SOME REASONS THAT OUR TEACHERS FIND WORKING AT YEW CHUNG ATTRACTIVE |
- Our generous compensation package allows most newly graduated teachers from North America to fully re-pay their student loans by their fourth year of service.
- Yew Chung strongly believes in promoting its employees from within. For example, 80% of our 16 principals were promoted from within.Many young teachers were also promoted to Coordinators (Head Teachers) or administrators.
- Foreign teachers are given opportunities to transfer between Yew Chung International Schools in different
 geographic locations without losing seniority.
- Each academic year, teachers were selected and sent for IB training. More of such opportunities will be forthcoming.
- Every year, we send selected principals and teachers to attend international conferences such as the NAEYC conference in the USA.
- All overseas expatriate teachers are housed in furnished apartments or given a housing allowance in their city of work.
- All overseas expatriate staffs receive a cash gratuity upon completion of their contract.
- All overseas expatriate working for us in Chinese cities get various forms of tax subsidies from the Foundation.
- Those working in Hong Kong have less trouble with tax issues.In addition, they pay a progressive individual income tax rate that is around 16% in the fiscal year 2004-05.
- Overseas expatriate teachers enjoy tuition fee waiver for up to two of their children.
- The Yew Chung Education Foundation Research Fund caters to our academic staff¡¯s development through funding action research in the classroom and other applied research projects.All employees are eligible to apply for research grants.
- Our staff card can be used for discounts at participating retail outlets, restaurants and hotels.
- We conduct internal symposiums on various topics to enrich our staff¡¯s understanding of international education and early childhood education.
- During the 2005-06 academic year, our schools subscribed to fieldsworks.com online courses and our teachers have full access to the online courses for their professional development.
- Teachers with a heart for missionary service find working in Yew Chung a wonderful opportunity to share the love of Christ to children.
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