This Middle School is founded in 1987. It is situated in the development zone of Haimen City in Jiangsu Province,P.R.C. It is a school for Students aged from13 to 15 years old.
This Middle School has two parts: the Eastern Part and the Western Part. Two parts are in one campus. The Eastern Part is a full-time boarding school run by the local people with about 450 students enrolled. The Western Part is a day school with about 1800 students. There are about 200 teachers. There are nearly 20 English teachers and 5 foreign teachers all the year.
The school is distinctive in that it gives special emphasis to the teaching of foreign language, computer skills, and fine arts. In addition, this school conducts teaching in small-sized classes(which is quite different from other schools in China) taking individual student’s needs into consideration and teaching different students with different methods.
It is equipped with the most advanced facilities including the modern office building, classroom buildings, lab buildings, library building, science hall, gymnasium, students’apartments as well as a 400-metre track and field playground. Various labs such as physics, chemistry, biology, language labs are established in line with the national standards. The spacious apartments are designed in suites for four students. They are equipped with air-conditioner, telephone and bathroom. The school is equipped with closed-circuit televisions, a computer servcie centre, and multi-media equipments. A professional doctor and nursing staff are available round the clock to ensure students’ health and safety. The cafeteria serves three nutritious meals and two snacks each day.
The school is also equipped with a team of teachers of intermediate or high professional titles and excellent young teachers. Of all the teachers, 30% hold special grade or high professional title, and 55% bear intermediate professional title, and more than 60% have ever been praised at national, provincial or municipal level for their distinguished service. With their noble devotion, rich experience in teaching and advanced teaching methods, they come to be model workers in the field. It has a characteristic part, in which the experiment of teaching reform carried on, small-sized classes, bilingual education practised. There are five foreign teachers working here every year, the students can receive the external education, besides, the teachers and students can be sent to the famous university overseas to visit and to be trained there. It is an International Educational Exchange Center in Haimen city. It is also a teaching and activity base of Shanghai Foreign Language University.
Mr. Zhang Binghua, the principal, the founder of This Middle School, a deputy to the NPC, a Provincial Model Worker, a Provincial Advanced Individual of Educational Administration, a Provincial Expert of Psychological Health Education, a scholar…The school in his charge has got such titles as “The Experimental School of Quality Education of Jiangsu Province”, “The National Model School of Psychological Health Education”, “The National Experimental Language School”, “The Provincial Experimental School in Reforming Moral Education” and “The National Experimental School in the Middle and Primary School Reforming”. And the school has been a model school of Jiangsu Province for ten years.
During the 16 years, This Middle School has made itself well-known for various achievements. For example, the headmaster, Mr Zhang Binghua has been awarded many honorary designations, such as “The National advanced individual of pushing on the quality education”. In 2000 , he took part in the seminar of the UNSCEO, he was invited to give them a special subject speech to exchange the experience for running a school; In the teaching field, about 112 academic theses of the teachers have been won the first-class in Jiangsu Province; the teaching quality is also the best in the city; After a special trip to our school, CCTV and The Educational TV Station of Jiangsu Province made a special report--- Erect a Heart Bridge and Sow the “Sun”. The belief of This Middle School is “Every student can be developed for his abilities”. All the staff are doing their best to construct the best educational environment and make This Middle School an international top-grade school
Sample Contracta
I. Party A This Middle school wishes to engage the service of Party B as an English teacher . The two parties, in a spirit to friendly cooperation, agree to sign this contract and pledge to fulfil conscientiously all the obligations stipulated in it.
II. The period of service will be from the 25th day of February , 2008 to the 31st day of December , 2008 .
III. The duties of Party B (see attached pages)
IV. Party B's monthly salary will be ￥ Yuan RMB, 70 % of which can be converted into foreign currency monthly.
V. Party A's Obligations
1.Party A shall introduce to Party B the laws, decrees and relevant regulations enacted by the Chinese government, the Party A's work system and regulations concerning administration of foreign experts.
2.Party A shall conduct direction, supervision and evaluation of Party B's work.
3.Party A shall provide Party B necessary working and living conditions.
4.Party A shall provide co-workers.
5.Party A shall pay Party B's salary regularly by the month.
VI. Party B's Obligations
1.Party B shall observe the laws, decrees and relevant regulations enacted by the Chinese government and shall not interfere in China's internal affairs.
2. Party B shall observe Party A's work system and regulations concerning administration of foreign experts and shall accept Party A's arrangement, direction, supervision and evaluation in regard to his/her work. Without Party A's consent, Party B shall not render service elsewhere or hold concurrently any post unrelated to the work agreed on with Party A.
3. Party B shall complete the tasks agreed on schedule and guarantee the quality of work.
4. Party B shall respect China's religious policy, and shall not conduct religious activities incompatible with the status of an expert.
5. Party B shall respect the Chinese people's moral standards and customs.
VII. Revision, Cancellation and Termination of the Contract
1. Both parties should abide by the contract and should refrain from revising, canceling, or terminating the contract without mutual consent.
2. The contract can be revised, canceled, or terminated with mutual consent. Before both parties have reached an agreement, the contract should be strictly observed.
3.Party A has the right to cancel the contract with a written notice to Party B under the following conditions:
(1) Party B does not fulfil the contract or does not fulfil the contract obligations according to the terms stipulated, and has failed to amend after Party A has pointed it out.
(2) According to the doctor's diagnosis, Party B cannot resume normal work after a continued 30 days sick leave.
4. Party B has the right to cancel the contract with a written notice to Party A under the following conditions:
(1) Party A has not provided Party B with necessary working and living conditions as stipulated in the contract.
(2) Party A has not paid Party B as scheduled.
VIII. Breach Penalty
When either of the two parties fails to fulfil the contract or fails to fulfil the contract obligations according to the terms stipulated, that is , breaks the contract, it must pay a breach penalty of US $ 500 to 2,000 (or the equivalent in RMB).
If Party B asks to cancel the contract due to events beyond control, it should produce certifications by the department concerned, obtain Party A's consent, and pay its own return expenses; If Party B cancels the contract without valid reason, it should pay its own return expenses and pay a breach penalty to Party A.
If Party A asks to cancel the contract due to events beyond control, with the consent of Party B, it should pay Party B's return expenses; if Party A cancels the contract without valid reason, it should pay Party B's return expenses and pay a breach penalty to Party B.
IX. The appendix of this contract is an inseparable part of the contract and has equal effect.
X. This contract takes effect on the date signed by both parties and will automatically expire when the contract ends. If either of the two parties asks for a new contract, it should forward its request to another party 90 days prior to the expiration of the contract, and sign the new contract with mutual consent.
Party B shall bear all expenses incurred when staying on after the contract expires.
XI. Arbitration
The two parties shall consult with each other and mediate any disputes that may arise about the contract. If all attempts fail, the two parties can appeal to the organization of arbitration for foreign experts affairs in the State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs and ask for a final arbitration.
This Contract is signed at , in duplicate, this day of ,2008 , in the Chinese and English languages, both texts being equally authentic.
Party A ： Party B：
Principal: Signature ：
Signature ：
Date of Confirmation Date of Signature
