Early Years Teacher
Shenzhen, China
Region: Far East and South East Asia
Start Date: August 2025
School Curriculum: Schools own / US / Bilingual
The Group
BASIS International & Bilingual Schools is a rapidly growing network of schools in China known for academic excellence and innovation. Their first school opened in Shenzhen in 2015 and since then they have opened more schools in Shenzhen, Hangzhou, Guangzhou, Nanjing, Chengdu and Wuhan.
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 students consistently gain admission to prestigious universities worldwide, such as Harvard, Princeton, Oxford, MIT, and Cornell, with nearly 100% of graduates accepted into Top 50 U.S. universities and other similarly rated universities in the UK and Canada.
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 Bilingual Kindergarten Nanshan
BASIS Bilingual Kindergarten Nanshan will open in fall of 2024 and become the first campus focusing exclusively on Early Childhood Education. The campus will include classrooms tailored to the needs of young learners, play spaces, and more. BASIS Bilingual Kindergarten Nanshan will move into the founding BASIS International School Shenzhen location in the expat-friendly Shekou neighborhood. The outstanding educational outcomes that have been achieved in this location already will continue as they blend the Chinese national curriculum with the BASIS Curriculum to excite young students and build a solid foundation for future study.
Living and Working in Shenzhen
Located in the expat-friendly suburb of Shekou, there are numerous Western restaurants, grocery stores, IMAX movie theaters with current releases in English, and shopping opportunities close to the school. Shenzhen itself is a wonderful planned city filled with plants and shrubbery on the coast in the warmer southern climate of China. Additionally, the area has easy access by car or ferry to Hong Kong and other Chinese cities, such as Macao, Zhuhai, and Guangzhou.
Requirements
- Fully qualified with a minimum of 5 years of teaching experience for this position
- Previous experience within an EAL setting
- 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 (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) - if dependent visas are being issued
- 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