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Newcastle Mandarin Chinese School is based in Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne. On this website you will get information about the School, the classes and activities that we are offering.

For parents whose children are already learning Mandarin in the School, you can find information on our latest news, events, and links to useful websites relevant to your children’s’ learning.

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What's new in our school

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Teaching Coordinator Vacancy ^New

09/09/2018

The Newcastle Mandarin Chinese School has been well established in central Newcastle for years. We are proud that we provide an exceptional Chinese language learning experience to children age between 6 and 18 across Northumberland, Newcastle, Sunderland, North and South of Type geographic areas. We currently have over 150 students in 11 classes from entry level to A level. 85% of our parents think their children’s Chinese level has met their expectation. All of our students have achieved A or above in past GCES and A Level exams in the past years.

We want to share with you an exciting opportunity working with our team, as a Teaching Coordinator (24 month fixed term). This is a voluntary position. However, your expenses will be covered up to £75 per week depending on experiences.

The main responsibility of this role is to continuously improve the quality of teaching which the key of our success is. Your will be reporting directly to the Head of the Parents Committee. You will be guided by the strategic direction and operational guidance set out by the Parents Committee. You will be supporting a team of teaching staff, volunteers through extremely busy times. A real interest in working with children and passion with Chinese culture is key, and experience in teaching and/or management would be a real advantage. We are looking for someone who is honest, reliable, extremely organised, proactive in their working style and flexible to cope with the busy challenges the team are faced with. You must be confident to deliver training to teaching staff, conduct appraisals and covering absence when required. You will be able to prioritise your own work load as well as manage the progress of all teaching staff. In return you will get to work with a fantastic team, who will support you every step of the way to fulfil your objectives.

Key Job Responsibilities

To build a systematic method to recruit, develop, manage and best utilise all teaching workforce, including teachers, supply teachers, teaching assistants and class room volunteers.
To select suitable textbooks/teaching materials, develop and update syllabus, as well as a teaching file repository, including exam papers, teaching materials, teaching plan, etc, to support teaching;
To monitor and improve teaching quality for all classes.
To identify training needs from teaching staff and deliver in-house trainings for areas of development.
To undertake all tasks/projects allocated by the Committee’s required time frame.

The closing date is Sunday 23rd September 2018, with interviews to be held on Saturday 6^th October 2018. Invite to interview emails will be sent out by 1^st October 2018.

We look forward to receiving your application. Please email (recruitment@newcastlemandarin.org.uk) your CV along with a covering letter (both in English and Chinese) explaining why you want to apply for this role and what you can bring to the school.