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[Rbgurl6]

Hi,
I'm new to the teaching english world and am looking to teach in Prague. I applied and was accepted to the TEFL certification course at the Caledonian School in Prague, which guarantees you a job in Prague if you pass their course. I'm paying a bit more than average TEFL course, but I figured the guaranteed job would be a nice perk, but I was wondering if anybody with teaching experience in Prague had heard of the Caledonian School and could give me feedback about it?
I'm trying to also take Czech language classes at Charles University during the evenings two-nights a week, and one of my concerns is having the time to do this. Anybody know in terms of jobs in Prague, is it relatively easy to find a teaching English job in Prague that has some time flexibility?

Thanks!

[spiral78]

Caledonian has been around for quite a while and has a generally decent rep. Their salary rates used to be (am not sure today) a bit on the low side, but many newbies found that this was a reasonable trade off for the 'job security' aspect.

As for time flexibility, the bulk of private language school teaching in Prague (and in Europe, generally) is in-company, meaning that you travel to the offices of your students. You are often working split shifts, with some groups in the mornings and some in late afternoon/early evenings.

I think any reasonable language school would block your schedule to allow you to attend regular Czech courses two evenings per week. Be sure you arrange this up front - and, by the way, it's impressive that you are interested in learning the language. Many expats live long-term in the city and never bother.

[Rbgurl6]

Thanks a lot for the advice. Yea, unfortunately the whole reason I'm moving to Prague, besides the fact I'm in love with the city, is because I need to learn Czech for graduate school. Thanks again for the general info.

[spiral78]

Why 'unfortunate?' Czech's a worthy study!