Any inform on this school and country etc. The head seems to have very positive reviews and seems to be someone that is fair and is working for the teachers. What tier would it be. Cost of living in the big city and food safety of course pollution issue as well as standard of living.

Anybody have some up to date information regarding this school, understand its new and has had problems in the past but seeking accreditation with IB,CIS and WASC. It already offers the Cambridge program. Up to date first hand knowledge would be appreciated if that is possible. Had an interview and was honest up to this point even offered to contact other teachers at the school and would give all staff email so not a selected few, which is nice I thought. Understand at the start as new school salary will be on the low side.

Ok so total package is around The initial contract is 87,000-117,300 Rm per year. This is including everything Housing. Utilities, and Retirement, Shipping and inclusive of salary which is around 9775 Rm per month. read it quick before it gets deleted.

@robbyp88 shocked with the salary ie initial contract band, working at Maccs would pay more lol

That is true I've had experience at National level, IPC, NZ, Some common core standards, did both category 1 and 2 training and doesn't mean jack to the top school where they are only looking for prior experience. So unless you want to work in a country that is less desirable over Bottom t2/t3 then it's difficult. I'm working part time in an IB school and when they did their interviews through the fairs, the head turned around and said if I want to apply I needed to go too the job fair, but they where looking for people with prior experience. So seems to be an exclusive club to get into, but keep applying you may get lucky

Any up to date information regarding the school, quality of life and potential to save etc

Just look at all the reviews on the school further down

@wrldtrvlr123 Thanks they are already contacting my reference, the next day so seem to be quick. But early days yet not getting my hopes up

30min Skype interview is that the norm, they did say before that they where busy and needed to keep it to that time

PsyGuy wrote:
> Its a corporate chain school. Very top third tier, can probably squeak into second
> tier. The coin is good, but its a corporate environment (on the mainland China you
> can compare them to Dipont). Its for profit and run very much like a corporate
> business, which isnt as much a problem in HK, as thats pretty much what everyone
> in HK does is work in a mega corporation or a local branch office. ESF makes no
> illusions though in that they own you, and they act like it. Admin/Management are
> brutal, not in an abusive way but they have extremely high expectations and expect
> you to perform, get the job done well, and your best is really only a start. However
> good you are you will be required to be better or you will be let go. They have
> a lot of turnover because the performance and work commitment expectations lead
> to burn out pretty quickly. ESF sees its faculty as resources and your either goal
> to consumed or your a diamond to be cut and polished, which one is up to you. A
> lot of ITS are consumed in the fire. The rewards though are there, most ESF admin.management
> is recruited internally, and even starting teachers make good coin for HK. Housing
> is and has been an issue, its enough if your lucky to get you a dump, most ITS pay
> out of pocket for western standards of housing quality, though like Japan space
> is an expensive premium. Many ITS supplement their income with tutoring, private
> lessons or ESOL, and while officially prohibited outside of approved ASP activities,
> many ITs do it anyway. TOEFL/IELTS and other university prep work is easily and
> readily available, and most HK residents work 2 or more jobs.
>
> They are an IB world school but a lot of the curriculum is still very British. They
> do offer more LS/SEN support than MANY other ISs in HK and China but they are a
> competitive IS, they measure a lot of their success by scores and LS/SEN students
> generally dont help scores, as such they are very selective and cautious regarding
> students they admit with LS/SEN needs, they will provide the resources and opportunities
> for students to maximize their potential. They do have waiting lists but there
> are "reserved" places for specific entities and organizations.
>
> HK is very expensive much like living in Tokyo, and while its very easy to spend
> a lot of money very quickly, its not impossible to live a comfortable life reasonably.
> Housing, fine dining, night life, and shopping are the big expenses, a lot of the
> HK lifestyle is "impressing" people, which can be very expensive if you want it
> to be.


Nice one PsyGuy Cheers !!!

Thats great thanks for the information does help.
Cheers

Have an interview coming up with the above company. Have done my research and looked on their website and at their schools etc. Seems all ok and enough information on it. But as a company what are they like and what are their schools like.
Any inside knowledge would be appreciated on the company. Understand HK is crazy expensive.
Thanks

Any up to date information on the school, location, standard of living, food etc just the normal questions you ask when you are unfamiliar of a place.

Seriously are the reviews on this school true, understand when you read a large amount of their reviews and they are generally the same then that says something but omg really anyone works or have worked their in the past with any truth in this would be appreciated.

Sorry can you explain in more detail please