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am10ba
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 Posted: Mon Nov 04, 2013 3:39 am Post subject: Has anyone worked for Best Learning? |
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| I've searched the internet and have barely found anything from people who actually worked there. Does anyone have any experience with them? What's it like working there? |
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LongShiKong
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| Posted: Tue Nov 05, 2013 4:47 am Post subject: |
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I did their training week in Beijing last year and although I didn't teach with them, I was very impressed with the training and trainers, the western management, and curriculum. I believe their senior foreign staff all have B.Eds with TEFL qual's. I started the training after visiting and subbing at a few other Beijing CLIL schools which by contrast, all seemed to be emulators.
But obviously, only doing the training doesn't give one a sense for how day-to-day operations or regional franchises are managed. Newbies will certainly cringe at the fact waiting areas are equipped with video feeds from classrooms (no audio, though).
As far as I can tell, Best seems to be another educ publisher partnership attempt, albeit a much better planned one than either Pearson's Dell English/Longman School or Scolastic's RYB/Scholastic schools, at least based on working experience and conversations with senior management of both. Scholastic is partly CLIL. |
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Prof.Gringo
Joined: 07 Nov 2006
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Location: Dang Cong San Viet Nam Quang Vinh Muon Nam!
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| Posted: Tue Nov 05, 2013 4:52 am Post subject: |
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| LongShiKong wrote: |
I did their training week in Beijing last year and although I didn't teach with them, I was very impressed with the training and trainers, the western management, and curriculum. I believe their senior foreign staff all have B.Eds with TEFL qual's. I started the training after visiting and subbing at a few other Beijing CLIL schools which by contrast, all seemed to be emulators.
But obviously, only doing the training doesn't give one a sense for how day-to-day operations or regional franchises are managed. Newbies will certainly cringe at the fact waiting areas are equipped with video feeds from classrooms (no audio, though).
As far as I can tell, Best seems to be another educ publisher partnership attempt, albeit a much better planned one than either Pearson's Dell English/Longman School or Scolastic's RYB/Scholastic schools, at least based on working experience and conversations with senior management of both. Scholastic is partly CLIL. |
Thanks for the good solid feedback.  |
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LongShiKong
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| Posted: Tue Nov 05, 2013 5:01 am Post subject: Re: Has anyone worked for Best Learning? |
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| am10ba wrote: |
| Does anyone have any experience with them? What's it like working there? |
Tell you what. Look them up on Skype. Kelly, the Canadian girl in head office I spoke to was very helpful. I can't remember the guy's name but both of them can answer your questions. I'd ask them for half a dozen contacts at locations you want to work at. |
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Mr.Engrish
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| Posted: Tue Nov 05, 2013 9:10 am Post subject: |
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| Best has many locations as far as I know... which location were you looking at? |
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am10ba
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| Posted: Wed Nov 06, 2013 11:54 am Post subject: |
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| I'm thinking either Shenzhen or Xi'an so I can avoid the pollution in Beijing. |
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