TFA Telegram
Teachers for Asia Monthly Newsletter
February 2013
Welcome to our first issue of the TFA Telegram! We are excited to
finally launch our Monthly Newsletter for our teachers located
around the world and we hope you will find it entertaining and
informative. As always, feedback is warmly welcomed.
Featured
FeaturedJob
Job of
of
the Month:
the Month:
TFA News
Thailand Public School
positions (5 month contracts):
Principal
Principal
A limited number of spaces are
still available with start dates in
(International School)
(International
School)
Shenzhen, China
May! You can apply online at
www.teachersforasia.com.
Korea Public School positions:
Shenzhen, China
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We are currently accepting
applications for jobs starting in
February, March and April. Get
your application in fast as
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spaces are filling up quickly!
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Upcoming TFA Telegram
features: These include
Competitions, Meet the Team,
Featured Travel Destinations,
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Location: Shenzhen, China
Salary: 65,000 RMB (c. US$10,000) per month
Start date: June 2013
Benefits: includes return flights, accommodation, health insurance,
summer and winter breaks. Also Round Trip air ticket for principal’s
family!
Class Level: Currently up to Elementary (expanding to Middle School
from August 2013)
Class sizes: Current enrolment of 460 students, expanding
Schedule: 5 days per week
Extra: Flagship, government invested, recently opened, international
school, developing IB, PYP, MYP and DP programs
Classroom Ideas, Interviewing
Tips, and much more! Stay
tuned!
Requirements: Candidates with experience of the IB program and
substantial whole school leadership experience required to oversee the
development of the middle and high school program/application.
“Vivamus porta
est sed est.”
Location Spotlight:
financial and commercial hub. It has one of
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the fastest-growing public transportation
offer endless opportunities for teachers
systems in the world with excellent
to find excellent bargains. Also Shanghai
subway, bus and taxi services. The general
is home to several professional football
road infrastructure is considered one of the
teams,
best in the world. Also with its’ famous
professional sport teams and offers any
Shanghai is an incredible city comprised of
high speed ‘bullet trains’ servicing Shanghai
ESL teacher a multitude of options when
over 20 million people. The expat population
stations from most parts of modern China,
it comes to playing sports or just
numbers in the 100,000s with a large
you are spoilt for choice for methods of
watching. Like any major city, museums
population of English language teachers
travel. The Shanghai skyline is a popular
and galleries are everywhere, and
dotted all over the city. Many English
sight, showing off incredible 21st century
Shanghai residents love to go to the
teachers we’ve talked to describe how they
architecture, which many consider to be
cinema and theatre. In terms of food
‘fell in love’ with the city when they first
unmatched around the world. Shanghai
options, Shanghai boasts some of the
moved there. They constantly mention the
also offers many green spaces where many
finest cuisine in the world, and offers a
famous ‘French Concession’ area along with
teachers can choose to escape the
seemingly endless number of local and
some of the famous nightlife spots.
constant buzz of life in this big city.
international restaurants. If you haven’t
Shanghai
as
well
as
several
other
added Shanghai to your ‘Must Visit’ list
In terms of geography, Shanghai is located
Shanghai city is a renowned fashion capital
on the mouth of the Yangtze River. It is
with a fantastic mix of western and
recognized around the world as a cultural,
traditional designs. Famous shopping areas
this year, you should do so ASAP!
financial, and commercial hub. It has one of
2
the fastest-growing public transportation
systems in the world with excellent subway,
bus and taxi services. The general road
TFA Telegram ~ February 2013
Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique
senectus et netus et malesuada fames
ac turpis egestas.
Festivals in Korea:
A Treat for the Senses!
By: David Wills
Festivals are both numerous and yearround in Korea. With good public
transport and cheap accommodation
the norm, you have no excuse for not
investigating some of these. Below
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the whole country. However, do be
newspaper just last year, it all
prepared; traveling in Korea at this
takes place on Daecheon Beach
time can be a draining experience at
near the west coast town of
peak
Boryeong,
times.
Trains,
planes
and
automobiles are all working at capacity
province at the end of July. This is
to ferry people home. Of course, if you
a must see! Check out all the
prefer to just kick back and relax, you
details
will find something to suit your needs
(http://www.mudfestival.or.kr/engl
without traveling too far.
ish) and start getting ready for one
we’ve listed a few of the more popular
at
the
following
link:
of the best parties in South Korea.
festivals that are coming up this year
Boryeoung Mud Festival (July)
here in South Korea.
Mud glorious mud! It’s everywhere
Seollal (February)
and you’ve never seen the likes of this.
In February, Koreans celebrate the
Mud baths, mud swimming pools, jail
a truly international one. Different
Lunar New Year along with many
cells with bars where you get doused
forms of martial arts from around
other Asian countries. It is known as
in mud, a huge mudslide, mud obstacle
the world make for an exciting day or
Seollal. Koreans go to great lengths to
courses and loads more – and all set
two even if you’ve only got a passing
get ready for this holiday including
on a gorgeous beach where you can
interest in martial arts. As South
preparing lots of delicious food in
splash into the sea to wash it all off
Korea is the center of the world for
advance so they can invite their family
before getting muddied all over again.
Taekwondo and regularly dominates
There is also a big stage providing
the medals in many of the Martial Art
holiday. There are lots of Seollal
much entertainment from morning to
events
events and activities that foreign
late at night! Voted Number one
guaranteed to see some serious
visitors can get involved in throughout
International Festival by the Guardian
combat on show!
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senectus
netustoetshare
malesuada
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and friendsetover
this special
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Chuncheongnam-do
Chungju Martial Arts Festival
(October)
The Martial Arts festival in October is
at
the
Olympics, you’re
TFA Telegram ~ February 2013
Here’s a ‘funny’ for you to enjoy,
courtesy of our partners at
ROKetship!
Check out their website at
www.roketship.com.
Happy Lunar New Year from all of us at
Teachers for Asia!
새해 복 많이 받으세요
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