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 Come to join us-- Rizhao EF , www.rzef.com - is idyllically situated on the beautiful beaches of east coast Shandong Province. Only 90 minutes south of the International Port city Qingdao, Rizhao was quickly developing to meet the needs as the destination site of the 2008 Beijing Olympics Sailing Regatta event. Our client base is made up substantially of corporate clients during week days, and young learners on the weekends. These positions would suit those seeking to develop as TEFL teachers. Only those who love teaching students of all age levels should apply. Prospective teachers should be prepared to work hard in a professional teaching environment.
Whether you are just starting out as an EFL teacher or have accumulated a great deal of experience in this field, English First is a sound choice for your next step. With more than 40 years of experience in the EFL industry, English First can provide any candidate with the ideal environment to develop professionally. English First's market in China is growing rapidly and offers plenty of opportunity for career development. Our centers are designed to offer ample of support personally and professionally, thereby creating an ideal atmosphere to work and live.
Qualifications:
CELTA/Trinity TEFL Certificate (or equivalent)
Some teaching experience
University degree
Salaries increase over the duration of the contract as outlined below:
5500RMB 1-3 months
6000RMB 4-12 months
A salary increase of 10% is paid to teachers signing for a second year contract.
All positions include the following:
* Round-trip flights
* Accommodation
* Health insurance
* Paid visas and residence permits
* Paid holidays
* Free Internet access
* Academic Support
* Career opportunities within EF's network of language centers.
To apply. E-mail cover letter, CV, current passport and copies of qualifications to Thomas xu Center Manager: Thomas.xu@ef.com
TEACHER INDUCTION
So then you made it off the plane (or the train) and to Rizhao! Hello and welcome to the city, our school and the team here. EF Rizhao is a close and friendly team and weˇll do what we can to help you settle in quickly.
Thereˇs not much to do in Rizhao to be honest, but we seem to manage rather well because we all hang out quite regularly and have some good laughs.
The beach here at Rizhao is absolutely fab and is a HUGE selling point for the city! There are long stretches of golden sand, which are kept nice and clean. Itˇs easy to get there and your apartment is only about 10 mins away from it.
Shandong food is also great, and you will be prevailed upon regularly in your first few days to join everyone for barbeque (local specialty) and other dinner dates. Itˇs also likely youˇll be either taken or dragged reluctantly (depending on your exhibitionist inclinations) to a local KTV bar! This is THE Chinese form of entertainment. Itˇs private karaoke; i.e. you sing in a room with your friends only. Iˇve never quite been able to decide if this reduces or increases the embarrassment factor, as a whole
No apartment is more than a 20 min walk from the school, so the community amenities listed below are all closely located. This being China, you will no longer take a shower at any distance from your toilet. You will fill your washing machine from a tap via hosepipe but hey, at least you have a washing machine. Donˇt worry if youˇre too hot or too cold in your apartment right now: everything is adjustable! The air cons double as heaters, so they can cool or heat your rooms as you please.
The telephone may or may not be connected to the school system. If youˇre part of the school network, you have to dial 0 before you can make an outside call. Youˇre part of the system if you have an 870 prefix. This means you can also call others in the system by dialing just the second part of the no. E.g. call the school on 2020. Otherwise you just dial as usual.
 Your internet connection should already be available for use. If not, please donˇt worry! It absolutely will be connected within the next day or two. You donˇt need to worry about paying your bills; Jack, the company ˉmoney manˇ and Jack-of-all-trades, takes care of all your amenities and simply deducts the amount owed from your salary each month.
Your nearest supermarket is Xin Ma Te (pronounced Shin Ma Ter). Itˇs five mins walk from the school and is very handy for grabbing lunch. You can purchase a mobile phone here for about Y300 (or $37). The nearest Bank of China is also only a two minute walk from the school, in the opposite direction.
We highly recommend you get a mobile phone and pay-as-you-go sim card. China Mobile has a branch next to the school. Most teachers rely on calling the school for advice or translation, particularly for the first few months.
Directly across the road from the school you can catch the local buses for just Y1 or Y1.5.
No 11 takes you to the train station, the Western shopping part of town and BBQ Street.
No 18 takes you to the large market area of town (Tai Yang Cheng) and the main bus depot.
Courses
The following courses are run at EF Rizhao during the usual season. They are taught weekly (usually one lesson a week). ACH = academic contact hour (40 mins).
Lessons are usually split as follows:
Early Learner: 2 x 30 min sections, with a two minute break between.
High flyer: 2 x ach sections, with a 15 min break halfway.
All others: 2 x one hour sections, with a 15 min halfway.
The length of the courses usually means that you have three lessons to complete each chapter or unit depending on the book you are teaching..
High Flyers and Trailblazers courses are divided into five levels of ability (1 = lowest, 5 = highest) and split into two halves, A and B. Students who complete the A course, then return, become B students.
E.g. TB3As would move into a TB3B class.
TB = course (Trailblazers) - 3 = ability level (midway of five) - A or B = first or second course at that level.
Other classes
We also run VIP (one-to-one) courses for students wanting individual tuition. Length of courses and classes will be decided on with the student before beginning the course.
We have also run ESP (English for Special Purposes) classes as and when they come up. Eg: Preparation for University Entrance Examinations and Preparation for IELTS.
During peak seasons we will also run many different intensive classes, including, but not limited to Reading, Literacy and Phonics for Younger Learners and Conversation Courses for teenagers and Adults.
WELCOME TO RIZHAO CITY.
 The name of Rizhao was derived from the saying "the place to enjoy the first ray of sunshine". It lies along the eastern coast of China, on the southern wing of the Shandong peninsula, borders on Yellow Sea on the east, and faces Japan and South Korea across the sea. With a long history, Rizhao boasts beautiful scenery and an agreeable climate. The annual average temperature is 12.5oC. It abounds in tourism resources, such as "sea, mountain, places of historical interest, and forest". With the 100 km coastline and -km beach of high quality, it is an ideal place for beach bathing, sunbathing, sea bathing, and forest bathing.
Rizhao has very convenient transportation. If you are from outside Shandong Province, you can take the following trains: express 51/52, from Beijing to Rizhao, (125 Yuan for the hard seat, 231,224,211 Yuan for the berth); through expresses 5/562, from Xinxiang, Zhengzhou to Rizhao, 49 Yuan for the hard seat, 107 Yuan for the berth. If you are within the province, you can take 606/605 through express, from Jinan to Rizhao, (33 Yuan for the hard seat, 58 Yuan for the soft seat), or take the express from Linyi to Rizhao, (fare 22 Yuan). You can buy the ticket at the station or have it booked by the travel agency two days in advance. The highway transportation is also very convenient, with the national highways 204/016 running through this area. The buses from the coach station depart for the neighboring cities and large or medium-sized tourism cities.
In the peak tourism season of Rizhao, it will cost you only 1.5 Yuan to take a sight-seeing bus to the port, the lighthouse, the tourism area of Wanpinkou, No. 2, and No. 3 bathing beaches and the Shanhaitian tourism & vacationing resort, (departure every 15 minutes). The mini buses, from Bibo Hotel to Lunan forest park, start off when full of passengers and cost you only 2 Yuan; buses No. 5 and 6, travel past No. 2 and No. 3 bathing beaches, the light tower, with a fare of 1 Yuan; the along-coastline buses can arrive at the Lanshan Monument Over the Sea, A¡¯ye Mountain and Haizhou bathing beach, 3 Yuan for the ticket. The taxes will stop at a wave of hand.
Rizhao has 3 tourist hotels of star rank, including two-star Bibo hotel, two-star Yiran Hotel, and  one-star Shihua Hotel. There are also 21 foreign-concerned hotels. These tourist hotels, well-equipped and in beautiful surroundings, offer satisfactory service and charge 350---390 Yuan for luxurious standard room (in peak season), 80---240 Yuan for the ordinary, 25¡ª60 Yuan per person for the common guest room. The specialties are mainly seafood, including mackerel dumpling, boiled hard clam, simmering cuttlefish eggs, at prices between 10 and 30 Yuan. The local snacks include dumpling, bean curd and battercake, etc.
The commerce center of Rizhao lies in the Middle of Haiqu Road and No. 1 Huanghai road. Buses No. 1, 2, 3, and 6 arrive at the Department Store, People’s Market, Commerce & Trade Center, Rizhao Emporium and Lingyun Emporium. You can take buses No. 1 or 5 to Haina Emporium, Friendship Store, Sanlian Emporium, or take the along-coastline bus to Lanshan Food Town. You can also take No. 1 or No. 5 bus to Shijiu Seafood Emporium. There is a variety of seafood in the Seafood Market at moderate prices.
The peak tourism season of Rizhao lasts from April to October, and the slack season from November to March the next year. The best time to tour around Wulian Mountain, Fulai Mountain and the Heshan Gigantic Stone Inscription falls in April and May. The best time to travel around the seashore scenery falls in July, August, and September. You can arrive either by bus or by train.
 There are four tour routes in Rizhao city:
1. One-day tour: Rizhao seashore tour route:
Visit the light tower scenic spot, the port, and No. 2 and No. 3 bathing beaches.
2. Two-day tour: Traveling along the seashore:
The first day, travel around Lunan Forest Park, Shanhaitian tourism & vacationing resort, and Wanpingkou beauty spot.
The second day, tour the light tower scenic area, seaport, power plant, Monument Over the Sea, A’Ye Mountain, and Haizhou Gulf bathing beach.
3. Folk-custom tour route along Rizhao seashore (two day tour):
D1: Lodge in the folk-custom village in Wangjiazao, go to sea by fish boat, look around the farm of marine product, go angling, and visit Dragon King Temple, Overlord Whip.
D2: Tour the tea garden of Yandun ridge, the Bamboo park of Beijiangshuai, and beach comb at Liujia gulf-----pick up clam, collect dried small shrimps, weave and mend nets and draw mesh cages.
4. Two-day culture tour of the "Mosts":
D1: View the oldest ginkgo tree, (the ginkgo tree of Fulai Mountain), the oldest pictograph (the inscription on the pottery vessel unearthed in Juxian county), the old haunt of Liuxie---author of the earliest literary critique Wen Xin Diao Long, the largest wild azalea garden to the north of Changjiang River (the azalea of Wulian Mountain).
D2: View the largest carved character on stone (Rizhao Gigantic Stone Inscription), the largest port of coal export (Rizhao port), the biggest tea-producing base in the North (Rizhao Tea Garden), the earliest and thinnest Black Pottery (Rizhao eggshell pottery), the largest sand beach of high quality (Rizhao Golden seashore).
You can get to Beijing, Tianjin, Jinan, Tai¡’an, Zhengzhou, and Xinxiang by train from Rizhao, and travel by bus to Qingdao, Weifang, Zibo, Linyi, and Lianyungang in Jiangsu province.
If you’re fond of hiking take bus nr 11 or 18 into the mountain direction. Get off at the last bus stop and just go ahead. It’s a nice few hours trip. To reach the highest mountain you must pass through two smaller hills. At the summit there is Chinese Navy so it’s rather the matter of luck if they let you get there (you can always ask for toilet it works ) so you can have better view on the area. Anyway it’s worth to go there.
Bamboo Park - located in West of Rizhao. Take bus nr 18 from the school and get off at the long distance bus station (this is the last bus stop). Then change for bus nr 15, which will take you directly to the park (get off at the last bus stop). Entrance Y 20. (pretty nice)
Forest Park take bus nr 10, and get off at the last bus stop. Then take another bus (no number, something written in Chinese) which goes further, I mean to the forest park. Entrance Y40 (so-so).
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