Don't work with them!

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I contracted with CETP to work in a pre-school in Prague for 22 hours per week. I was to be using my music and theatre experience in conjunction with teaching English. When I arrived they told me I was to work from 7AM to 6PM 5 days per week and I was responsible for the planning and implementing the entire curriculum for the school. There was no other Czech teacher as promised. They offered no additional pay. Not only did I not have this kind of teaching experience, but I have no medical training and don't speak Czech, so putting me in a position of complete responsibility was absurd - if anything had happened to one of the children I would have been unable to do anything! I thought they were crazy! I was to have a room in the school which turned out to be about 5' x 8', had no closet for my clothes, and there was no private bathroom. The CETP agent there knew about this along and chose not to tell me, assuming that once I was there I would have no choice but to go along with it. When I didn't agree to this, they dropped me at a hotel and refused to speak with me again, leaving me stranded in Prague having spent all my money to get there. They have to this date, 7 months later, refused to compensate me for cancelling my contract and abandoning me. They bully and manipulate to get people to work in these post-communist countries for very little money and promote an oppressive communist ethics. Save yourself the trouble and go somewhere else!

Would you recommend this program?
No, I would not