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Q: Hi guys ,i get a problem about private English training .

I have a Customer from US ,but i have never met before .I don't know much about his personality or anything else .Now ,he asked me if i can organize some adults who is interested in English training ,he can teach in his home on weekend and at night and invite me to be his partner . I have asked him if he has teaching certificate ,he told me he has a degree in electrical engineering and can teach technical & business English .

 

What's should i do? Is that legal ? And the Key is i don't know much about him and if anything happened , I'm the one who has to be responsible .

 

Hope to get some advices soon .

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The guy isn't a qualified teacher and it sounds like he wants to make extra money on the side. What he's doing is illegal, unless it is through a school that has provided him with the correct visa. But it sounds like this isn't the case. Don't feel pressured into doing something you're not comfortable doing. Just say no to him - it is your right and there's nothing to feel guilty about.

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At First ,he said he used to teach at a university in Chicago .Is it possible to work for a university without teacher certification ? 

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He could already be teaching in Shanghai legally with a working visa. We all know you don't need an education degree to teach in China.

In which case, as long as he has permission from the school to work part time, it wouldn't be illegal.

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it is not possible to teach without a proper study in education in western countries. UNLESS he taught electrical engineering which means he most likely has a title phd/prof

 

how do you want to trust him? he will just take your students and you wont see money

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Go out for coffee and get to know him, discuss details in detail. and as for a degree in engineering.... that isnt easy to get. So i seriously doubt he is lazy if he really has that. Ive worked with two giys who had engineering backgrounds and they were excellent teachers, they had gotten bored in their job and were taking a couple years off to just try something different from the mundane job they had.

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Sounds like he wants to teach you how to hold his screw driver to me...

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A: No, it's not allowed to work under RP at 2nd job! I'd say, Z visa
A:No, it's not allowed to work under RP at 2nd job! I'd say, Z visa/RP sponsor can have an objections to your part-time job. I did the same at my English teaching in China and elsewhere, butT ... I casually mentioned at my prime job, some kindergarten or another school asked me to work with them part-time. Then, my Q: "Is that permitted?" ...  Answer from RP sponsor was always "Yes, but you can't be late or miss the classes at our school ..." with my reply: "No, our work schedule has a priority, and I'll arrange classes at kindergarten only in my free time." When I cleared that, I was undertaking any extra teaching hours at other schools and private students in my free time.Sometimes, teachers at my prime job asked me if I'm willing to have some extra classes elsewhere.I accepted after the talk with School's principal. I suggest, you test the felling at your Z/RP sponsor and once you see they don't object, you can work at 2nd job. Keeping your 2nd job as a secret from your employer won't work, 'cause you're laowai and Chinese know exactly what you do in your free time. However, despite your employer's agreement for extra work, you are still in violation of Chinese Labour law, and even if your sponsor agrees to your extra work, you can still get in trouble, because it's clearly written (somewhere ... ) that under Z/WP, one can work only at the Z-sponsor and nowhere else. Penalties ... I'd say, there won't be any warnings and you'll be required to exit China in short Exit time.It never happened to me, so I can't really advice how is when manure hits the fan ...  -- icnif77