The following link gives some information about the Shandong Normal University where we will be teaching.
http://www.sie.sdnu.edu.cn/english/ReadNews.asp?NewsID=27
Saturday, March 28, 2009
Thursday, March 12, 2009
On March 6, we received an email from BYU. It started with the sentence, "You have been recommended by Brigham Young University's China Teachers Program to teach at Shandong Normal University in Jinan, China, for the academic year 2009-2010." The email went on to say that our application had been sent to the University for their review. It said we would most likely receive a response by the end of March.
We were really excited. We quickly looked up all the information we could find about the university, the city and provence where it is located. The city has about 6,000,000 people. The university has 29,000 full time students.
On March 7, we received an email from BYU saying we had been accepted by Shandong Normal University. Boy, was that fast. Now we are really excited. BYU told us to email the university and let them know that we would be coming. They also gave us the names of the couples currently teaching at the university so we could email them and get information on what we will be doing.
We were really excited. We quickly looked up all the information we could find about the university, the city and provence where it is located. The city has about 6,000,000 people. The university has 29,000 full time students.
On March 7, we received an email from BYU saying we had been accepted by Shandong Normal University. Boy, was that fast. Now we are really excited. BYU told us to email the university and let them know that we would be coming. They also gave us the names of the couples currently teaching at the university so we could email them and get information on what we will be doing.
China Teachers Program Application
The first part of December 2008 Lugene and I sent our applications to Brigham Young University to participate in the China Teachers Program. The program is sponsored by the David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies. BYU has established relationships with 19 Universities in China to provide them with English teachers. The teachers can teach grammar, conversation, writing, literature, etc.
Lugene and I had talked of doing this for sometime. I had always wanted to teach English as a second language and this seemed to be a good way to do it. We thought this would be a unique and exciting way to serve.
We were invited to interview with Brother and Sister Andrus, the couple in charge of the program, on Tuesday, January 6. The interview went well. They said our applications looked good and that we would probably be considered for the program. They said that final decisions on who would be recommended would not be made until March.
Lugene and I had talked of doing this for sometime. I had always wanted to teach English as a second language and this seemed to be a good way to do it. We thought this would be a unique and exciting way to serve.
We were invited to interview with Brother and Sister Andrus, the couple in charge of the program, on Tuesday, January 6. The interview went well. They said our applications looked good and that we would probably be considered for the program. They said that final decisions on who would be recommended would not be made until March.
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