We Can Place Native English Speaking Teachers in China who are between the Ages of 18 to 65

What is the youngest aged teacher who can be placed in China?

A: While we can place teachers as young as 18 years of age, it is not always easy and depends to a large extent on the maturity, experience and self confidence of the teacher. Many Chinese schools are very wary of employing any native English speaking teachers under the age of 20. This is primarily due to previous bad experience with many schools. Experience tells us that young teachers are more likely to get homesick, feel overwhelmed by the new culture or miss the familiarity of home and their mothers. If a teacher arrives and then decides to go home again soon after starting this can cause a loss of face for the school and for us, and ends up costing everyone involved valuable time, money and resources. As well, local authorities are notified and invariably ask questions of the school management like "why did you employ someone so young and clearly (in hindsight) not able to handle themselves?". This can quickly escalate for our school partners as not all schools and colleges in China are allowed to employ foreign experts and those that do have usually had to work hard for the privilege and don't want to lose it. If the 'privilege' of employing foreign experts is deemed to have been abused, it can quickly be reversed by the Chinese government which is a tragedy for the school and could signal the end of often years of hard work.