Exclusive Analysis:Portrait of On-board International Teachers in China

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*Definition of "Spring Semester" and "Fall Semester" in the following contents:

Spring Semester: February to July every year;

Fall Semester: August to January in next year.

Age

The number of on-board teachers aged between 30 to 39 accounts for more, teachers aged 20 to 29 and 40 to 49 also accounts for a certain number. The proportion of teachers who are over 50 is small.

Gender

Among the on-board foreign teachers, the number of male teachers is greater than that of female teachers.

Marriage Status

Among the on-board foreign teachers, the majority is single, the proportion of married teachers is small.

Nationality

In spring semesters, the nationality of on-board teachers are mainly British, American, Canadian and South African.

In fall semesters, teachers from the UK, the United States, Canada and South Africa form the majority. As the total number of on-board teachers is greater than that in spring semesters, the nationality distribution becomes more extensive, including Malaysia, Egypt, Kenya, Venezuela, the Netherlands, Serbia and Spain.

Teaching License

In spring semesters of 2021 and 2022, on-board teachers who hold teaching licenses account for 37.03% and 31.58% of the total respectively.

In fall semesters of 2021 and 2022, on-board teachers who hold teaching licenses account for 45.36% and 41.18% of the total respectively. Teachers mainly hold PGCE, SACE and US Teaching License.

Highest Degree

Bachelor Degree is the highest degree of most teachers who are on board in both spring and fall semesters. During fall semesters, the proportion of teachers holding Master's Degree has increased.

Curriculum Taught

In spring semesters, the number of teachers who are familiar with IB and A-Level is more than that of other curriculum systems.

In fall semesters, the number of teachers who are familiar with A-Level, AP, IB and IGCSE curriculum system is relatively average.

Preferred Student Group

In both spring and fall semesters, most on-board teachers expect to teach students that are in the K-12 stage, Grade 1 to Grade 9 students are highly preferred.

Target Teaching City

Teachers are more likely to teach in Tier 1 cities, including Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen, of which Shanghai is the majority. New Tier 1 Cities in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, such as Hangzhou, Ningbo, Nanjing and Suzhou, are also popular destinations among teachers. Geographically, most teachers prefer southern cities to teach in.

Subject Interested

The subjects that teachers are mainly interested teaching in are ESL for kids and young learners.

In addition to ESL, the top 5 popular subjects among the teachers who are on board in spring semesters are: Mathematics, Biology, Social Study, General PE and History.

In addition to ESL, the top 5 popular subjects among the teachers who are on board in fall semesters are: Mathematics, Science, Physics, History, Head/Director.

COVID-19 has been in existence for over three years, the negative effects are still everywhere. Under the current circumstance, recruiting highly qualified and suitable teachers has been a great challenge for most international schools in China. The pandemic situation and entry policies are full of uncertainties, foreign teachers who are currently outside China take longer times to enter China. The administrative complexity is likely to cause a higher candidate drop out rate.

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