IES Global
Programs and Reviews
For the past 16 years, IES Global has been providing prospective teachers with teaching internships in China in addition to regular internship, culture & volunteer programs. IES Global Participants become culturally enriched and help strengthen the cultural ties between the US and China. IES Global participants can choose from a wide variety of teaching internships due to IES Global's numerous partnerships with a wide variety of educational organizations worldwide. Participants can also improve their resumes and career prospects.
Programs Abroad
Reviews
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TTC was a great introduction for me to China. The staff were helpful and co-operative all the way, and always at the end of the phone if you needed anything. My placement was great too, I had fantastic accommodation and my school were really helpful and supportive.
I am still in Beijing now, 5 years later, having originally come for 6 months. TTC gave me a great stepping stone for my future here, and I got all the help and support needed while I figured out the way things work here, and after 2 semesters with TTC, went it alone and found my own job.
Best decision of my life, I think the length of time I have stayed is indicative to that!! I still have friends I made 5 years ago, and of course lots of new ones too.
Anyone deciding whether to give it a go or not definitely should. I can promise you you'll have a blast :-)
Critical Feedback:
I don't really feel qualified to comment here... As mentioned, I was part of the program 5 years ago and I know a lot has changed since then!!
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My day to day experiences are from Monday to Friday I teach at my school. Week nights I catch up with mates and we chat about school and stuff and go out to bars or to parks.
Weekends I play rugby on Saturday and go out Friday and Saturday night. Sunday is spent travelling around my city.
That is my typical week
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I would make it easier to extend for a second semester. There were a lot of issues with getting a new visa and it was a bit frustrating. But it did encourage me to go to Hong Kong.
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I wanted an amazing TEFL experience abroad, and Teach & Travel China/ IES Global delivered just that and more. Assistance from the beginning until the end allowed me to enjoy my day to day life in China without any extra hassles. After 3 semesters with TTC at my school in Ningbo, Zhejiang, I gained experience in teaching all age levels, from primary to university students. I was able to create my own lesson plans and grow as a TEFL teacher at my own pace. I'm currently still abroad in China, and with the confidence and experience I gained through my time here I plan on continuing to work and live abroad for years to come. I couldn't have asked for a better stepping stone in to life abroad and TEFL.
Critical Feedback:
Not easy to do, but inform new participants of the cultural differences they are bound to encounter.
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I can't imagine where I'd be if I hadn't have taken the opportunity to travel to China with TTC and IES Global.
It's completely changed my life - for the better! I've made a new life for myself in Beijing, I have great friends and a great job, all thanks to the Teach and Travel China Program.
I completed my semester in a Kindergarten not far from Beijing. It was quite an isolated town, between two major cities, and I was one of two foreigners in the area. Because of this, I was a local celebrity! My Mandarin language skills improved rapidly and I had so much fun being engulfed by the Chinese culture. I had very few issues with my placement and whenever I contacted my advisor with a problem, they were very supportive and offered great advice.
A year after leaving my teaching placement, I'm living in Beijing with my partner. I still regularly visit my placement town to meet up with old friends and visit my students. I plan to stay in China for at least a few more years, it's got so much to offer and I've made friends for life from all over the world through Teach and Travel China.
I owe everything I have right now to IES Global. They offered me a way out of a potentially dead-end situation in the UK. The program has given the confidence and personal skills to be able to tackle anything life throws at me.
Critical Feedback:
More organised social activities during the internship.
I came our to China with IES Global to teach about 2 and a half years ago and I haven't been home since!
I was teaching in Beijing in a wonderful school with amazing kids who were so fantastic to teach. IES Global were in contact a good amount during the internship and were available 24/7 if I needed anything.
They helped arrange social activities after the orientation period had finished and suggested loads of ways to get the most out of your placement.
All of the staff were very friendly and always keen to answer my questions.
I enjoyed the experience so much I decided to stay!
Critical Feedback:
When I was an intern there was no way to network with large groups of people on the internship (Facebook is banned!) but I have been informed they have that now...