new hires at the moment, we can exceed this number and are always looking for exceptional educators to add to our ranks. HSPU is considered one of the premier secondary school programs in China and is often ranked among the top 10 schools nationwide. HSPU can add a small number of highly motivated foreign teachers across all subject areas for teaching and advising on our curriculum reform initiatives.
As an "affiliated" high school, we are a department of Peking University (a top Chinese university), and enjoy a highly academic and motivated student body and faculty, making full use of Peking University's many resources. The language of instruction is in English. Teachers teach up to 12 60-minute classes a week (12 hours). Class sizes range from 1 to 18 students. Classes below 18 students are taught in a seminar "round table" style. In addition, teachers are expected to work with students outside of class in mentoring and/or extra-curricular activities for an additional 8 hours per week, for a total of 20 student contact hours per week. We follow the Chinese public school calendar and holidays. For most contracts, the school year runs from September 1 to the last Friday in June.
To apply, send a cover letter, CV, and list of 3 references to Dr. Spencer A. Fowler, CEO & Superintendent at sfowler@i.pkuschool.edu.cn (references will not be contacted without notice or permission)
Requirements:
BA plus two years of relevant experience
Masters or higher preferred
NOTES:
The employer will cover relocation expenses.
Salary is in Chinese RMB (240,000-420,000/year). Range in USD is approx $40~70, 000/year. We also provide 1) a monthly living stipend or free on-campus housing for faculty. 2) An annual international travel stipend of 15,000 RMB (approx $2500) 3) A one-time relocation fee of 5000 RMB (approx $800) 4) Global Health Insurance 5) Professional Development Stipend of 5000 RMB/year (approx $800) Assistance is given to foreign faculty on how to convert Chinese RMB to foreign currency and then transfer to bank accounts outside of China if needed.
About The Affiliated High School of Peking University
The Affiliated High School of Peking University (HSPU), nestled in
the hi-tech Zhongguan Cun area of Beijing, was founded in 1960. It
is a national level key and model public secondary school directly
under the supervision of Peking University. The 2300 students in
Junior 1 through Senior 3 (grades 7-12) primarily come from
Beijing, with students admitted from across the country, Korea,
Russia, Singapore, Japan, India, the United States, Australia,
Canada, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. Class sizes currently do not exceed
30 students per class (the norm in a Chinese public school is 50).
Though known for our rigor, we provide a relatively free study
environment to give each student the power to make choices and
direct their own study and activities. In this way we create a
campus that encourages creativity and independence among our
students, giving them a platform to allow their true talents to
grow. Mission HSPU seeks to nurture students who are "industrious,
meticulous, realistic, and innovative". "Self-development, respect
for others, and contribution to society" are expectations of every
member of the school community. Students at HSPU are unique,
confident, responsible, intellectual, have strong leadership
skills, and are creative. Academics and Student Management As a
national key secondary school, HSPU upholds high academic
standards. 100% of students who do not go abroad enter national
"key" universities. Over the years, students have won 14 medals in
International Academic Olympiads, and taken first prize three years
in a row at the Beijing Leida Cup Young Science Talents; 30
students have been awarded Beijing’s highest honor for secondary
school students, the Golden and Silver Sails; and HSPU students
have represented China at the Professor Harry Messel International
Science School every year since Chinese delegates began attending.
HSPU is able to maintain such high academic results in part through
its continued insistence on staying at the forefront of education
reform in China. HSPU has fully embraced the national curriculum
standards, offering students courses and subject choice throughout
their secondary years in a credit-based elective system of
curriculum management. Students attend classes in specialist
classrooms, rather than staying in one room for most of their
instruction. The Academy System Recognizing that students with
different strengths and goals should be given more choices for
their education, HSPU has reorganized its high school division into
four academies. Each academy represents a specific curricular
model. After choosing their academy, students will then be able to
design their next three years of study based on their college
goals. Students, however, may still take classes in any of the four
academies. Xingzhi Academy: The largest academy, Xingzhi Academy,
is for the students who will sit the national exams and attend a
Chinese university. Students create a three-year study plan which
includes required and elective courses. Unlike many schools,
students are given much autonomy in deciding which courses to take
and when to take them. Yuanpei Academy: Yuanpei Academy is a Gifted
and Talented academy. Students must apply and take another round of
exams and have an interview to be admitted. All students at HSPU
are exceptional and all courses meet or exceed the rigor of
American “honors” courses. However, we also recognize that we have
a large group of students whose talents demand even more autonomy
in course planning. Most of the students will attend Chinese
universities, with some thinking of going abroad. For the students
attending Chinese universities, they will be able to enjoy other
pathways to being accepted other than the national exams. In this
way, they can plan a full three-years of learning and growth
without having to spend much of their senior year on exam
preparation. Independent research, access to Peking University
resources and courses, much-unstructured self-study time, and the
addition of epistemology and humanities courses are but a few of
the things which make Yuanpei unique. Boya Academy: Boya Academy is
a Chinese-based liberal arts high school curriculum for students
who want a solid grounding in Chinese culture and literature.
Students in Boya read classics of philosophy and literature in
Chinese originals or Chinese translations. Working closely with our
last Academy, the Dalton Academy, Boya strives to give students a
liberal arts education influenced by the traditional Chinese
academy mode of teaching. Students in Boya make course choices that
allow them to spread their study evenly over three years, rather
than taking the majority of their courses in their first two years,
as is more common in Xingzhi Academy. The extra time they are then
given can also be used to participate in more experiential and
service-learning programs. In addition, Boya students have some
non-language courses in English, including psychology, World
History, and Art History. Dalton Academy: Dalton Academy is our
bilingual liberal arts academy. It is modeled on the Dalton Plan,
including its central tenants of House, Assignment, and Lab. Except
for a very few core courses, all classes are elective and taught in
seminar groups of no more than 18 students. 50% of all courses
offered are taught in English. Students admitted to Dalton go
through a rigorous selection process and are mainly planning on
going abroad for university. In addition to more traditional
subjects, Dalton includes such courses as a general philosophy,
epistemology, law, economics, world literature, international
relations, and Spanish. We have worked closely with faculty from
St. John’s College Santa Fe to create a bilingual comparative
humanities course, which is the spine of the three-year curriculum.
The approach is similar to the Core Text movement among some
universities and colleges in the States. Students explore the
questions of What is Knowledge?, What is Change? , and What is
Humanity? over there three years with deep investigations into the
philosophy, history, and literature of world cultures, reading
texts in both Chinese and English translations. This program is
unique in China and one of which we are especially proud of.
Pastoral Care Students at HSPU, regardless of Academy, are grouped
into seven Houses that cross-grade level boundaries. The
traditional system of students being grouped by grade level into
classes with a homeroom teacher has been replaced with older and
younger students sharing the same House and each group of 100
students being assigned a full-time career and guidance counselor.
Older students serving as Prefects mentor younger students. This is
not a boarding program, but our day-to-day student-centered
management approach. Student Government, Teams, and Activities HSPU
students have many opportunities to develop strong leadership
skills outside of classes. Each House has its own student
leadership in charge of running activities within the House and
with other Houses. The HSPU Student Government is active in running
a host of programs and overseeing the more than 100 student teams
and organizations. Students all have many chances to participate in
athletic teams and art troupes, representing HSPU around the
country and abroad. All students are involved in community service,
with senior secondary students alone taking part in more than
20,000 hours of community service a year. Community Service is
managed under our Center for Experiential Learning, where students
take an active leadership role in organizing meaningful activities
for their peers and the community. International Connections Since
HSPKUs founding in 1960, we have held a strong global vision,
welcoming foreign students into our community. At present we have
relationships with schools all over the world, including The
Hotchkiss School and Menlo School (USA), Ressun School (Finland);
Debussey School (France); PLC School and Scotch College
(Australia); Waseda University's Hongjo Senior High School and
School Kumamoto (Japan); Raffles Institution and Nanyang Girl's
School (Singapore); St. Paul's School and St. Paul's Convent (Hong
Kong); Hsinchu San Min Secondary School (Taiwan) and many others.
We are currently working with Duke University's TIPP program to
create programs for Chinese students and conduct research into
gifted and talented education in China.
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