Chinese Language Assistants - Offer Letter

CHINESE LANGUAGE ASSISTANTS - OFFER LETTER

· Please amend / delete sentences as necessary

· Please copy the text into an email to the assistant and ‘cc’ it to the relevant country officer, for China:

· Please use school headed paper or send from a school email address

· Please send the original copy of the offer letter (on school headed paper and hand signed) to Sam Gray at the following address, no later than 29 June 2014:

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School name, address, phone, email and website

Name and address of assistant

June 2014

Dear

Appointment of Language Assistant 2015-2016

I am pleased to offer you the post of [insert language] Language Assistant at our school.

Your period of appointment with us is from 15 September – 26 June

You will be working 12 hours a week at our school.

Or [please list accordingly if sharing arrangements are in place]

E.g. You will be working 6 hours a week at our school and 6 hours a week at [name, address and postcode of school], our partner school.

There will also be a French / German / Irish / Spanish / Italian / Chinese / Russian [delete as appropriate] Language Assistant at our school / the partner school.

Salary

Period of appointment for Chinese Language Assistants:15 Septemberto26 June(41 weeks)

Gross contract payment - £3,198

(Excluding the monthly personal allowance of $1000 which will be paid by Hanban)

Standard hourly rate -£6.50*(any hours worked above the standard 12 hours per week must be pro rata)

*Please note the National Minimum Wage (NMW) is due to increase later in 2015, the rate will be adjusted accordingly

Required documentation

You must send / bring with you to the UK your criminal record/police certificate, medical certificate and photographic identification (ID) if they were not provided with your application without delay to

You must also bring the original documents with you when you come to the UK, and present them to on arrival.

UK Criminal Record Check

You will also be required to undertake a criminal record check when you arrive in the UK as per UK employment legislation. Further information will be given to you prior to your start date.

Statement of Employment

You will be required to sign a statement of employment 8 weeks prior to your start date which is an employment contract between yourself and the school.

Our school [Example text only - please amend as appropriate for your institution]

[Information about school]

The area

The school is in . There are plenty of places of interest nearby such as .

Your classes [example text only]

You will have timetabled lessons with the Sixth Formers in groups of two or three, where you will cover the A level topics which the students are learning in class, but the main aim is to get them talking… [provide possible examples]

Term dates

The term dates for our school are as follows: -

Winter Term: September to December, half term is to October

Spring Term: January to March/April, half term is to February

Summer Term: April to (end of appointment)

Our exam dates are

Training and observation [example text only]

Some assistants will attend training days run by the local authority. In addition, the British Council alongside various cultural institutions organises training days for most assistants.

We will arrange a period of one week's observation in our school for the first week that you are here.

Dress code [example text only]

The pupils wear a uniform… There is a dress code for staff but you should ask your mentor teacher for advice about what is acceptable for you to wear. We suggest something smart / casual but appropriate for a working environment.

Transport

There is a regular bus / train / tube service to and from

Accommodation

We are able to offer you accommodation on a temporary / permanent basis. This will be in a shared flat / house / with a family / member of staff [please delete as appropriate]. The address is

We are not able to provide accommodation, but we recommend you

Arrival arrangements

Please give me details of your travel arrangements when you know them. If you wish to use public transport you can travel by train from to and someone will meet you.

Further contact [Please insert your holiday schedules]

Please provide written confirmation by email that you are going to accept the job. We break up for the summer holidays on July and term starts on September. If I have not spoken to you by telephone before you receive this letter please try to phone me at school during the daytime. The direct phone number for the Modern Languages Department is . My home phone number is and my e-mail address is .

I shall be away on holiday from to . It will be very useful for us to remain in contact over the summer period.

Mentor

will be your mentor teacher during your assistantship.

His / her contact details are I suggest you contact him / her as soon as possible to introduce yourself. During the summer holidays you can contact him / her at to ask any further questions about your post and the school(s).

He / she will be able to support you during the year with any questions or difficulties you may have.

Once you have accepted the position, I will send you more information about the materials we would like you to bring and the books the students use.

I am really looking forward to working with you and I hope to hear from you soon.

Yours sincerely,