Job Title: Teaching/Residential Assistant, Summer Program In Shanghai
Organization: Foundation Programs Incorporated is an educational organization that develops and runs cultural exposure programs in China for high-achieving high school students from the English-speaking world
Program: ‘Glimpses of China’ is an English-taught, university-prep academic program that covers key political, economic, and social issues pertinent to contemporary and historical China. Key program modules include: lectures, seminars, field studies, arts workshops, Mandarin tutorials, speaker events, Chinese movies, collaborative projects with local students, visits and excursions. Further information is available at:
www.foundationprograms.com.
Responsibility: Full-time Teaching Assistant/Residential Assistant in Shanghai from June 17 to August 22. TAs will stay with and mentor students, lead and facilitate their complete learning experience throughout the program.
Compensation: We pay for all program-related expenses, including an economy class return air-ticket between the US and Shanghai (if the TA leaves from the US), room and board
Qualification: Undergraduate (sophomore and up) or graduate students from a top US/UK. Been raised in the US (or Europe) during most of his/her life. Near-native fluency in conversational Mandarin. Strongly interested in the education and development of high school students. Interest in China. Liberal arts / Asian Studies major preferred. Experience in teaching or supervising high school students preferred. Prior traveling in China preferred.
Contact: Please e-mail resume asap to Joyce Lee, Assistant Director of Admissions, at
jobs@foundationprograms.comAda Ho
Administrative Officer
Glimpses of China
Foundation Programs Incorporated
Website:
www.foundationprograms.com New York: +1 (212) 201-1382
Hong Kong: +852 3107-8810
London: +44 (845) 330-9430