Location: #
Tianhe, Guangzhou, Guangdong (South of China)
Expected date on board #
Spring 2026
Teaching and Assessment #
• The objectives include teaching language, mathematics, science, social studies, personal/social skills, and homeroom classes.
• Create daily lesson plans and contribute to the PYP unit planner on ManageBac
• Planning lessons and sequences of lessons to meet students’ individual learning needs and to ensure students’ progression
• We employ a variety of effective teaching and learning strategies, along with effective classroom management techniques.
• Using flexible groupings and structured inquiry to deliver high-quality lessons in line with the IBO philosophy
• Use data derived from diagnostic, formative, and summative assessments to inform class instruction and curriculum, as well as plan progression for the differing needs of learners.
• Provide nonjudgmental, constructive, and timely feedback that is actionable.
• Contribute to the student’s report cards using constructive feedback
• No more than 22 lessons per week; office hours are required.
Additional responsibilities may include #
• Managing a year level or subject area
• Assisting with or managing an aspect of daily school management
• Assisting year-level coordinators, curriculum co-ordinators, student management coordinators, and the principal with the performance of specific functions
• I assist with or manage specialist functions, including sports, careers, student welfare, and the coordination of excursions or camps.
• I am responsible for overseeing various student activities, encompassing support and welfare programs.
• I am responsible for the development of a school transition program and the facilitation of the corresponding orientation program.
• I am responsible for managing and supervising a team of teachers in the planning, implementation, and review of teaching and learning programs.
• Lead the development of curriculum policies and programs.
• Contributing to a foundation-wide professional development program
Typical reporting relationship
Primary Team Leader
Development/training to support core competencies
Development activities and relevant courses will be negotiated as part of the performance management process.
performance management process
• Maintain a well-organized and stimulating learning environment
• Using learning technologies to enhance learning
• Using information about prior attainment to set expectations for students
• A variety of assessment and reporting methods are utilized to demonstrate the students’ progress in relation to the learning outcomes.
• Providing clear and constructive feedback to students and their parents and caregivers Wider professional roles
• Planning and engaging in professional learning activities that support school and systematic priorities
• Taking responsibility for your own professional development and using the outcomes to improve your teaching and students’ learning
• Making an active contribution to the policies and aspirations of the school
• Ensure the efficient administration of classroom procedures
• Collaborating with members of the school community to build a team environment that supports students’ learning
Required Qualifications and Experience #
• A degree in education or a related field from a recognized institution is required.
• Teaching license or qualification (PGCE, etc.)
• Demonstrated teaching experience
• Knowledge and understanding of IB PYP or a desire to work in an IB PYP
environment
• Good communication skills
• Proficient in technology and computers, including the use of Microsoft Office.
• To be a lifelong learner
Package #
Monthly Salary: 20,000 – 30,000 RMB
Housing Allowance: 2,000 RMB
Flight Allowance: 8,000 RMB/year
Summer and winter holidays are full paid (around 3 months)
Medical Insurance (100% reimbursement)
About #
Guangzhou, also romanized as Canton and Kwangchow, is the capital and largest city of the Guangdong province in southern China. Located on the Pearl River about 120 km (75 mi) northwest of Hong Kong and 145 km (90 mi) north of Macau, Guangzhou has a history of over 2,200 years and was a major terminus of the Silk Road.
The port of Guangzhou serves as a transportation hub, and it’s one of China’s three largest cities. For a long time, it was the only Chinese port accessible to most foreign traders. The British captured Guangzhou during the First Opium War, which resulted in the loss of its monopoly. Consequently, it lost trade to other ports such as Hong Kong and Shanghai but continued to serve as a major entrepôt. Following the Second Battle of Chuenpi in 1841, the Treaty of Nanking was signed between Sir Robert Peel on behalf of Queen Victoria and Lin Zexu on behalf of Emperor Xuanzong and ceded Hong Kong to the United Kingdom on 26 January 1841 after the agreement of the Convention of Chuenpi.
Guangzhou is at the center of the Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macau Greater Bay Area, the most populous built-up metropolitan region in the world. The area extends into neighboring cities such as Foshan, Dongguan, Zhongshan, Shenzhen, parts of Jiangmen and Huizhou, as well as Zhuhai and Macau, forming an urban agglomeration of about 70 million residents. It is also part of the Pearl River Delta Economic Zone. Administratively, the city holds subprovincial status and is one of China’s nine National Central Cities. In the late 1990s and early 2000s, nationals of sub-Saharan Africa who had initially settled in the Middle East and Southeast Asia moved in unprecedented numbers to Guangzhou in response to the 1997/98 Asian financial crisis. The domestic migrant population from other provinces of China in Guangzhou was 40% of the city’s total population in 2008. Guangzhou has one of the most expensive real estate markets in China. As of the 2020 census, the registered population of the city’s expansive administrative area was 18,676,605 individuals (up 47 percent from the previous census in 2010), of whom 16,492,590 lived in 9 urban districts (all but Conghua and Zengcheng). Due to worldwide travel restrictions at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport, the major airport of Guangzhou, briefly became the world’s busiest airport by passenger traffic in 2020. Guangzhou is the fifth most populous city by urban resident population in China after Shanghai, Beijing, Shenzhen, and Chongqing.
In modern commerce, Guangzhou is best known for its annual Canton Fair, the oldest and largest trade fair in China. For three consecutive years (2013–2015), Forbes ranked Guangzhou as the best commercial city in mainland China. Guangzhou is highly ranked as an Alpha (global first-tier) city together with San Francisco and Stockholm. It is a major Asia-Pacific finance hub, ranking 21st globally in the 2020 Global Financial Centres Index. Guangzhou also has the fifth-largest number of skyscrapers in the world. As an important international city, Guangzhou has hosted numerous sporting events, both international and national, with the most notable being the 2010 Asian Games, the 2010 Asian Para Games, and the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup. T The city hosts 65 foreign representatives, making it the third largest city in China for hosting foreign representatives, after Beijing and Shanghai. As of 2020, Guangzhou ranked 10th in the world and 5th in China—after Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, and Shenzhen—for the number of billionaire residents by the Hurun Global Rich List. Guangzhou is a research and development hub, ranking 8th globally as well as 4th in the Asia-Pacific region, and is home to numerous Double First-Class Universities, including Sun Yat-sen University.
Toponymy #
Guǎngzhōu is the official romanization of the Chinese name 广州. The name of the city is taken from the ancient Guǎng Prefecture after it had become the prefecture’s seat of government. The character 廣 or 广 means ‘broad’ or ‘expansive.’
Before acquiring its current name, the town was known as Panyu (Punyü; 番禺), a name still borne by one of Guangzhou’s districts not far from the main city. There are 11 different explanations for the name’s origin, including the possibility that it originated from two local mountains. The city has also sometimes been known as Guangzhou Fu or Guangfu after its status as the capital of a prefecture. From this latter name, Guangzhou was known to medieval Persians such as Al-Masudi and Ibn Khordadbeh as Khanfu (خانفو). Under the Southern Han, the city was renamed Xingwang Fu (興王府).
The Chinese abbreviation for Guangzhou is 穗, pronounced Seoi6 in Cantonese and Suì in Mandarin—although the abbreviation on car license plates, as with the rest of the province, is 粤, after its nickname “City of Rice” (穗城). The city has long borne the nickname City of Rams (羊城) or City of the Five Rams (五羊城) from the five stones at the old Temple of the Five Immortals said to have been the sheep or goats ridden by the Taoist culture heroes credited with introducing rice cultivation to the area around the time of the city’s foundation. T The former name “City of the Immortals” (仙城/五仙城) also originated from the same story. The more recent City of Flowers (花城) is usually taken as a simple reference to the area’s fine greenery.
The English name “Canton” derived from the Portuguese Cidade de Cantão, a blend of dialectal pronunciations of “Guangdong” (e.g., Cantonese Gwong2-dung1). Although it originally and chiefly applied to the walled city, it was occasionally conflated with Guangdong by some authors. It was adopted as the Postal Map Romanization of Guangzhou and remained the official name until its name change to “Guangzhou.” As an adjective, it is still used in describing the people, language, cuisine, and culture of Guangzhou and the surrounding Liangguang region. The 19th-century name was “Kwang-chow foo.”
