Dear colleagues, hope you all are safe and healthy in this difficult times. I wanted to ask about the regulations in China for non-native English speakers for elementary English/homeroom teaching positions. My wife and I are a teaching couple and my wife isn't a native English speaker nor has a passport from US/UK/Canada. I teach physics and my wife is currently a KG PYP teacher.

I have been looking at teaching posts on Search Associates and I see that most posts from China emphasize that the regulations there allow them to hire only native speakers for English and homeroom teaching positions. Would there any exceptions to that? Is this the case only for some parts of China or for the whole country? Since I teach physics, I guess there is no requirement for me to be a native speaker. (I'm not a native speaker as well)

Thanks for your help in advance.

PsyGuy,

Thank you for your response. Unfortunately, we don't have the option to leave our baby at home with a babysitter. I'm not sure if we will be able to find a sitter in MA in such as short notice.

I didn't think that bringing a baby with you to the fair would have such a negative impact on your marketability but I see your point.

Hi,

My wife and I will be attending the Cambridge job fair this week as a teaching couple with our 3-month old baby. It will be our first time attending a job fair. We will not be able to participate in the interviews together because one of us will have to take care of the baby. We will tell the recruiters about our situation and ask for separate interviews.

We were wondering what kind of other challenges we would face during the fair and how we can prepare for them.

Thank you.