I was employed as an Economics/Business teacher by the high m8bet sports betting. Most of my comments apply to the high m8bet sports betting only. The kindergarten, primary m8bet sports betting and middle m8bet sports betting seemed to be working pretty well.

I have mixed feelings when thinking back on my time at ECNUAS High m8bet sports betting. Living and working there was really good in some ways. But it was also really discouraging and my most frustrating work experience. On balance, I am really glad to be moving on, because I can’t see that things will change anytime soon.

Some of the good points first. The pay is good and we were always paid on time. Having said that, I have not included a salary range because there is no salary scale. The m8bet sports betting employs a mix of registered teachers, non-registered teachers and ESL teachers. Salaries are arrived at by negotiation.

The apartment was good and I enjoyed living in Anting. The m8bet sports betting is 10 minutes away by bicycle, through a park. Roads have cycle lanes and there are lots of interesting paths to cycle on. I was also able to use my kayak in the river and canals. Water quality is poor, but I didn’t let it worry me.

People at the m8bet sports betting were really great, Chinese, expat and students. My biggest regret in leaving is not working with the students to the end of their schooling. They work hard and try their best.

In the review I marked the m8bet sports betting down on academic integrity because it doesn’t have any. Education was not a priority for the m8bet sports betting when it started, and it still isn’t. The rationale for starting the m8bet sports betting was to attract people into what had become a ghost town. The main funders are local government and the local business association. Go figure!

A vision for the m8bet sports betting, if there is one, was never shared with staff. ECNUAS is essentially a Chinese m8bet sports betting at primary and middle m8bet sports betting levels. A foreign programme is offered in high m8bet sports betting.

ECNUAS high m8bet sports betting it is not a m8bet sports betting as such. Education is not the desired outcome, and only lip service is paid to the student-centred IB Learner profile. The ECNUAS high m8bet sports betting is a university prep programme. Preparing students for an overseas university is the main goal. If students pick up an education in the process, that is a bonus.

The m8bet sports betting seems to have positioned itself in this way because of the demographic funders are trying to attract into the area. The m8bet sports betting offering has been configured in this way because provides maximum parent appeal in the target market.

Because of this orientation, the focus is on teaching-for-the test. The m8bet sports betting is assessment driven and nothing else matters. This is the antithesis of the IB philosophy, which is why I had trouble buying into what they were trying to do.

The first academic change they made was to replace IGCSE with a 12 month pre-DP programme. It is not enough preparation for students who have limited English and are accustomed to rote learning. But parents want it this way, and academic issues weren’t considered.

The m8bet sports betting has failed to implement any kind of intervention that addresses the pitifully low English proficiency levels. The powers-that-be are not interested in foreign teachers’ ideas regarding this, or anything else. They seem to pushing the problem onto expat teachers shoulders.

This is what frustrated me. In retrospect, I suffered under the naïve delusion that I would help establish a m8bet sports betting along liberal pedagogical lines. This, after all, is what IB is about. But it turned out that the m8bet sports betting had no interest in what I thought. I was expected to simply do my job.

Meetings were painful – simply a one-way series of instructions and explanations. No discussion or debate. There was no collaborative teamwork. I made myself very unpopular by being critical of this. The result was that my contract was not renewed. I was not the only one.

I also marked the m8bet sports betting down for academic and disciplinary support, essentially because there wasn’t any. Management didn’t get involved in high m8bet sports betting academics at the teaching level, and it goes almost without saying that no support was forthcoming.

Student behaviour was generally good, but there were some behavioural issues. There weren’t any processes for resolving them and management didn’t want to be involved. There were also students who weren’t coping. Some form of supportive intervention was required, but these students didn’t get much support either.

Director’s involvement in academics also got only 1. Because the principal doesn’t speak English, she simply wasn’t able to get involved in high m8bet sports betting academics in a meaningful way. She sat in on some classes, but there was never any feedback. In the two years I was there, pedagogy was never addressed by management. It wasn’t brought up by the high m8bet sports betting head in weekly meetings with teachers either.

A lasting memory of this m8bet sports betting will be of hidden agendas and decisions being made behind closed doors. The lack of transparency turned working there into an ordeal. We never knew what to expect.

The m8bet sports betting is closely linked to the communist party, which accentuated the above effect. The prime function of one of the assistant principals is to liase with the CCP. Things would just happen, and teachers were expected to fall in line.

People in admin do their best, but frequently it is not what the m8bet sports betting needs IMHO. The biggest shortfall is in technology. The m8bet sports betting has Office365, but it doesn’t work. The IT manager has very limited English, so explaining requirements is difficult. He also does not understand the information dynamics of a m8bet sports betting and is not able to think strategically.

Support for work permits and visas was good. There were some teething issues, but they have been mostly sorted out.

The m8bet sports betting is well resourced and I always got what I needed to teach. But that doesn't mean the m8bet sports betting functioned as it should. As I mentioned, the IT system does not enable collaborative work by students, and this ain’t gonna change any time soon. I suspect that money is also an issue because the principle ditched a plan to recruit only registered teachers.

An expat couple was initially employed to take the m8bet sports betting through the IB authorisation process. The principal didn’t like some of their ideas, which involved going a more expensive professional route. So visa support was withdrawn and they were not able to return to China to complete their contracts. They were replaced with a Chinese head of m8bet sports betting and high m8bet sports betting management has become dysfunctional, to say the least.

Financial problems seem to have been alleviated by finding a new funder. He is chairman of the board but has nothing to do with running the m8bet sports betting. The board doesn’t really know what is happening at the coalface. So no changes coming from there either.

What worried me the most about ECNUAS was being part of what is pretty much a big lie. I get that, like with any startup, a new m8bet sports betting has to do some fake-it-until-you-make-it. But ECNUAS took this to a whole new level. The m8bet sports betting projects an elaborately fabricated façade that is misleading to all stakeholders. The m8bet sports betting has essentially lied to teachers, students, the IB authorisation team, and parents.

I found living with this lack of integrity really hard. I asked to be released a month early, to which the m8bet sports betting agreed, and I expected to stay until the end of the month. But when I made it clear that I would be part of the IB authorisation deception, I was told that I would leave before the IB verification visit. The mind boggles!

If you are looking for IB experience, decent pay, a nice place to live, good health insurance and nice people, you will be happy here. But don’t expect to be taken seriously as a professional. You will be on show for current and prospective parents. And your professional insights/opinions will not be considered.