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The Big TEFL Schools

Posted by: English_Master - [user profile]
Date posted: Tue 13th Sep, 2011
Category: TEFL
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I'm looking for a school to work for in Prague and there are so many, but who are the best ones? And, how do you rate them as good? There are some big name people here like Caledonian but I was truly shocked at they way they run things. Firslty, they were very disorganised and lost my details after applying to them. Their sense of politeness did not even exist and the staff were somewhat rude. I guess customer service here is not like in the States, but the reception staff could not even speak proper or decent English, and as for being nice....well, that was rather like rudeness. I went to Caledonian for an interview and just crudely told to go up to some room and wait. I waited and waited....and after 20 minutes, a man appears. I was interviewed by a director called Tomas Vokac who was over 20 minutes late. Then he rambles on about some demo class that was never even told to me. Anyway, he tells me it's great and that I should expect a contract within 1 week. But, this never happens and I am forced to call the school and speak to the rude reception staff. They knew nothing about the interview and the notes from that man. How disorganised and pathetic is that? Well, it just goes to show that maybe size is not everything and just those big name schools are not worth it. Caledonian merged with Tutor school recently and they are very proud of their big size, but are they really good for teachers? A friend told me how he felt that Caledonian were even racist too and they have a certain tendency to favour white teachers rather than colored ones. What are your opinions on the big schools in Prague? Can you recommend any good ones?

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anglicky4u - [profile] Thu Sep 15th 11:10 2011 / #1
If you think the Big schools have issues, then what about small ones? They are also prone to some problems, especially now with the bad economic situation. i've worked for some of the smaller language schools and they can show some respect and loyalty if you can commit and work with them. But, some agencies are really prejudiced and very tight with conditions. The rules they state are not worth the paper thatthey are written on. Lexis language school is just one of these polaces. They seem to be higly prejuduced and racist with their attidude. i wasw very disappointed about the sad and poatheic way they run their school. They pretend to be a small 'family' feel agency, but they treat teachers in a coldness like a nazi concentration camp. Lexis language school are brutally cold to some teachers when they want to be. Experience means nothing to them and the only thing that matters for Lexis is the money that they get off their clients and not the teachers and their efforts or needs. Professionalism does not exist at Lexis. It is sad to see that some smaller schools are struggling now, but they do not need to be so cold, negative and unhelpful to teachers.
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