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andre818
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 Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2011 4:02 pm Post subject: Opening up a small TEFL school. |
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| Hi everyone. I am planning on opening up a small school/classroom in Spain or any other location for TEFL or CELTA. My question is, what is the process? Do I need any other sort of a degree besides the TESOL certificate? Overall, what are the steps? Please help. Thank you. |
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IanN
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| Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2011 7:46 am Post subject: |
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With the current economic climate in Spain I would suggest your "any other location" option.
If you are opening the school and will be the director of it you don't need to possess any qualifications or have any experience. Just be warned that experienced teachers don't like to be told how to do their job by somebody who has never done it (and some directors here are very good at that).
If you use a good gestor the process of starting a company can be very simple as they will do everything for you. The most basic company is like in the UK working as a sole-trader. I would suggest though that if you are going to have premises then a Ltd company may be more suitable (S.L.). Trying to get one of these started is a complicated process and best done through a gestor.
I don't have specific knowledge of how to start a company other than getting help.
Although my first sentence was a bit tongue-in-cheek I would seriously consider if Spain is the right country for you to invest in at the moment. Only this morning it was announced that unemployment has increased again and now stands at 4.91m people (21.3%) with 2850 jobs being lost per day. Inflation has also increased by 2/10 to 3.8% |
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mozzar
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| Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2011 1:37 pm Post subject: |
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| I'm a little confused. Do you want to st up a school to teach English? Or a school to teach how to teach English certs like the CELTA? |
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andre818
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| Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2011 3:39 pm Post subject: |
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| I'm a little confused. Do you want to st up a school to teach English? Or a school to teach how to teach English certs like the CELTA? |
I'm sorry for the confusion. I want to open up a school to teach how to teach English certs like the CELTA or TESOL.  |
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andre818
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| Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2011 3:42 pm Post subject: |
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| Also one more thing. It doesnt matter if it's in Spain or any other place. The economic climate has nothing to do with opening up a school in Spain. Because the students come and pay for the course from other parts of the world in order to become a certified teacher. |
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mozzar
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| I'd imagine that if you wanted to be affiliated with the CELTA qualification that you'd need at least the DELTA, if not an MA. I don't think many students would want to be taught be someone who only has the entry-level TESOL certificate. When they finished the course they'd be as qualified as the trainer. |
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spiral78
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| I am planning on opening up a small school/classroom in Spain or any other location for TEFL or CELTA. My question is, what is the process? Do I need any other sort of a degree besides the TESOL certificate? Overall, what are the steps? |
I have friends who own TEFL training centres, and I have worked in several.
To be able to offer a CELTA, you need to be officially affiliated with Cambridge (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CELTA).
You do need either higher credentials yourself (DELTA or related MA, as already noted) OR you need to hire people who do have them to design and run your course. I do not know of any training centre that is a one-man business. This wouldn't be really adequate - centres offer full-on training for the month, and also arrange for practice teaching students, housing, airport pickup, orientation, and other practicalities for trainees. You have to provide a certificate that looks professional, and your course must meet the standards of a CELTA or equivalent - the website above gives a thumbnail sketch of this.
It's not an endeavor for someone without significant resources. |
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