Chengdu Foreign Languages School With the approval of Sichuan Provincial Education Bureau, and being registered in the State Education Ministry, CFLS was established in 1989 as the first middle school in Sichuan Province with foreign language teaching as its primary characteristic. It is one of the 13 foreign languages schools approved by the State Education Ministry, which has the right to recommend students for admission to key universities without needing to take entrance examinations. It is one of the best schools in Chengdu as well as in Sichuan Province.

CFLS is located in Chengdu High-Tech West Zone and covers 260 mu (17.3 hectares). Now the CFLS has about 550 staff members and about 4800 students’ aged from 13-18 years old, ranging from 7th grade to 12th grade.

The main task of CFLS is to train students to have a good command of foreign languages and to lay a solid foundation of general knowledge for higher education. All the subjects of a key middle school curriculum are taught in CFLS, including English, Math, Chinese, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Politics, History, Geography, Computer, Arts and PE
Over the past 14 years, CFLS has made remarkable achievements, her reputation reverberating all over the province because of its high quality education and modern facilities. 100% of CFLS graduates have passed the National College/University Entrance Examinations, about 80-90% of who have successfully been enrolled in the key universities. Mr. Tang Xiang and Mr. Huang Yongliang ranked first in Sichuan Province respectively in these examinations in arts in 1995 and 1996. Miss Xu Yanzhi and Mr. Shu Zhi ranked first respectively in arts and science examinations for 2002 in Chengdu. Miss Liu Yiting, a graduate from the 1999 class was admitted to Harvard University with a full scholarship.

Long term exchange and mutual visit programs have been initiated and carried out between CFLS and some reputable schools and colleges in the USA and UK, for example, Landon School in Washington D.C., Dulwich College and John Leggott College in England.

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1. Qualifications of Party B: teacher with BA + TEFL certificate
2. Max. Teaching hours for Party B: 14 – 16 periods ( 40 minutes a period )
3. Salary to Party B: 3500 Chinese yuan each month
4. Party A will pay Party B $500 for single international airplane expense for one semester contract
and $1000 for round-trip airplane expense for one-year contract.
5. Attendance for Party B at English corner once a week as a voluntary service shall not be counted as teaching hours.
6. Party B will not required to teach at weekends or in the evenings without their agreement. In such case the total shall not exceed 2 classes per week.
7. Application for work permit (and cost) is the responsibility of Party A. Party A shall apply for Party B’s residency card, but the cost shall be borne by Party B.
8. Party A shall provide free housing for Party B including the following basis facilities: Sitting room, bedroom(s), kitchen with cooking facilities, bathroom with shower, toilet and hot water, television, bedding, refrigerator, washing machine, basic furniture, telephone, air conditioner/ heater, computer with internet and etc.
9. Electricity, gas and internet fees shall be paid by Party A. Telephone calls shall be paid by Party B.