You should take this course over an online course

Ratings
Overall
4
Instruction: 4
Support: 5
Value: 5
Academic Rigor: 4
Job Assistance: 5
Review

The real teaching experience we gained from this course was invaluable. Compared to many people we've met who have done online TEFL programs, even with no prior teaching experience, we came out of this much more prepared, confident, and knowledgable. The staff were tremendous help not only with teaching, but also living and adjusting to life abroad. Any time we needed help we had multiple hands reaching out to offer assistance. We were initially worried that we would have trouble finding jobs, but then with the assistance we got we had multiple job offers before our TEFL course was even over. I would also suggest this over an online TEFL because you gain so much more by immersing yourself into the culture/country you are planning on teaching. It was much quicker for us to get jobs because we already abroad; companies LOVED that and wanted us even more!

Would you recommend this program?
Yes, I would
Year Completed
2019
Private Note to Provider (optional)
I know there were changes within the program at our time, & I understand it was summer so we came at a hard time within the academic year. However, my biggest feedback would be for 2-3x as much teaching time and less lecture time. The lectures we often found not beneficial or practical to the application of our student teaching. At times it felt more like a university semester class than a teacher preparation course. Also more diversity in the teaching experiences. While although teaching MASSIVE public school classes was great for classroom management, it would've been great to teach a sorts of different levels and different sizes of classes.