What is your favorite travel memory?
It is difficult to choose one memory as I love traveling and have a lot of favorites. I'll pick a recent one as it's fresh in my memory.
I spent some time working on an EU project in Cyprus last year and my friends and I took a few days off to travel to Paphos to enjoy the sea and beaches. On our way back from the beach we nearly missed our bus, but the bus driver spotted us!
The driver violently stopped the bus and allowed us to get on, however not without a price. The rest of the ride was nothing short of a comedy show, with the bus driver continuously making jokes and causing the whole bus to shake with laughter.
How have you changed/grown since working for your current company?
As a TEFL program coordinator I have improved my organizational and multi-tasking skills a lot as there is a lot of tasks you have to handle at the same time to support the trainees and trainers and make the course run smoothly.
I also feel like I'm growing with every course because it consists of different people with different needs, so I have to adjust quickly to what is happening at the moment.
If you could go on any program that your company offers, which one would you choose and why?
I would definitely choose the TEFL program because it gives you everything you need as either an experienced or new English teacher. It provides you with not only methodology principles and language awareness training, but most importantly - teaching practice followed by professional feedback.
What makes your company unique? When were you especially proud of your team?
We are quite a small team of people and we also keep the TEFL groups rather smaller so everyone feels like part of the team. There is more trust, intimacy, and support because we all know we are in it together.
I am proud during every single final ceremony when our trainees receive their certificates because I know we helped another set of tens to hundreds of students to learn better English by having qualified and hard-working teachers.
What do you believe to be the biggest factor in being a successful company?
I believe it is flexibility and ability to adjust to change, awareness of your company´s strengths but also weaknesses and the knowledge of who your customers are and what their needs are.
