It's about this time our thoughts might begin to turn to the next academic year and our options. Shall we carry on like this year?
It's about this time our thoughts might begin to turn to the next academic year and our options. Shall we carry on like this year?
We’re probably all gearing up for the early registration push for next year, my goodness it always rolls round so quickly, doesn’t it? Many language schools open registration early so that existing customers can guarantee their places for the coming year. This is also when we probably measure student retention, how many of our students stay with us and how many don’t?
You’ve been teaching for a while now and have always meant to get properly qualified, perhaps you feel limited and undervalued in the job market and maybe you feel that you’re teaching on instinct rather than from a place of knowledge. Does this sound like you? So many people are in this space. Is now the time to get properly qualified?
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We work with some amazing people, don't we? That's why we employed them, right? We all need continued professional development and for some of our teachers that means at last getting the teaching qualification they lack.
Our job as language teachers is to help learners improve, some of this is process, some of this is art. Part of the art of teaching is feeling when and how it's best to correct errors. Is it better to correct in the moment or to wait until later?
Music is a major part of life for so many of us, we have playlists for everything, why not a playlist for language school leaders? This list has been put together with much love and affection, choices have been made on emotional and lyrical appropriacy as well as a musical mix to soothe, enthuse and accompany us on our way. The tracks span about 50 years from the 1970’s right up to the present day, just like us, right?
Inclusivity is arguably, now more than ever, the biggest single issue in education. How can we help each and every student we work with to flourish and achieve their potential?
The academic year machine rolls along, we're over half way through this one. Hopefully the machinery is running smoothly with just the odd bit of tinkering needed. Is the engine purring nicely? Now maybe it's time to have a good look under the bonnet, to give things a proper once-over, think about the journey we're on and maybe it's time to start to think about next year too.