Teach English in The Czech Republic
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You
can allways find work in Czech Republic. Prague is a tourist
mecca, and the people of the Czech Republic have realized that English
is essential to take advantage of this popularity – aswell as their
arrival in the European Community. As a result English tuition is growing
rapidly.
Private English language schools - both foreign and locally-owned - are
sprouting up everywhere. Particularly in Prague, but also in the quieter
(and equally beautiful rural areas).
Many schools only offer part-time contracts. So teachers often need to
supplement their income with private lessons (which are easy to find).
Czech Secondary schools have now started recruiting qualified ESL/EFL
teachers for one-year appointments, often with subsidized/cheap accommodation
thrown in.
Schools
offer competitive salary up to 20 000 CZK gross per month (830.00 Euros
per month), for 30 hours teaching work per week.
Most schools require a university degree and a 4-week TESOL Certificate
course as minimum qualifications.
School attendance is compulsory between the ages of 6 or 7 and 14 or 15. Pupils of that age attend mainly comprehensive basic schools, which can be state, private or church. Some pupils at the age of 11, who pass a special examination, go to grammar schools. The school day lasts from 8 a.m. till 2 p.m. The school year begins in September; it ends in June and is divided into two terms. Each class has 20-30 students and, for some subjects, each class is divided into two groups (e.g. English). Plenty of children take up extra after-school activities such as learning to play a musical instrument, dancing classes, crafts or ceramics, doing sports or attending extra language classes.
In most schools children
begin to learn English (or German or French) at the age of 9 or 10 in
form 4. By that time children are supposed to be good enough at Czech.
Some schools offer foreign language in form 3 or even 1. The beginners
often start with audio-oral programme. They listen to tapes, learn by
heart chants and short conversation on everyday topics. They draw and
colour pictures with family members, with school and house objects and
sing songs. After that a textbook is used.
Every school can choose between home or foreign authors. There are bookshops
dedicated to teaching materials with a wide choice from various foreign
publishers. Local representatives of the publishing companies organise
seminars on EFL methodology and new textbooks. However, some teachers
do not attend these seminars because they are afraid of speaking English
in front of an adult audience. Many Czech teachers used to learn solely
from textbooks. They had minimum contact with native speakers and they
feel that their aural and oral skills are weak. The grammar-translation
method prevailed in Czech schools not long ago and students strove to
make no mistakes and therefore they are scared of speaking. These teachers
often learn only vocabulary and grammar, they use mainly mother tongue
in class and textbooks and workbooks with a lot of exercises are their
safety belts. The choice of books depends on the finances of schools and
these are not optimal.
Qualifications:
You can still teach in many schools here just using your BA or university
degree, but that's not going to help you plan for the hectic 25 hour week
of courses. If a complete beginner, take an ESL course to acquaint yourself
with Eng. grammar, teaching techniques, and the textbooks on the market.
Czechs often want to know the grammar and the reason WHY, so be ready
for it. Thus prepared, you can probably teach a general public course
in the evenings and make it fun for yourself and the students. There are
however other schools, that tend to instruct very specialized clients,
so the quality expected of teachers is higher. Hired applicants hold some
professional degree in ESL, business/management, law or applied humanities.
Clients want someone who can instruct them in English as well as answer
questions about the European Union, law and taxes.
There are still many opportunities in state secondary high schools outside
the city, where your ESL certificate, imagination and a lot of energy
will count.
Accommodation: Prague is beautiful, but only the rich westerners can actually afford a flat rental in a picturesque setting. If your salary is around 15 000 crowns a month (600.00 euros per month approx), then you may be able to afford a single room for 7000 or 8000/month furnished. One and two bedroom flats run upwards of 10 000 to 15 000 depending on locale. Many times housing is in panel houses outside the historic centre.
1 Bed apartments in other cities and towns are of course, a lot cheaper ranging from 4,000 + (160.00 euros per month)
Paperwork/Visas: Miserable. The big thing is to have your original birth certificate with you, a police record check (often notarized and even legalized by the Foreign Affairs Dept of your own country), along with the papers concerning accommodation and employment supplied by the employer. For some folks a multiple entry visa is needed even to come into the country. If any of these are not in order, the application process may be suspended. Check the Czech consulate near you.
Average local wage
in this country is around 15,500 crowns per month. CZ statistical office.
Average ( full-time) salary for teachers: 15 -30,000 per month.
Tourist spots tend to be more expensive than the places Czechs go to.
Another fact, home ownership is among the lowest in Europe, many still
live with their parents or their grandparents.
Where else can you eat out in a restaurant twice a day every day for 3000
crowns (about 60 GBP) a month? (Havelska 21 'Koruna', Mustek, Prague)
or have half a litre of the best beer in the world for 14 crowns ( about
25 English pence - U Andelu, Andel, Prague)?
Finding a job in Prague is very easy with a TEFL cert. Take your
time to find the best school. You will most likely either be working for
an agency that sends you all around the city to teach (not so great) or
an actual school were you teach a class of students on site. Recommended
is the second option.
Do come here if you appreciate architecture, cheap food and beer, the
cynicism of the Czech sense of humour and the fantastic nightlife. You
have to make compromises when you move here, and one is that if you can't
speak Czech, then it's difficult to communicate with the locals, so you
do your best to be polite and friendly.
A teacher
with better qualifications or broader experience can quite easily earn
upwards of 20 000,--CZK. Experienced teachers who have been working
for our school for more than a year can earn anything from 22 000 upwards.
A number of teachers (admittedly with more than a basic workload) earn
25 000,-- to 40 000,-- gross each month.
The sort of earnings that a full-time teacher can achieve are well above
the norm and for experienced teachers can compete with bank clerks.
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Language Schools in the Czech Republic
PRAGUE
Cha
Laz
120
Cze
tel
fax
e-m
htt
Ang
Jaz
Nad
Sok
Tel
Fax
Con
INT
Brn
Ms.
Per
The
Vlt
150
Cze
Tel
E-m
Pra
Ste
Pra
Boh
110
Tel
Fax
Con
htt
Tea
Bre
Pol
110
T 2
F 2
E-m
St.
Nam
120
Cze
Tel
Fax
Kli
Pra
CZE
inf
AHA
Kou
Vin
130
AHA
Mil
Pra
Tel
Fax
The
Ned
Pra
Ber
Hyb
110
Ber
Jec
120
The
ELT
Nar
Pra
The
Pau
Vlt
150
E-m
Tel
Cal
Na
Pra
Cos
Zda
140
Elv
Ban
CS
Eng
Vys
Pra
Eng
Na
Pra
ETC
Kus
110
Eur
Jan
Pra
Int
Mik
110
Int
Tha
186
IPG
Jez
130
ITC
Kap
110
Fax
Tel
Mob
e-m
Lan
Na
110
Lin
Sro
130
St.
Nam
120
Cze
Con
Tel
Fax
Ema
Web
Via
Tha
Pra
Aaa
Pra
281
ABC
Pra
602
Aca
Pra
267
Akc
Pra
261
Avi
Pra
257
Ber
Pra
257
Eng
Pra
235
Glo
Pra
224
J.
Pra
224
Jaz
Pra
296
Jaz
Pra
222
Jaz
Pra
241
Lin
Pra
224
Lin
Pra
267
htt
Pre
htt
Hom
htt
The
htt
Mon
htt
The
htt
The
htt
Eng
htt
The
htt
Aut
OTHER CITIES
Jaz
Nad
Sok
Tel
Cal
Obc
811
Slo
E-m
Tel
ESP
248
Pis
397
Tel
Con
Tea
Trí
602
T 5
F 5
E-m
Tea
Pur
301
T 3
F 3
E-m
Jaz
Bol
Nym
Cze
Tel
Fax
Con
jaz
The
Pal
612
Cze
Con
Tel
Šal
Hus
LIb
460
inf
tel
fax
Age
Krn
746
AID
Caj
787
Aja
nam
787
Aka
Nad
702
Aka
Bro
738
JA
Sch
779
Bil
1 M
Hul
HU9
ENG
BRN
Kra
602
Clo
Puc
702
Cos
Dom
602
Cyr
Uni
771
Cze
P.O
Pro
Dav
Ste
760
Dip
Vev
602
Tel
EDU
Pek
370
Eng
Na
Lit
Fak
tr
771
Fak
Nad
746
Fil
Kri
771
Fis
Pol
708
Gau
Tre
370
Gym
Pal
293
Gym
795
Ham
Zel
293
Jaz
Hus
266
Ort
St
Vil
Vil
Phi
Hus
Mla
Tel
Sta
Kot
611
Tea
418
Kin
CAN
tea
TOK
Dru
Luh
Zli