5 months in Austria

Not much can match GET's ability to prepare you for teaching. No TEFL courses, teacher assistant roles, even teaching degrees fall short in some areas compared to what GET provides.
Admittedly that means it's damn tough. If it's the same as when I went in February-June of 2018, it will mean going near immediately into teaching, almost completely independently. The magic however lies in that you teach at a new school every week.
So that time you froze up and had to find your senior teacher to bale you out, while you contemplated your decision to travel to Austria of all places? Finished, new week, let's go.
That time you tripped in class and landed on your face (not just metaphorically) losing the respect of your students for the rest of the week? Finished, new week, let's go.
That time you had to teach a class that was so badly behaved your throat was hoarse and you spent your breaks staring into the abyss? Finished, new week, let's go.

There will be bad classes, there will be amazing classes you are sad to see go, you will fail, and you will find ways of teaching something new that you hold on to for the rest of your career.
And after every day and every week of teaching, you have an amazing group of peers from all over the world to come home to. And they will not be leaving you. I met some of the best people I have ever met in my life, and I'm often sad it ended at all.

Don't expect an easy time, but do expect one of the best times of your life.
Work hard, voice your opinion, be kind.