English teachers needed for HKPS in sunny southern TAIWAN
HsinKang Primary School in Chiayi county, Taiwan needs English teachers
Requirements:
- patient, well organized, enthusiastic.
- one year commitment
- Native English speaker
- Bachelor’s degree or higher
- Teaching license (as required to teach at a public school in your home country)
Note: we may consider a highly experienced teacher without a teaching license but
only if they do not require a work permit or ARC from the school. (example - spouse
of a Taiwanese)
Job description – all positions are fulltime
-20 classes per week (40 minutes each)
-All classes at one school
-Work Week: 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM; Monday to Friday
-Paid national holidays
-Overtime pay for optional extra classes
-Supportive work environment
-Complete curriculum and teaching materials provided
-Work permit, ARC (Alien Resident Certificate) provided
-National health insurance and labor insurance provided.
-Pay: 60,000 TWD to 70,000 TWD/month - based on experience
-Half month salary bonus based on teaching evaluations
About HsinKang Primary School
HKPS is centrally located in Singang township, Chiayi county, TAIWAN.
- 111 years of school history
- 1218 students in grades one to six
- 60 teachers; 11 support staff
- Hot lunch is provided daily.
- We assist in finding a house or apartment rental or home stay.
(low cost of living compared to big cities of Taiwan)
- Currently we have three foreign English teachers and three local English teachers.
Nearby Singang Townhip
Singang Township is a rural township of 35,000.
The school is 15 km northwest of Chiayi city center. (275,000)
Chiayi’s High speed rail station is only 10km away. (less than 90 minutes to Taipei)
The ocean is 30km to the west. (part of the Southwest Coast National Scenic Area)
The Alisan mountain National Scenic Area begins 20km to the west.
The famous Alisan National forest is 60km west of Singang.
The popular Guanzihling hot springs resort is also nearby.
More about Singang Township
The school is located in the Township’s central town – also called Singang - and is
surrounded by other small villages and peaceful green fields. The main crops are rice,
sugarcane, vegetables, fruit and flowers.
Close by to the school is the township library, Chiayi county Museum of Natural
History, The Ceramic Museum, and the Incense Park. Singang has many temples
including the famous Feng-tien temple in the center of town. Feng-tien temple attracts
thousands of Pilgrims every year who make amazing, colorful processions to the
temple. Feng-tien temple also hosts Taiwan’s largest cultural festival during the
Chinese new year period and a huge pilgrimage procession from Taichung county in
the spring. Our school hosts the pilgrims for two days during which there is a two day
school holiday.
About southern Taiwan’s climate
Because Taiwan has very high mountains there are very different climatic regions on
the island. For example, for the 6 month period October to March:
- The Chiayi area has -- 5 rainy days per month on average.
- The Taipei area has -- 14 rainy days per month on average.
(source: Taiwan CWB)
Please apply to:
Mr. Lee I Fang, Educational Administration Director
HsinKang Primary School
105 Teng-yun Road
Singang Township, Chiayi County, TAIWAN
Phone: 05-374-2039
Fax: 05-374-4040
E-mail: HKPS@mail.cyc.edu.tw
for more details please contact: Natalie Lin via email.