Abstract：The employment of foreign English teachers have obvious advantages in college English education, and some problems as well. To realize optimal management of foreign English teachers, the problems in their work and life are anchored through field research with the results that the liquidity of their working place, excessively arbitrary teaching methods of some foreign English teachers and language difference in daily life had some influences on their team construction, teaching quality and life satisfaction. Through document research, problems in the management of foreign English teachers are analyzed, meanwhile resolution strategies are explored, such as establishment of provincial integration department, strengthening routine and non-routine management, exploration of cooperative teaching mode between Chinese and foreign English teachers, establishment of foreign English teachers' teaching performance evaluation system and so on.

Keyword：foreign English teacher;optimal management;cooperative teaching;teaching performance evaluation system;