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ilugru2

Hi everyone!

I'm a well-qualified (CELTA, IHCYL), experienced (5-years pre-CELTA, 5 years post-CELTA) non-native speaker, non-EU. Have been working for IH Moscow for the past 5 years, PDIs and references fine Cool

. In the last couple of years I've been focusing on exam preparation (FCE, CAE, IELTS), though have taught almost all levels and ages except very young kids. I'm also a practising Cambridge and IELTS Speaking examiner.

I'm thinking of setting up a company of my own in Czech Republic in order to solve legal problems with employment. As far as I know, schools tend to like teachers in this status because they have to pay less in taxes in this case Laughing

. Those in the know, do you think I have a chance to land a job with a reputable school? Is there a point in sending my CV round or do I need to turn up at their doorsteps? If any, are my chances better within Prague or outside? I personally wouldn't like to end up too far from the capital, because I hope to take advantage of its position in the centre of Europe and get a chance to work for several not-too-distant exam centres.

spiral78 · Joined: 05 Apr 2004 Posts: 11534 Location: On a Short Leash

It sounds like you should be ok. Setting up your own company actually puts you at a bit of an advantage in that the option putting together work with a couple of schools is more feasible. This may be a good approach for Sept-June 2009/2010 as the economy's a bit weaker than in the past decade.

It won't hurt to send your CV around before arrival, but, yeah, you'll need to be standing in their offices before you'll get much serious interest.

You might also consider Plzen (fairly close to Prague), but I expect you'd be ok in the capitol.

ilugru2 · Posted: Fri May 15, 2009 5:58 am Post subject:

Thank you so much. spiral 78, your response is helpful and encouraging. Do you think I should stick to big names like Caledonian and/or IH or little schools could also be interesting/interested? Wink

ITTP · Joined: 23 Sep 2006 Posts: 343 Location: Prague/Worldwide

ilugru2 · Posted: Fri May 15, 2009 12:19 pm Post subject:

Hi Neville

Actually I haven't decided yet if I'm going to be self-employed or I will actually set up my own company - it's a bit easier to do this from Russia and, despite being a tad more expensive at first, later saves you money if you decide to stay and want to bring someone else into the country. This won't change what I'll be doing, of course. Do you have any experience of dealing with teachers who have their own companies, by the way? Any difference for schools in this case?

Thanks for the encouraging response, it makes me feel I need to hurry up with the procedure as it takes time and I'll be lucky if I get all the necessary papers by mid-September Rolling Eyes

PS I don't seem to know Darren, but you need to realise the school is huge - about 150 teachers work for it and about half of them change every year. I'll ask our recruitment/timetabling dep-t - they should know him anyway.

ITTP · Joined: 23 Sep 2006 Posts: 343 Location: Prague/Worldwide

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