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Arts/Fine Arts (Middle and Senior grades)

Beijing Luhe International Academy

Beijing, China

Job type:
Full Time, Fixed Term
Start date:
Job start October 2014 or as soon as practicable
Apply by:
25 September 2014

Job overview

BEIJING LUHE INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY (BLIA)

Urgently requires to start by October 2014 or as soon as practicable a suitably qualified, experienced and enthusiastic teacher of

Arts/Fine Arts (Middle and Senior grades)

BLIA (estd. 2006) is an established Cambridge International Education (CIE), EDEXCEL A level and Advance Placement (AP) centre of over 300 Chinese students who are taught in the medium of English in preparation for university study in the English-speaking world.  BLIA is situated in Tongzhou District to the east of central Beijing, China and is part of one of the oldest and most prestigious state schools in China, Luhe High School (estd 1867).

We began offering A level Art in September 2010, following the Edexcel syllabus. Although the first cohort of students completed A level in June 2012, it is already clear that the course has been a huge success, with students obtaining the best grades at A levels and receiving offers from some of the best-known art schools particularly in the USA and the UK. The number of students in the AS and A2 Arts have always been low making it conducive to high order learning. However, unlike many schools in China, we offer our students a chance to appreciate Arts and Music even in early years.

The success of our Arts department has basically resulted from the previous Arts teachers who have provided their visionary leadership to this department developing it from the scratch to where it is now. Many of the students in the initial intake had little exposure to traditional European visual arts or other cultural references that can be assumed in the West, nor to the kind of skills that can be assumed to have been developed in a more conventional setting.  Nevertheless, using the local environment, Beijing's thriving cultural scene and their own experiences as stimuli together more traditional resources, many students achieved the highest available grades.

The successful candidate will be someone who enjoys working at the interface between cultures and drawing from them. He or she must have successful experience of teaching A level art. Experience of teaching IGCSE Arts is desirable.

Who are we looking for?

An ideal candidate will have the following;

  • At least bachelors degree level qualification in Arts/Fine Arts
  • PGCE or equivalent, i.e. qualified to practice as a licensed teacher in their home country.
  • At least 2 years of experience teaching Arts to high school students.
  • Fluent speaker of English
  • Experience of working abroad is desirable preferably with second language speakers. However, you must have some experience working in your own home country in a school setting.

Working at Luhe and Package

Package highlight: USD 3400 - 4000 per month, insurance/flight for employee and the spouse.

The salary offered by the school is significantly more than is needed to live comfortably in Beijing and very competitive compared to similar employers. In addition the school offers an accommodation allowance to enable staff to rent a comfortable modern flat with western-style amenities close to the school, although accommodation can also be offered within the school if it is preferred. Teachers receive a package that includes insurance and flights allowance for their spouse.  

Contracts are normally for two years, renewable by mutual consent.  At the end of a two year contract a gratuity equivalent to two months' salary is payable, subject to satisfactory appraisal in each of the two years.
 
Further details

Potential candidates are invited to send an up-to-date CV as an expression of interest, possibly with at least one open reference, to Mr Shanker Bhatt, Academic Principal:
Email: shanker_luhe@hotmail.com
 
Website: http://www.luheintl.com

We regret to inform you that only shortlisted candidates will be notified and this will be done within one week of your submission of interest to us. You may also submit your interest after the deadline for future vacancies.

Closing date for applications: 25 September 2014.

About Beijing Luhe International Academy

Beijing Luhe International Academy

Information about the school

BLIA opened in impressive new purpose-built accommodation in September 2005 and enrolled the first students on its English A level programme at the same time. This programme is aimed at Chinese students who wish to apply to study at university in the UK or other English-speaking countries. The academy’s ‘parent’ school, Beijing Luhe High School, is a very famous, prestigious and highly achieving school within the Chinese school system and has a number of longstanding international links. Luhe High School is very unusual, if not unique, in the Chinese school system. It was originally founded by the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions in 1867 as a missionary school when Tongzhou Boys’ Boarding School was opened. By 1889, it had developed into an advanced academy called North China College that included a primary school, a middle school, a high school, a college and a seminary. In 1918, the university part of the school was moved to west Beijing and later became the highly regarded Yenching University, while the secondary school that remained was named Luhe High School. It is situated 18km due east of Tian’anmen Square on a large, beautiful campus that features buildings from the beginning of the 20th century as well as extensive open green spaces with lawns, tree-lined avenues and a lake; it is particularly beautiful in spring when the trees are full of blossom. The building of modern teaching facilities, administration areas and accommodation has been done in a style that retains the school’s traditional ambience. The school has many alumni who are distinguished within China and the wider world, including the Chinese ambassador to the United Nations in the mid-1980s. Luhe High School and its new International academy are the kind of places that attract able young people with ambition and the drive to succeed.  

Living in Beijing

Beijing is one of the world’s great cities, with a number of iconic world-renowned sites, including the Great Wall of China, Tian’anmen Square, the Forbidden City and the Summer Palace. It is heavily populated and the traffic can be congested, but the staging of the Olympics in 2008 brought massive investment in the city’s infrastructure, not least in the subway system to which new lines have been added. There are two subway lines: Batong Line and Line 6, and the trains every few minutes for the 40 minute ride to central Beijing, which costs a few British pence. Several subway lines are being constructed and planned because of Tongzhou’s  important  status as the sub-center of Beijing, which means Tongzhou now is where Beijing Government is located. When Luhe opened in the 19th century it must have been situated in the countryside to the east of Beijing, but now Tongzhou has formed the sub-center of Beijing that has seen great development recently. That development means that there is plenty of modern, well-built accommodation and facilities like a large Carrefour supermarket, Wanda Plaza,  a very famous shopping Mall, houses various shopping outlets, a multiplex cinema and the Wal-Mart, and a Universal Studio, the largest one in the world,  is being built that will be open in 2019.

Central Beijing, its heritage sites and international life are easily accessible from Tongzhou. A ride back in a licensed taxi late at night takes less than 30 minutes on the expressway and costs about £8 (RMB 80). Summer can be hot and humid and winter a bit cold (but dry). Autumn and spring are very pleasant and are the best times to travel and go sight-seeing. The staff of the school are very friendly and welcoming, as are the Chinese in general, and social events and trips are put on for the expatriate staff from time to time. 

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