Safest Landing in China Teachers vs. Backpackers Straight Scoop on the Z-visa Our Profit Sharing Plan
Safest Landing in China What do we mean when we say Kenneth’s English School is the safest landing in China? Simply that we try and make it the safest and easiest transition possible – especially when you arrive from abroad. Lets face it, uprooting and relocating across the world to a school in China can be risky. Some schools [...]
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Teachers vs. Backpackers In China, the bar is lower than most other countries when it comes to being hired as a teacher. There are a lot of reasons for this, including inadequate screening procedures, wage scales offered, perceptions of the role of Foreign Teachers, etc. What this translates to, in some cases, is a nineteen year old high [...]
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Straight Scoop on the Z-visa There is a lot of confusion over Z-visas. Let’s demystify things by first stating a Z Visa is the visa that allows you to legally obtain employment in China. It is good for thirty days (even though it is usually printed as being good for “000″ days) [see Z Visa image] and its purpose is [...]
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Our Profit Sharing Plan Come for the Teaching, Stay for the Profit Sharing In 2011, Kenneth’s English began offering profit sharing opportunities to some of its experienced teachers. We think this offers great benefit to both the school and teachers. For our school, profit sharing assists in our expansion plans, and for teachers, it offers more money and a [...]
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About

Kenneth’s English School was opened in Jilin, China on May 8th, 2004 with the first scheduled class on May 12th, 2004.

We believed that the time was right for a foreign owned and managed school that could offer superior teaching methods and superior service to its foreign teachers.

We firmly believe that dynamic, enthusiastic and committed teachers make really good schools. We are committed to providing the best service to our teachers.

We know that teachers come to China to teach and to experience all that living in China can offer. Teachers can do neither well if they are plagued with problems with their Visas, apartments, days off, vacation time, and must even worry about getting paid in full and on time.

By December of 2004, Kenneth’s English School was teaching more than 1,600 students (both at the main school and at Chinese Public Schools). Parents and children were eager to enjoy our educationally sound, fun, high energy teaching style.

Our school is the fastest growing Foreign Language School in Jilin. We fully expect our rapid rate of growth to continue as more and more satisfied parents continue to tell their friends and family about our school.

Main School on fifth floor, Annex B, downtown Jilin

We believe in an informal, yet professional working environment. We take our obligations to our teachers, parents and students seriously.

We try to ensure that the teachers we hire will be a good fit in our school. We think that a teacher who is knowledgeable about our school, and what we expect, can make a better decision as to whether we are the right school to join.

Today, for a number of reasons, there is a strain in the relationship between schools and foreign teachers.

If you have never taught in China before, it is highly recommended you read some of the many ESL Internet forums before signing a contract with any school.

From the teacher’s prospective, schools too often over-promise, under-deliver, and fail to meet their contractual obligations to the teacher.

From the schools perspective, they encounter too many teachers who only come to China to travel and party and do not take teaching obligations with any seriousness.

At our school, we are committed to keeping our promises to the teachers. Likewise, we expect them to be equally diligent in fulfilling their duties.

Make no mistake about it, teaching is a job. Teachers are expected to show a work ethic and self-motivation.

Those who are primarily interested in coming to China to travel and party extensively and dabble at the occasional teaching effort when travel funds run low are not the type of teachers we require.

Teaching children should be fun for the teacher as well as the students. If the school management is supportive and diligent, teachers can focus on fun classes as well as enjoyable living in China.

We have tried to make this web site as candid, and informative as possible. If you have some questions, comments or suggestions for us, please write us at ken@kennethsenglish.com.