What should I do if a foreign teacher in an international school in China does not have a degree?

Reporters from China Youth Daily and China Youth Network recently visited eight English-speaking youth training institutions in Nanjing and found that these institutions with senior foreign teacher promotion qualifications did not actually announce their foreign teacher qualifications. In addition, many parents said they “don’t know what qualifications foreign teachers need to teach.”

According to regulations, foreigners working in China must first obtain an employment certificate; foreigners applying for a foreign language teaching work visa in China must meet the following conditions: have a bachelor's degree or above, more than two years of relevant work experience, and engage in Mother tongue teaching, no criminal record, etc. Student, tourist and other visas are not allowed to teach in China.

Most institutions are unwilling to provide information about foreign teachers

Disney English, New Oriental Slimming, Aibei International Children's English, and Miller English have not disclosed foreign teacher qualification information; Qicheng English and Giraffe American English published some personal information of foreign teachers; EF Junior English published some foreign teachers’ TEFL (General English Teacher Qualification Certificate), TESOL (External English Teacher Qualification Certificate) and other foreign teacher qualification certificates on the display wall; Libu English Work permits for some foreign teachers in China were announced.

When reporters from China Youth Daily and China Youth Network asked as parents whether they could check the academic qualifications and other information of foreign teachers, staff from many institutions refused on the grounds that "you can only check after registration." Category".

The course consultant of Nanjing Disney English said that the foreign teachers they hired come from countries where native English is spoken, such as the United Kingdom, the United States, Australia, and Canada, and most of them are English-speaking. They are all graduates born after 1995. .

“We are direct sales, not a franchise. Foreign teachers are not recruited locally but must be screened by the headquarters. ” According to the consultant, the company has clear requirements and recruitment procedures for foreign teachers. First, applicants must have TEFL, TESOL and other foreign teacher qualification certificates and relevant work experience; secondly, the company will entrust a third-party agency to conduct the recruitment of the selected foreign teachers. The background check, including whether there is a criminal record, costs an average of 5,000 yuan per person; finally, the company will apply for a work permit in China for the successfully applied foreign teachers.

According to a Chinese teacher at Miller English Gulou Campus. , there is only one foreign teacher on campus, and the ratio of Chinese teaching to foreign teachers is 3:1. “Parents may want to take foreign teacher classes, but in my opinion, Chinese teachers teach their children English classes very seriously, and the results are very good. Foreign teachers leave right after class and may not have the patience of Chinese teachers. ”

The teacher revealed that some institutions, including them, cannot guarantee to recruit so many full-time student foreign teachers.

Fan Guomin, a lawyer at Jiangsu Nono Law Firm, said that consumption When choosing foreign teachers, they must ask the training institution to provide foreign teacher qualification certificates, work permits and other documents.

The organization’s audit management is “loopholes”

According to industry insiders, directly-operated stores and Franchise stores recruit foreign teachers in different ways. Unlike some global direct-operated companies, some affiliated organizations mainly recruit from local foreign teachers. In addition to introductions from acquaintances, online recruitment is also a very important method.