We now have the dates for our Teaching Volunteer Program in Yantai, China for 2015.

Dates for 2015:

Spring Semester: March 2 – June 30
Summer Session: July 13 – 26
Fall Semester: September 1 – December 20

Yantai is a coastal town in China, about a one-hour flight from Beijing. Yantai is a relatively small Chinese city with an urban population of a little over two million people.

The teaching placements are at boarding schools in the heart of Yantai. The age groups of the students are: 6-12 years old for the primary kids, 13-15 years old for the middle school, and 16-18 years old for the high school students.

The schedule is Monday to Friday with approximately two hours of classroom time daily. The most important role you will have is to practice conversational English with the students. They do not often get to hear a native accent, especially in person.

So how do you qualify? You must be a native speaker of English, and you must be at least eighteen years of age on the program start date.

Your accommodations will be on the school campus. You will have your own private apartment, with WIFI, TV and your own bathroom.

Meals are included and take place in the dining room with the students and colleagues. There is a wide range of food, including vegetables, beans, rice, fish, chicken, beef, fruit, and and eggs. You can also walk to grocery stores in your school’s neighborhood to buy things like snacks, instant coffee, and soft drinks.

Click for some videos from the teaching program in China to get a better idea what the classroom experience is like.

On the weekends, there are some wonderful activities and towns in and around Yantai. One of our favorites is the coastal city of Qingdao. Once a colony of Germany and Japan, Qingdao has a great deal of European architecture. The red roofs, green trees, blue sea, and azure sky form a bright and colorful picture here. The city is sometimes known as the Switzerland of the Orient.