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Forums > Living in Kunming > What do I need to open a language school in YN?

I worked in several schools and found the same problems at every language school I worked in. You get what you pay for! - You seen one you seen them all! Don't forget this - What makes your school different then any others?

I met some excellent chinese teachers and foreign teachers. However, they are already working at other schools. So how do you get them to come teach at your school. No one knows your school because it is new and chinese love tradition. They go with what they know, and they go by word of mouth. So expect to pay rent and receive very little income the first year. In other words, you will be in the red.

This is how you make your school special. I recommend you pay Chinese teachers 100 RMB per hour. There are some great teachers out there. Dont choose the pretty girls who are 22-26 years old. Use the young teachers as receptionists until you have time to observe them and let them observe experienced teachers. All receptionists must be teachers. I have met the most useless receptionists who do NOT speak simple english and who could not give me simple directions on how to get to the school. They have no clue of directions or what bus stops in front of their school. They had no idea of landmarks or cross streets.

Pay more and get the mature (Over 28) teachers with experience and knowledge. They will leave the school where they are working and come work for you. Rule #1 - don't be cheap. Treat them with respect and cherish them.

If you pay Foreign teachers 100 RMB then you are just like the rest - Cheap. Good Foreign teachers get 150 RMB per hour in most places. You want good teachers, pay them 200 RMB and they will all flock to your school. Rule #2 - Get teachers with a visa and stay away from tourists and students who only want some spending money. They do NOT care about your school and will drop you in a NY minute. This will also keep you out of trouble with the PSB office who is now giving hefty fines to schools who hire illegal foreigners (NO working visa).

If you follow these simple suggestions you can choose the best teachers. Rule #3 - NO contracts - pay them by the hour for at least 6 months until you know who is good and who is not. I seen a lot of schools give a 1 or 2 year contract to a loser and they are stuck with them.

Finally, reward your good workers. Send your good workers who are NOT english majors to other schools (as students). You pay their fee and when they come back they will be grateful and they can spy on the other school and get ideas of what is good and what teachers are good. You can then use this knowledge to improve your own school and recruit the good teachers who may not have heard about you. This will make your staff LOYAL.

The biggest mistake I have seen is lieing to your staff and paying them different wages. Nothing pisses them off more then to know they have been cheated. All schools have a policy of NOT telling others their salaries. But low and behold, someone always spills the beans and the resentment begins. All are same - chinese 100, Foreiger 200. If someone is NOT good, get rid of them but do NOT keep them and pay them less.

Remember this - Quality will get you Quantity - If you have the best teachers, you will get new students quickly and you will NOT be in the red. Most schools try to get quantity (many students) but they have NO quality (useless teachers).

You need to focus on the Product/Services you provide. Do not worry about business and profit. If you build it, they will come. Build it well and employ only the BEST teachers! I guarantee you will have people at your door.

And when you make a mistake, and you will, for God sakes, Change things and don't continue the SAME mistake. If you already hired teachers and are paying them 100, then Change it NOW.

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Forums > Living in Kunming > Heavy Metal Toxin Testing

The Yunnan CDC requires filling out 2 forms in Chinese which is very time consuming (about 30 minutes). Forms are filled out in the first floor and urine samples are dropped off at the 13th floor. When we took the samples upstairs the woman who does the testing harrassed us for 20 minutes trying to convince us NOT to test for Fluoride. We finally had to tell her that we already paid for the services we wanted and we know what we want so please stop trying to persuade us. Also, the machine that tests for Mercury is still broken and they can not test for mercury.

I found the CDC site very inconvenient for testing of heavy metals. The staff are just concerned with giving vaccines and not very helpful.

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Forums > Food & Drink > Yunnan barbecu-bamboo worms & locusts

I went for insects two days before with my native Kunming friend and new French friend. Actually, I'm afraid of them. - Are you afraid of your friends, afraid of the insects, or afraid of both?

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Great article - here is a lit of the bridges in the vicinity.

1. TENG QIAO – YUN LONG - 云龙藤桥
2. GONG GUO QIAO – YUN LONG - 云龙功果桥(昌金桥)
3. HUI MIN QIAO – BAO FENG - 宝丰惠民桥(新桥)
4. DI ZHU QIAO – BAO FENG - 宝丰砥柱桥
5. XIAO TIE QIAO – BAO FENG - 宝丰小铁桥
6. TONG JING QIAO – CHANG XIN - 长新通京桥
7. YONG ZHEN QIAO – CHANG XIN - 长新永镇桥
8. AN LAN QIAO – CHANG XIN - 长新安澜桥
9. QING YUN QIAO – SHI MEN - 石门青云桥
10. FEI LONG QIAO – JIU ZHOU - 旧州飞龙桥遗址(仅剩"望江楼"和桥墩)
11. XIN YUN QIAO – GUO LANG - 果朗新云桥
12. ZHONG ZHOU QIAO – GUO LANG - 果朗中州桥(土官桥)
13. SHI LI HE XIAO QIAO - 师里河小桥
14. CAI FENG QIAO – BAI SHI - 白石彩凤桥
15. GU QIAO – SHI JING - 师井古桥

Grave Stele of Ma Hazhi - 马哈只墓碑 - Jinning – Kunming.

This is a Historical and Cultural site of Kunming and it is located inside Zheng He Park.

Shi zhai shan Old Tombs - 石寨山古墓群 - Jinning – Kunming.

This is another historical site located not from from the park in Jinning.

Supply and demand. Go to every TCM office and confiscate all endangered species products they have in stock. Do this throughout the entire nation. Photograph and record the owner and store and let them know if they have any of these products ever again they will go to jail or get the death penalty. Problem solved. Same for ivory and other items.

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The new Visa office is located at 118 Tuo Dong Road. There is no number on the building yet so do not bother to look for it. There are 2 passport photo shops on either side of the building. The office is located directly in front of the Kunming Museum. The bus stop is named - Shi Bo Wu Guan - Bus 1, 62, 109, 117, 145, 213, A1 and K3 stop directly in front of the office. Foreigners need to go to the 3rd floor. The Tuo Dong Stadium is located to the right of the office while Baita Road is located to the left of the office.