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Grrrmachine · Joined: 27 Jul 2005 Posts: 265 Location: Warsaw, Poland

yeeesh, it does seem that you have very little experience in this area...
Am I right in thinking that you ONLY want to use native speakers in your classes (except possibly with the elementary and intermediate classes?) Not only will that be costly, but a logistic nightmare - even the smallest school I have worked for ran three classrooms at the same time (for three different levels) so finding three natives for your potential 6hours a day (3pm-9pm) will be very difficult to fulfill.

czary · Joined: 29 Mar 2006 Posts: 15 Location: poland

Maybe I was a bit unclear.

czary · Joined: 29 Mar 2006 Posts: 15 Location: poland

Maybe I was a bit unclear. Based on the model that we created 2/3 of the English classes will be split with a native. The other 1/3 will be taught exclusively by a native. We have 7 big rooms in the Rynek/Centrum 220 sm. However, I'm just crunching the numbers and the course work and marketing plans are being created and implemented by experts in their respective fields.
A quick response to all of the negative comments about needing necessary experience in the field.

Kymro you wrote on March 10th
"Poles are also superficial and like the arabs, often befriend you cos you're useful to them in some way" admittedly I know less than most people but I'm certain of one thing. Anyone with views like that and an attitude like the one you have can not find success professionally or happiness in their personal life. I suggest that you take a hard look at yourself and work on personal growth.
For those that keep questioning if someone can move into an industry with little or no experience and make it a success I can only say that the only way to do so and succeed is keep an open mind, evaluate the business model and surround yourself around ethical and qualified people. I have done the same in real estate, filtration bags, Internet content delivery and made it work. The list of failures is longer HA . It all depends on your life perspective. I would assume that most of you have the same adventurous spirit. You are all educated and have traveled across the world with few certainties about the end result of your adventure.

Kymro · Joined: 19 Oct 2003 Posts: 244

biffinbridge · Joined: 05 May 2003 Posts: 701 Location: Frank's Wild Years

I second that.
Bit of a statement what?
Professional happiness...... TEFL happiness.Now there's an oxymoron.You may be happy now but wait til you're in the Middle East cos you're broke after a career in this..then you'll see.