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« Reply #30 on: June 09, 2012, 06:06:27 AM »
@Raoul: I'm not. TIFC.
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« Reply #31 on: June 09, 2012, 07:07:05 AM »
Yeah, that thought did occur. th_ah
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« Reply #32 on: June 09, 2012, 09:22:14 PM »
Im also wondering if anyone has worked here or has anything to say about it. The ads they put out on davesesl look better than most.

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In addition, we provide comprehensive and free TEFL training (specializing in teaching young learners) with both an online component completed before you arrive, and an in-class component in Shanghai. On completion of the TEFL course you will be awarded a TEFL/TESOL certificate.

Requirements:
1. Outgoing personality
2. One-year commitment
Note that prior teaching experience is not required, and nor is a university degree.

At DD Dragon Children's English School we always:

1. limit the number of students per class to 15
2. have at least one BILINGUAL ASSISTANT teacher in the classroom
3. provide complete LESSON PLANS and an effective syllabus
4. provide HANDS-ON TRAINING

Furthermore, our contract includes:

1. A MINIMUM salary of RMB9,000 per month for 25 teaching hours a week (no Office Hours necessary)
2. Overtime teaching at the rate of RMB120 per hour
3. A contract-completion bonus of RMB5,000
4. Free fully-furnished accommodation
5. Airport pick-up
6. A working visa
7. Paid training prior to commencing teaching
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« Reply #33 on: June 10, 2012, 12:00:33 AM »
Sounds like a great job. I wonder why they have an opening?
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« Reply #34 on: June 10, 2012, 01:57:07 AM »
I wonder what they mean by "a working visa", and how they can give one to someone with no college degree. Bets that it's not a legal Residence Permit?

Pardon us if we seem negative on this school, Kokokolo, but when a school treats a teacher as shabbily as this one did we tend to feel they'll treat ANY teacher that way. th_ay
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« Reply #35 on: June 10, 2012, 03:59:46 AM »
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Sounds like a great job. I wonder why they have an opening?
I think I read on one of their website that they are opening a new school somewhere.
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« Reply #36 on: June 10, 2012, 07:56:07 AM »
If after everything in this thread people still want to work there, well then they'll probably get what they deserve.
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« Reply #37 on: June 10, 2012, 12:00:43 PM »
@Raoul: From people who have worked at DD's and were friends of mine, they told me that DD straightup forged a college degree from a university in Canada or US. Did the same for the TEFL. What do you expect - TIFC.

As for the training, I heard that its not that great. Kind of shoddily put together and I think its like a DD Dragon Certificate. Who knows if employers in other places would give two squats if you have it or not.
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« Reply #38 on: June 10, 2012, 01:40:00 PM »
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Who knows if employers in other places would give two squats if you have it or not.

I think most of us know...a sample is available via their homepage if anyone is interested.

NATO said it already, but this thread is amazing. Is it an elaborate joke?

OK, we don't know exactly what happened how or why but some guy dies while in employment at the school in question in seemingly unexplained circumstances and then the school apparently act like shits about the whole repatriation of the body thing. 

Nevertheless, there is (should I use is or are here?) not one, but two posts in quick succession enquiring about employment at the same chain,  and NOT EVEN MENTIONING THE DEAD GUY.

WTF guys?!?!?!  I have heard China compared to the 'Wild West' but c'mon!


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this was no old dude dying of a heart attack while in bed with a student.

Which is the way all real  EFL teachers go (or so I heard).
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« Reply #39 on: November 16, 2012, 09:46:37 AM »
Only 4-5 hours on a Saturday and Sunday? That's very low for a training center. I'm working at my second language center and each one worked me 8-12 hrs each of those two days.
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« Reply #40 on: November 26, 2012, 07:31:43 AM »
Wow!  They even provide you with set of illegal credentials that could leave you...

a.  deported
b.  jailed
c.  fined
d.  deeply worried about what your fellow inmates plan to do to you when the guards aren't looking
e.  deeply worried about what the guards plan to do to you when your fellow inmates aren't looking
f.  deeply worried about that either of these groups plan to do to you when the other is looking

Don't worry.  They only brag about the No Degree Required in English language postings.  No one with the Immigration Bureau will ever read it.  Naturally, all language mills conform to a universal code of never ever reporting the illegal activities of their competitors in hopes of stealing clients as the owners and teachers are dragged away in chains.

If none of this bothers you, and assuming no one in your homeland wants your rotting corpse back in case of an unfortunately fatal incident that's not too carefully checked out, the working hours don't sound too terrible.  th_bi


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« Reply #41 on: February 12, 2013, 05:43:41 AM »
Can anyone explain how the Business visa is legit? I am going china in 2 weeks, I've been told its become more common for jobs in china to employ you on a business class visa, as a teaching consultant.  th_ag
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« Reply #42 on: February 12, 2013, 07:24:06 AM »
Mainly for jobs that can't legally employ you.... because they don't qualify for the legal visa.... It is not "more common"... If it is a normal teaching job then you take it at your own risk.
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