A Brief Introcduction to the Zhanjiang No 2 Middle School

New campus to be completed by July,2005

　　Located in Zhanjiang City, Guangdong Province, China, Zhanjiang No 2 Middle School was originally founded by a Frenchman 100 years ago and was given the present name in 1950. It is the only key middle school under the charge of Zhanjiang City. Moreover, it has been designated by Guangdong government as a First Class School, Experimental School of Modern Educational Technology, Educational Information Demonstration Unit and a School Offering Traditional Sports focusing on Track and Field. Guangdong government has also approved that Zhanjiang No. 2 Middle School has the qualification of engaging foreign teachers. Now it has been developed to be a school of high teaching quality and excellent management, which owns the first-class facilities and experienced teachers. At present there are 3784 students and 256 well-qualified full-time teaching and administrative staff.

Foreign teachers in the school

　　The school has a modern comprehensive administrative system for teaching with audiovisual aids, campus computer networks, an information center, computer labs for preparing lessons, computerized reading rooms for students, a broadcasting studio room and 61 multimedia-teaching classrooms.
　　The school takes an active part providing quality education and maintains a good reputation in Guangdong province due to its remarkable achievements. For example, the college admission rate of the graduating classes reached 100% in the year 2003. One of the students, Zhou Tian, attained the highest sum score of Guangdong Province in the 2002 National College Entrance Examination. Another student, Wu Mingwu, attained the highest mathematics score of Guangdong Province in the 2003 National College Entrance Examination. Each year about 40% of the graduates enroll in key universities, such as Qinghua University, Beijing University, Zhongshan University and so on. The school has trained a lot of the elites for the country since 1950. In the field of sports, Zhang Xiaodong, a windsurfing world champion, and Yao Qiming, a badminton doubles world champion graduated from this school.

New campus to be completed by July,2005

　　Zhanjiang No 2 Middle School has come to a new period of educational modernization. The scale of the school is being expanded. At present, a new modernized campus, which covers an area of more than 300 mu (about 50 acres), is being built in the center of Economic Developing Zone of Zhanjiang and will be completed in July, 2005, when the senior grades will move there. The school is trying its best to become a modern school with both national and international reputation for its first-class education, so qualified teachers from abroad are wanted.

　　Background notes:

Sports Ground

　　The Chinese middle school education system consists of three years of junior middle school and three years of senior middle school. The ages of the students are from 13 to 19 years old. Children start their English course at the age of 9, third grade in primary school.
　　Zhanjiang is a beautiful seaport city lying in southernmost end of China. It occupies an area of more than 12470 square kilometers and has a population of about 7 million. Well known for its seafood and pearl products, Zhanjaing faces the sea and near Hainan Island that is called “the Oriental Hawaii”. Convenient transportation is available. There is an airport, a railway station, a harbor and express highways leading to Guangzhou, the capital of Guangdong Province and Hongkong. The city environment is beautiful and pleasant all the year round with an average temperature of 22.8℃.

Zhanjiang No.2 Middle School’s requirements and offers for foreign teachers

New campus to be completed by July,2005

　　Our school is rescruiting 4―6 foreign teachers.The requirements and offers are as follows:
　　A:Applicants should provide the following necessary materials:
　　1. copy of valid passport
　　2. Resume
　　3. copy of educational certificates
　　4. recommendation letters from experts
　　5. A recent photo

　　B:Applicants must meet the following requirements:

Sculpture in the campus

　　1. Nationality:America,England,Canada,Australia or other English-speaking countries.
　　2. Language:native English speaker with neutral and standard accent.
　　3. Gender: male/ female
　　4. Age: 20-60
　　5. Be in good health
　　6. Past teaching experience is preferred.
　　7.workload:16-20 lessons per week as well as a weekly English corner.

　　C:We shall provide each recruited foreign teacher with:
　　1. Monthly salary: (RMB) 4500 yuan
　　2. An international round-trip air ticket for one-year contract
　　3. Free boarding. A well- furnished apartment with a bedroom,a sitting room,a kitchen and a washroom.(not sharing with other teachers),equipped with air-conditioner,washing machine, telephone,computer, TV set,cooking facilities,refrigerator and other life necessities.

Present school gate

　　4.A monthly subsidy of RMB 150 yuan for water,electricity and telephone.
　　5.Foreign teachers enjoy all national holidys as well as the summer and winter vacations during the contract period. The school shall grant each foreign teacher RMB 1200 yuan a year as travelling allowance.

　　Address: No 134 Minzhi Road, Xiashan District, Zhanjiang City, Guangdong Province, China
　　Zip Code: 524006
　　Telephone: +86759-2204106
　　Fax: +86759-2204016
　　E-mail: zjez001@163.com
　　Website: http://zjez.3322.org

　　If you are interested, you could also send your resume,copies of degrees, passport and general photos to
E-mail: foreignteachers@anesl.com