Location: Xuzhou, PRC
Positions: Academic English
Start Date: August 10th, 2020 (or earlier if available)

Please read below carefully the UNSW Academic English course description and content. The academic curriculum is demanding and challenging. This is a direct hire position. Please contact us if you seek further information about the program, position, and campus.

Introduction
The University of New South Wales Australian High School Program is the #1 offshore Australian program in China. The program is the largest source of undergraduate students from China for the Australian Group of Eight universities with over 330 gaining admission to Melbourne, Monash, UNSW and Sydney in 2020.

The program is the only one in China that has integrated an overseas university's postgraduate foundation program into the normal high school curriculum due to the normal high achievement and academic background of the partner schools and their students.

Prior to the final year of studies, students choose one of three study streams to the enter: Commerce, Physical Science and Design. The Design Stream is the only program in the country offered to Chinese high school students interested in pursuing university studies in Architecture, Urban Planning, and similar disciplines.

Requirements
• Bachelor's degree in relevant teaching field (other fields may be considered with demonstrated work experience); Master's degree preferred.
• CELTA, TESOL, or equivalent is REQUIRED.
• Minimum 2 years teaching experience (visa regulation).
• Clean background check and diploma authentication (visa regulation).
• Ability to work cooperatively and diplomatically with students, parents, faculty, staff, and administration in a foreign cultural environment.
• Commitment to student learning and to continued professional development.
• Ability to engage students in learning.

Responsibilities
•Deliver curriculum according to syllabus and timetable through lecture, assessments, practicals, labs and homework.
•Teach 16-24 class periods (45min) a week. (varies by semester)
• Assign and promptly mark class work, homework, tests and assignments.
•Be available and provide appropriate feedback to students regarding progress and encourage and monitor the progress of individual students.
•Maintain accurate and complete records of students' progress and development.
•Prepare and promptly deliver required student reports to the program management, host school, and the University of New South Wales.
• Communicate with parents, co-workers, and the campus manager about the progress of individual students when necessary.

Benefits
• Competitive salary commensurate with experience, education, position, and placement
• Furnished flat or 2000RMB monthly housing alllowance
• Annual travel allowance (8500RMB)
• ~8 weeks fully paid vacation/year
• Paid sick days and personal days
• Domestic health insurance
• Tax services
• Airport pickup and personal orientation
• Sponsor work (Z) visa, Foreign Expert Certificate & Residence Permit
• All curriculum and teaching material provided (as developed by UNSW)
• Access to in-country staff and department heads in Sydney for academic support, professional development.

Thank you for your interest in this position. We look forward to sharing more about the position and program with you.

ACADEMIC ENGLISH COURSE DESCRIPTION
Foundation Academic English is a skills-based subject which contextualises content within the four macro skills of reading, listening, writing and speaking. The subject focuses on the development of English language skills appropriate for entry into an undergraduate university. It combines theoretical knowledge with practical language development activity.

Topics vary according to the Program and from year to year. All topics are chosen for their suitability for developing the four macro skills as shown below:

Reading: skimming and scanning; comprehending main points; recognising styles appropriate to different contexts and purposes; critical reading; understanding relationships between ideas; understanding the meaning of unknown words; identifying bias, attitude and purpose; comparing and evaluating.

Listening: following and understanding the structure of an academic talk or discussion; comprehending the main points of a lecture or talk; taking effective lecture notes; recognising styles appropriate to different situations; understanding stress and intonation patterns; recognising marker words or phrases that indicate the level of importance of information; recognising the stage of information in a lecture; identifying the relationship between ideas.

Writing: producing a well-structured paragraph; essay-writing in an appropriate academic style at both paragraph and essay level; practising various written genres; developing primary and secondary research skills; note-taking; summarising, paraphrasing, acknowledging and referencing; developing bibliographies; incorporating evidence of critical thinking skills.

Speaking: becoming familiar with English spoken in an Australian academic context; participating effectively in a debate; participating effectively in small and large group tutorial discussions; preparing and presenting Summary and Seminar Presentations.