Hey JG, what grade levels do you teach? I am doing some work with some students from China at the college I work for. They tell me I ought to consider going into consulting (they call it agent) with families to help them find colleges and universities stateside to connect them to. May be an opportunity there.....
Guy - I know a Chinese neighbor who does this. There is definitely a market for it. While I have considered it, I haven't gone down this route as most of what I see in China are agents taking money from parents and not providing real value. If you can build a relationship with college recruiters in the USA, you might be able to break into this market quite easily. My advice is to avoid working with the current Chinese agencies like Shinyway, etc. as you might get morally disappointed when you see how they handle customer service.
My school has students from Age 6 to 14. About 50% of my top class move on to go to high school in Canada, Australia or the US. It's really how I designed the whole school, to accelerate them to a Grade six reading level by the time they reach Grade 6. Given that the school system here requires about a second grade reading level and almost no speaking level to get into high school, that can be a challenge for students that start late. Most of my students are from middle or upper class families here and start early so they have the potential, however, outside of a language school, they have little or no opportunities to practice.
Given that, if you are in a desirable living area in the US and have access to High Schools or Universities that are interested in actively recruiting Chinese, I would be willing to partner up to try to match what the schools are looking for and what the students here are interested in...
