Brief Introcduction to the JS993

　　JS993 is one of the best governmental High school in Jiangsu Province to provide three years Chinese pre-university program to students whose age are ranged from 16 to 18. It is a boarding school with about 4000 students and 400 over teachers in the campus. The school was founded in 1939 and it inherits excellent Chinese traditional culture and builds up state of the art facilities and modern educational philosophy. In 2004, the school started to cooperate with the Senior Secondary Assessment Board of South Australia (SSABSA) and offer students Australian high school final year program – South Australian Matriculation (S·A·M) (Australian Year 12). The program provides Chinese students alternative pathway for tertiary education. Therefore, Chinese students in this area can acquire more opportunities to study overseas further. Especially, students who choose to take the Australian Year 12 program, will gain sound training in English communication and academic preparation for them to face to future challenge.

　　Changzhou is a beautiful city with long history. It is a middle size city beside Shanghai – Nanjing railway and high way with very convenient nett traffic system. It is about 160 km away from Shanghai and 120 km away from Nanjing. There are many famous cities around Changzhou, such as Suzhou, Wuxi and Yellow Mountain. Changzhou has about one million population with fast growing light industry economy. There is no heavy pollution here compared with other cities in China and the living environment is beautiful and comfortable.

S·A·M Program in China

　　The S·A·M program taught in China is also completely administrated and supervised by SSABSA as well as S·A·M in Australia, Malaysia and Singapore. Students complete the program in the school’s campus and they also sit for the final examinations in the campus.

S·A·M Subjects offered in China:
1. English as a Second Language Studies (ESL)
2. Mathematical Studies
3. Specialist Mathematics
4. Physics
5. Chemistry

　　All subjects selected for Chinese students to study in the school are approved by SSABSA and the teaching requirements and curriculum statement adopted are supervised by SSABSA. English is the teaching media language used. Teachers for S·A·M subjects are required to have experience in teaching S·A·M or equivalent level programs. They are also required to be interviewed and approved by SSABSA.

S·A·M Program course duration in China:
Based on the current Chinese educational system and the students competence in English, an 18 month packaged course is offered. The initial 6 months is a Bridging Course to prepare the Chinese students for the final 12 month study of the 5 S·A·M subjects in a different educational system.

Some of the aims of the Bridging Course include:

　　- improving students writing, listening, and oral communication skills through an English
Intensive course and general English training,
　　- an exposure to SSABSA teaching methodologies, policies and assessment practices,
　　- a background knowledge of Australian Year 11 in English Studies, Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry,
　　- development of study techniques.

　　English language teachers for the Bridging Course should be experienced in teaching oral
and listening with at least a TESOL qualification.

　　Teachers for the S·A·M program in China:
All teachers employed for teaching S·A·M in China are required to be qualified and appointed by SSABSA. This is an essential part of the quality assurance of the S·A·M program which is to be taught in China. All teachers are required to have experience to teach S·A·M or equivalent level programs (A Level, matriculation programs from other states in Australia, etc.). They are all good in English command with high School teaching experience and approved teaching qualifications.

Teaching Assistants (Tutors) are also welcomed to join the team to undertake marking, student tuition after class and lessons preparation for ESL, mathematics and science subjects (science labs preparation, information and study resource searching through internet, oral / listening teaching materials preparation, etc.).

Teaching materials:
The S·A·M program in China adopts the same curriculum statements set by SSABSA and the same textbooks used as Australian year 12 students. All textbooks and teaching materials are directly imported from Australian publishers.

Final examination and issue of Certificate:
SSABSA sets the final examination for each subject and supervises the examination, marking and final student results. Students in the China S·A·M Program Centre will sit for the final examinations in November and follow the same examination timetable as Australian year 12 students.

　　If you are interested, you could also send your resume,copies of degrees, passport and general photos to
E-mail: foreignteachers@anesl.com