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by shmooj
Sat Sep 20, 2003 2:36 pm
Forum: Texts
Topic: New Headway - a mistake?
Replies: 5
Views: 6480

New Headway - a mistake?

I'm contemplating adopting this text for our school for use across the range of our adult classes and using the pronunciation books to complement it.

SHould I or should I not?

(please not that I am not talking about OLD Headway or American Headway)
by shmooj
Sat Sep 20, 2003 2:32 pm
Forum: ESL Management
Topic: Hiring the right people
Replies: 11
Views: 27500

Yeah, I made two big mistakes because I forgot (can you believe that!) to check references. Personally, hiring was the worst part of my job. I'm grateful now that the school owner does this though of course I have to take the rough with the smooth. If the teacher comes with baggage I have to sort th...
by shmooj
Sat Sep 20, 2003 2:28 pm
Forum: ESL Management
Topic: open-ended question
Replies: 8
Views: 7855

So.... what's to report. Any news on this new job?
by shmooj
Sat Sep 20, 2003 2:25 pm
Forum: ESL Management
Topic: Where do you get your curriculum from?
Replies: 8
Views: 7571

I have a simple answer to where you get curriculums from... you write them yourself. IMHO, someone who runs a private English school should be able to put together a curriculum for teachers to follow based on a textbook series or test or whatever. If they cannot do that, I would not want to work for...