TAG : Language Schools
Great Expectations
When parents of students are simply too demanding
In Blogs: Phil Roeland - 2nd October 2009
The demands and expectations that some parents burden their children with are alas often too great. At the moment I’m teaching a kid who hasn’t even turned six, yet his life revolves solely around learning.
Tags: teaching in thailand teaching methodology thai students teaching kids student problems student motivation teaching target language student behavior student attitudes language schools
Can you start on Monday?
What lies behind that oft-heard request?
In Blogs: John Wilson - 2nd August 2009
This request often means the organisation you are joining is less than adept at hiring procedures and is pressed for time. The ‘power-dressing princess’ delegated to find new recruits may have had little aptitude for the practicalities of recruitment.
Tags: teacher recruitment finding a job interviewing for jobs language schools
Finding the poetry
English teachers, Sonny's outcry, and finding the poetry
In Blogs: Steve Schertzer - 1st January 2008
Governments and Immigration officials in various countries, including South Korea and Thailand, are finally starting to crack down on English teachers who have proven themselves to be less than desirable.
Tags: unqualified teachers culture classroom culture training exams government regulations language schools thai immigration teacher crackdowns garret keizer
How to land that job
Tips for getting a teaching job in Thailand.
In Help & Guides: Articles - 30th October 2007
Thinking of interviewing for teaching jobs? What's the best way to go about it? And why contacting employers by e-mail is an absolute no no.
Tags: thai culture teacher recruitment finding a job interviewing for jobs language schools
Colored education
The road to becoming a teacher
In Ajarn Guests: Articles - 26th May 2007
Bobo Metei came to Thailand as a fresh graduate on the lookout for different things. So being a young man with little money in his pocket, he decided to take up teaching.
Tags: teaching in thailand teacher problems teacher recruitment teacher roles finding a job teaching in asia teaching experience teacher respect teacher observations teacher contracts
Bangkok vs Chiang Mai
How do the two biggest cities in Thailand measure up?
In Ajarn Guests: Articles - 30th October 2006
Read a terrific account from a teacher who gave up the Chiang Mai lifestyle to go and work in the capital Bangkok. It's very much a tale of two cities - and how one dedicated teacher fared in both.
Tags: teacher recruitment teacher opinions teacher salaries living in bangkok teaching in bangkok language schools chiang mai cost of living in thailand living in chiang mai teaching in chiang mai
Person of odd jobs
Let's hear it for the good old head teacher
In Blogs: Phil Roeland - 1st April 2006
Why is the head teacher the topic of this month’s column? Because I became one at the beginning of this year, CE* 2006, at a newly opened branch of the language school I work for. Instead of giving a mission statement in this article and explaining in detail what my job involves and what the difficulties and the perks are, I have tried to make it a little more interesting and easier to read by putting on paper what others say about me.
Tags: teacher roles applying for jobs language schools
We work for the room
ESL ghosts of the past
In Blogs: Steve Schertzer - 1st July 2005
There's been so many bad experiences, I don't know where to start. Forget the times I was ripped off hundreds of dollars from unscrupulous Korean hagwon owners and Taiwanese recruiters. That might take too long and it's another column entirely. I'm still trying to forget the time when one of the nine million Mr. Kims barged into my class and, in front of the students, told me in Korean what a horrible teacher I was.
Tags: classroom management student problems culture teaching in korea student behavior training bad school management bad teaching experiences visa issues language schools
Welcome to the heart of nowhere
Running a language school with no teachers
In Blogs Archived: Ian McNamara - 6th February 2002
Running a school in an upcountry hamlet is not for the faint hearted. The main sticking point is how to attract teachers. Those already in Thailand are too savvy to leap at the "opportunity of a lifetime" however it's a different matter for those languishing abroad. A guide on how to use the internet to attract teachers to work in the back of beyond. Success guaranteed.
Tags: private language schools bad school management language schools teacher shortages
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