Immediate Vacancy: History and Social Studies, Fall 2025
Location： Qingpu district，Shanghai
Qualities, Qualifications and Requirements:
• At least two years’ experience as an educator committed to discussion-, inquiry- and project-based learning in a student-focused environment;
• Experience with teaching and developing dynamic curriculum for US History, Government, and European and World History.
• Experience with AP courses in these areas is preferred, as is an openness to cross-disciplinary collaboration.
• Intercultural awareness and the flexibility to work in a dynamic, cross-cultural community; patience and persistence; a collaborative, team-oriented work ethic; and, a good-humored self-awareness.
• Bachelor’s degree (Masters or higher preferred) in history, education or a related social-scientific field; original credentials must be available and notarized with apostille and certification from the appropriate Chinese consulate.
• Native/fluent English speaker from the US, UK, NZ, Canada, Ireland, Australia, or South Africa per government requirements.
• Criminal background check and professional references as required for work in China, as well as the contact information for a current and most recent supervisor.
• Twenty classroom hours a week (aprx. four periods a day with a workday from 8am – 4pm) in History and Social Studies instruction, along with associated planning, student assistance, and evaluation; and, the support of and contribution to the school’s intellectual community.
• Help organize and advise an extracurricular club or activity with an enthusiastic desire for engagement with student life in a residential environment.
• Occasional (no more than 3 times per term) assistance on a Saturday or Sunday afternoon with recruitment and admission activities.
• Availability for new faculty orientation and planning by 15 August 2025; the school year will conclude late June 2026.
Benefits and Compensation:
• Annual salary, exclusive of local taxes, of RMB 375,000 – 425,000 (aprx. US$51,000 – 58,000) or as negotiated based on experience and qualifications.
• Local medical insurance.
• Support attaining necessary work authorization and residency permit or transfer of work credentials.
• Private on-campus housing with en-suite bath or a negotiated housing allowance.
• Relocation / transportation allowance.
• Support for professional development, including conference and workshop attendance.
• Official Chinese holidays; the school also has Thanksgiving and Christmas vacations (the later for at least one week).