primary english teacher - jan 2025 - shenzhen, china.

Teachanywhere is proudly supporting recruitment for AISL Harrow Schools, a family of schools in China and Asia that look to the 450-year old heritage of Harrow School in the UK to anchor its guiding principles, drive progressive initiatives and inspire a vision that seeks to produce leaders for tomorrow. The schools offer exceptional education to prepare students with diverse background and abilities for a life of learning, leadership, service and personal fulfilment.

Harrow Hong Kong Children School Shenzhen Qianhai

This school benefits from a truly 21st Century purpose-built campus in Qianhai, Shenzhen, where technology and a cutting-edge approach to teaching and learning provides students with every opportunity to excel, both within and beyond the classroom. Drawing on the significant resources in the Greater Bay Area, the school aims to become an educational hub focusing on STEAM, innovation, and the nurturing of bi-literate, trilingual, students (Cantonese, Mandarin, and English) who will go on to attend the world's very best universities. The school opened in 2023 and caters to the children of Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan residents and expatriates aged 2 to 18. The school delivers a Hong Kong curriculum leading to HKDSE and IBDP and Senior secondary level.

Living and working in Shenzhen

Shenzhen is the youngest first tier city in China where the average age of the population is under thirty. Rated as the best air quality of all first tier cities in China, Shenzhen itself is a wonderful planned city filled with Plants and shrubbery on the coast in the warmer southern climbs of China. The excitement of Hong Kong is also not too far away.

School Requirements

• Fully qualified with a minimum of 2 years of post-qualification experience
• Knowledge of the HKDSE Curriculum issued by the CDCHK or National Curriculum of England.
• Evidence of relevant and challenging continuing professional development.
• Effective implementation of learning and teaching strategies to achieve appropriately set teaching objectives that are in line with curriculum goals.
• Understanding of how children develop and learn.
• Ability to work in a way that promotes the safety and wellbeing of children, in accordance with all relevant safeguarding polices and practice.
• Knowledge and experience of how to use of IT effectively in promoting pupil learning.
• Previous experience or knowledge of working with pupils for whom English is not their first language, or with pupils at secondary level, is a bonus.
• Effective communication and engagement with parents.
• Respect for all members of a school community
• Passionate about teaching and a strong commitment to holistic education.
• The ability to inspire pupils through a genuine passion for learning and a desire to lead them towards outstanding academic outcomes.
• A positive and solution-focused attitude to working life.
• Highly motivated, ambitious and collaborative.
• Demonstrate empathy, humility and genuinely care about children, taking the time to listen and motivate them.

Salary and Benefits Package

The remuneration package is very generous and includes the following;

• A competitive salary package
• An annual bonus of 10% of salary, subject to appraisal
• Full health insurance coverage for teachers as well as cover for dependents
• Fully-furnished accommodation provided for teachers
• Return Airfare and baggage allowances for teacher and dependents
• 100% remission on tuition fees for up to two (2) dependent children attending the School. 50% remission on tuition fees for 3rd dependent child onward.
• The cost of all working visas, dependents' resident visas and work permits costs paid for by the school