Early Years Art/Music/Drama Teacher
Wuhan, China
Region: Far East and South East Asia
Start Date: Dec/Jan 2025
School Curriculum: Schools own / AP
The BASIS Group
BASIS International & Bilingual Schools is a rapidly growing network of schools in China with a tradition of academic excellence and rigor. Their first school opened in Shenzhen in 2015 and since then they have opened schools in Hangzhou, Guangzhou, Nanjing, Chengdu and Wuhan, with two new schools coming to Shenzhen in 2024.
The BASIS mission is to provide students with transformative early childhood and K -12 education. With the cutting-edge BASIS Curriculum, through exceptional teaching and faculty mentoring, they will produce graduates who have broad intellectual capabilities, international perspectives, critical thinking proficiency, and creative problem-solving skills to be leaders in their future academic and professional lives. BASIS graduates have been accepted into some of the most prestigious colleges and universities in the world, including Princeton, Oxford, Cornell, Imperial College London, MIT, University of Toronto, Johns Hopkins, and many more-with an overall acceptance of nearly 100% to Top 50 U.S. universities.
Teaching in China with this school group offers many unique benefits and opportunities. Teachers enjoy excellent facilities and resources, a higher standard of living with perks such as paid housing, and the opportunity to explore and continue their own learning as part of a new culture and geographic area. The group's network of schools in China is rapidly growing offering excellent opportunity for growth, promotion and development.
BASIS Wuhan
BASIS International & Bilingual School Wuhan will be the first of the groups schools in Hubei province, and will offer faculty and students spacious classrooms, gymnasiums, multiple performance spaces, science labs, a swimming pool, library, student dorms, and much more. Construction on the campus is already well underway.
Living and Working in Wuhan
Although one of China's less explored cities - Chengdu is a key economic hub in South West China with a population of 14 million including 14,000 ex-pats working for a variety of companies, including Intel, Toyota, Microsoft and various international schools. Chengdu has a high standard of living but lower living costs and this has given the city the reputation of easy to move to and hard to leave. It is a popular tourist destination; famous as home to the Pandas, Sichuan food, mountains, temples and Giant Buddha's.
Requirements
- Fully qualified with a minimum of 2 years of teaching experience
- Demonstrate strong communication skills in teaching ideas, texts, and concepts with precision and confidence.
- Open to new ideas in teaching.
- Knowledgeable, passionate, and believe in transforming education.
- Able to motivate students to reach their highest potential, while also elevating own skills through peer collaboration and a culture where learning is of the greatest importance.
- Being a brand new school, flexibility is important as well as strong relationship building skills and an ability to build a strong school community.
Salary and Benefits
- Salary from approx. $55-65k USD per annum (360 - 420k RMB), more for leadership roles
- Start and end of employment travel provided
- Housing provided by the school
- Moving in allowance
- Free tuition for 2 students (3 for teaching couples) - will only take Primary aged due to accelerated curriculum.
- Generous Bonus Structure - including compliance bonus, attendance bonus, retirement bonus
- Global Insurance
- 3 year contract
- Fantastic chance to join a successful and expanding global network of schools, with opportunities for career growth and advancement