Comments on: Four Proposals to Reform TEFL Part Two- the TEFL Legal Fund http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/teach-abroad/tefl-reform-proposals-part-two-legal-fund/ Mon, 13 Feb 2012 04:01:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Alex Case http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/teach-abroad/tefl-reform-proposals-part-two-legal-fund/comment-page-1/#comment-2721 Alex Case Mon, 19 May 2008 11:02:46 +0000 http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/?p=1004#comment-2721 When I worked in Bryon in Rome they were setting up exactly that kind of organisation, might be worth emailing them to hear their experience When I worked in Bryon in Rome they were setting up exactly that kind of organisation, might be worth emailing them to hear their experience

]]> By: Janice Haywood http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/teach-abroad/tefl-reform-proposals-part-two-legal-fund/comment-page-1/#comment-2717 Janice Haywood Sun, 18 May 2008 14:57:08 +0000 http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/?p=1004#comment-2717 Hi Alex, Well, I could talk about this subject all day, the horor stories I get to hear when interviewing prospective teachers and taking on new clients is endless. As the internet is more and more widely used I think the cowboys will gradually get weeded out. In the meantime, all us related to TEFL who are concerned about standards should make ourselves much more visble on the net to get the word out to students and teachers. Here in Madrid a group of academy owners are getting togehter to promote best practices and do our bit to improve standards in the industry. We collaborate with a school who are dedicated exclusively to teacher training, Ttmadrid, and w've had the idea that an association could be formed where they would be the watch dog and could go into company classes to do independent observations for clients. Well known schools in large cities would do well to be more vociferous about the problems the industry faces caused by the cowboys, and in that way educate prospective clients to question in more detail how their provider actually operates in respect to teacher contracts, training and legality issues. Janice Haywood Madrid Hi Alex,

Well, I could talk about this subject all day, the horor stories I get to hear when interviewing prospective teachers and taking on new clients is endless.

As the internet is more and more widely used I think the cowboys will gradually get weeded out. In the meantime, all us related to TEFL who are concerned about standards should make ourselves much more visble on the net to get the word out to students and teachers.

Here in Madrid a group of academy owners are getting togehter to promote best practices and do our bit to improve standards in the industry. We collaborate with a school who are dedicated exclusively to teacher training, Ttmadrid, and w’ve had the idea that an association could be formed where they would be the watch dog and could go into company classes to do independent observations for clients.

Well known schools in large cities would do well to be more vociferous about the problems the industry faces caused by the cowboys, and in that way educate prospective clients to question in more detail how their provider actually operates in respect to teacher contracts, training and legality issues.

Janice Haywood
Madrid

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