China (MNN) ― Worldwide Christian Schools' field partner Emily Brink says they are working with a field chapter school in east China. "There's great need for education in China. The school we're involved with is not a Christian school; it is a regular Chinese school, following the Chinese curriculum."
The school is flourishing. This year, there are at least 2800 students and approximately 238 faculty and staff members. Among the 238 faculty and staff will be at least 18 American teachers and administrators. Each Knowledge Tree educator will be touching lives of 168 students and Chinese faculty.
Called Knowledge Tree, Inc., school officials want an education that enhances moral values, so they want Christian teachers. Because they are trying to launch a bilingual program, Brink explains, "We are looking for teachers who are not English teachers, first of all, but are people who would love to come and help students in a variety of disciplines."
There are plans to build three Knowledge Tree Foreign Language Schools from primary to high school within the next ten years in China. Partnered with WCS, the team is looking for experienced teachers and administrators to send to Binhai and train hundreds of English teachers in the entire Yancheng region.
The building construction for the middle and high school should be completed in 2008 or 2009. Then efforts will be focused on establishing a primary school before 2014.
Brink says they need people who are willing to invest their time to build the relationships that lead to ministry. "At the beginning, we're just enhancing their curriculum by being able to meet with the students each week and teaching them values and showing them the love of Christ in the way we interact with them as we help them learn English."
