TEFL Certification in Cusco, Peru with Job Placement Guarantee

I thoroughly enjoyed every single aspect of the TEFL course in Cusco, Peru. From the moment I touched down in the city, I felt incredibly supported and cared for by the amazing staff at Máximo and beautiful host family. Sean is an amazing instructor! Each day was full of fascinating language lessons, endless laughs, and abundant opportunities to push oneself. We were able to teach for a total of 10 hours throughout the course and with each lesson, my confidence, skills, and strengths as a teacher grew. We received excellent feedback from Sean after each teaching experience that allowed us to acknowledge and strengthen our weaker points. I had so much fun and was truly lit up by the passion that fills each individual at Máximo. Come experience the magic for yourself!

This course will exceed your expectations. If you are an experienced educator or a recent graduate, you will learn some new and amazing skills. I cannot thank the staff and instructors enough for their support and guidance. This was an exceptional experience. I would have loved to stay in the area longer and explore but there are jobs to be done, and I have to go to my new teaching location. I am grateful for the job placement and skills I will take with me. I cannot thank the host families and Maximo TEFL staff enough. They are the pillars of this organization and took care of me like family.

Loved the Maximo Nivel TEFL course! Taught at the institute in Manuel Antonio, which is a Beautiful location. The course is very intensive but for those who are willing to put in the work you can learn a lot of valuable skills!

The teacher, Lewis, is very qualified: knowledgeable, helpful, and compassionate. Lots to do in the community as well. My partner came with me and we thoroughly enjoyed going to the beach, exploring the jungle on hikes, attending a local salsa class, and going out to some local bars/restaurants.

This course surpassed my expectations. I feel much more confident and prepared than I thought possible. I was also worried about the workload but it is definitely manageable and Sean (the GOAT TEFL instructor) wants you to succeed. The four weeks fly by and it is so much fun. Your first taste at teaching is the second day of the course and the whole last week you take over teaching an English class at the institute. You are baby-stepped into all of this and it really helps build confidence and practice with the techniques. Máximo in general is a great organization. They are organized and know what they are doing. It is super easy to meet both Peruvians and international students and everyone is so friendly. I 100% recommend and wish I were staying for longer.

A lot of universities could take a lesson or two from how everything is arranged at Maximo Nivel. I took the Spanish course in Guatemala five years ago, and I chose Maximo Nivel this time to have a different adventure because I knew that everything would be well arranged and that the highest quality would be guaranteed.

I would even dare to say that the brochure and website information undersell what a truly amazing experience the TEFL course is, mainly due to the great teacher we had. Sean has the energy, knowledge, and patience to develop great future teachers.

Not only does the course content give you exactly what you need to prepare yourself to be in front of a class, but it also gives you the hands-on practice to stand there with confidence, think on your feet, and enjoy the experience.

I am already missing the classes and Cuzco. Thank you Maximo Nivel and thank you Sean!

I was on the proverbial fence about getting recertified in TEFL, as I had previously received my TEFL cert 16 years ago from the University of Arizona in Tucson. There seemed to be a lot of job opportunity in the area so part of me was thinking, “Why spend money unnecessarily when I can just start working right away?” Having said that, I am SO GLAD I signed up for the TEFL course with Máximo Nivel (Cusco) which I just completed this past Friday. Years ago, I got by teaching ESL based on the fact that I was a native speaker and that I had a fairly fun personality which my students generally responded well to. However, though most days I was passionate and gave my all, some days I was not good and did a disservice to the students I was teaching. Afterall, they were paying hard-earned money to learn English, not to be entertained. Máximo Nivel´s philosophy of teaching prioritizes STT (Student Talk Time) and in this course you learn not TO TEACH English, per se, but rather how to elicit and pull English language from the students! You learn how to constantly check in with your students to ensure they are understanding the activity in the classroom (CCQing), and you learn how to correct errors in a very direct and effective manner. Sean is the apotheosis of this teaching philosophy. He is in fact from day one modeling these techniques the whole time he´s teaching TEFL. Spoiler alert: about a week into the course, you realize that he has been teaching you in the same manner as he would his ESL students, utilizing all the same techniques. He has in fact elicited and pulled all of the information directly from the students and you discover that we’ve been doing most of the talking and that we’re having a blast while doing so. It is such an engaging and empowering method of teaching; you remember the information easier because you are the one, in fact, producing the information. Brilliant! He basically is modelling and teaching you how to metaphorically do Aikido on your students! Using THEIR energy/activity/voice toward the ultimate goal of “doing” English. I don’t want to give the illusion that this was an easy course, not at all. Especially for an old dog such as myself (50s now…yikes!) who struggles learning “new tricks” and whose personality is very well established. Speaking for myself, I had to destroy my ego and slowly build it back up again throughout the four weeks of instruction and there were many bumps along the way in learning how to consciously utilize these techniques. My younger cohort, all very talented and intelligent young women, were able to adjust more quickly. In the end I was able to do well enough to pass the course and when I struggled Sean was RIGHT THERE to support me. He was very available to his students; you got the feeling, and he in fact told us, he wouldn’t allow us to fail. The last thing I’ll say is that you immediately get to practice the techniques you are learning on ambitious young Peruvian students who take advantage of the free opportunity to participate in mini lessons which you, the TEFL student, are leading them through. This opportunity occurs weekly up until the final week where (M-F) all you are doing is preparing for and teaching a full class of students who are paying the institute money to be taught by you via all the techniques Sean has instilled in you. I thought my previous experience at U of A was great, but really there is no comparison to the hands-on, participatory experience offered my Máximo Nivel.

I obtained my TEFL accredation through Maximo Nivél in Peru and have had a great month learning to become a TEFL teacher there. The classes were difficult but very enjoyable and gave me great insights on how to become a great TEFL teacher. I especially enjoyed getting to teach actual students and getting first-hand experience on what the job might be like. As a class, we got a lot of tips and assistance from our TEFL trainer regarding job possibilities and how we can set up for example online teaching, which was really helpful.The course was a lot of hard work, but our trainer made it a lot of fun to go to class every day. It was definitely a worthwhile experience!

Amazing course I loved taking the t with Lewis and Sean. Lewis and Sean were prepared, and delivered the course in a manner where we addressed subject matter regarding English and improving the Student Talking Time. I was given resources to get a job, and am currently teaching at Maximo Nivel after my TEFL. The course provided me with skills to advance, and also provided me with professional development tools. The resources at the school were amazing, and the teachers were not soft I wasnt just given my certificiation.