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You're right! I read her ad too. Doesn't she know what the current rates are?

@Billdan, yes I was referring to Yunnan University of Nationalities. I have been to their new Chenggong campus (it's been around for maybe 2-3 years now, but it's certainly very beautiful and a far cry from their decrepit, aging city campus). The university does offer a free shuttle bus between its city and Chenggong campuses, however, the bus does take about an hour so you'd be spending at least 2 hours commuting everyday if you don't live near the new campus.

With a Master's degree in teaching (or equivalent) I'd be looking at the better paying universities or schools in cities like Shanghai, not Kunming, so to offer only 3500 per month and still require a master's degree is asking a bit much. I understand YUN are having trouble hiring teachers as it is, but for some reason they are insisting on the TEFL certificate.

would you please tell me who(native English speaking) runs a class( about 5 kids ) of age around 11 for English teaching? The teacher has to be fun( help kids rediscover their lovely nature) and the price has to be affordable. Thanks.

Spotted this ad...

"...private school in Zhaotong ...3500 per month for about 15 hours of teaching per week ... more if you have some experience. Free accommodation. Visa not included."

Accommodation aside, that's less than 60RMB per hour by my reckoning. And no visa. Have teachers' salaries really dropped this low now? Ouch!

I saw it as well.

One possible mitigating fact.
According to wikiP "The prefecture, almost exclusively agricultural, is one of the poorest in China, which led the authorities to encourage young people to migrate to eastern and southern parts of China to find work."

A totally different story from Kunming or even places like Ruili (black economy).
Perhaps not so much a case of teacher's pay dropping, but the demand/need spreading to more remote and poorer areas.

There is a chance to do some good in areas like this, but I for one would rather do it in the public sector.

Fair point. But I lived in a small town outside of Zhaotong for a year (teaching for a charity). That was poor. The city itself is large and increasingly modern. No Kunming, it's true, but still...

"We offer competitive salary..." now means under 60RMB an hour!?

www.gokunming.com/[...]

Considering the importance of learning English and the average income levels, isn't Y150/hr. a matter of servicing the (relatively) rich?

Some will bitch about the cost of sthing being too much and then get back home in theier porche cayene. ithink saying everthing is too much is a defalut position as they think all is negotiable. ask for 500, let them knock you down to 200 and they will be happy.

Class of, say, 12 students paying, what, 30-50RMB each per hour? Teacher gets his/her 60RMB, school pockets 300-540RMB an hour. Seems a rip-off to me, considering staff costs are usually the highest expense in a business. Salary for foreign teachers in Kunming has been 100-150RMB for a decade now. < 60RMB is frankly an insult.