Your First Management Position in EFL

[Sadebugo]

Recently, I was informed that I will be promoted to a management position by my employer. Having never held such a position before, I am a little apprehensive about my lack of experience. So, I thought I would consult board members about this. Are there any books/resources that give information about managment issues, specifically, language program management? Thanks in advance for your assistance in this matter.

Sadebugo
Djibouti, Horn of Africa
http://travldawrld.blogspot.com/

[Susan]

Hi Sadebugo,

Youcould put your question into the TEfl Helpdesk forum. Lucy answers that type of question too.

Susan

[Alex Case]

Bit late, but here is a recent book review on this site that answers exactly your questions:

https://www.tefl.net/elt/reviews/teache ... o-manager/

[Sadebugo]

Thanks for the info. I'll check this out just to confirm what I've been doing since beginning the position.

Sadebugo
http://travldawrld.blogspot.com/

[sherieaa]

Greetings Everyone,
Can someone please advise me about how to obtain an administrative position in ESL education? Is there a one stop location that lists administrative openings or do I need to contact schools individually? My name is Sherie and my email address is: [email protected]
Thank you.

[Alex Case]

Hi Sherie

I hate to answer a question with a question, but it all depends on:
- Do you mean in your own country or abroad, and which country?
- What is your present position and experience of admin and ESL?

[wina_adithia]

Hi everyone,

My name is Wina and apparently Sadebuga and I are in a similar situation. I spent the last 8 years teaching English as a Second Language in Bandung, Indonesia, that's including the last 2 years of working as a Senior Teacher.

I relocated to Newcastle, UK in May 2011 and for the past 4 months I've ben working as a Centre Manager at this newly-opened learning centre where one of the courses we run here is EFL.

I've never worked as a Centre Manager before but so far I've managed to get an accreditation for our learning centre and now I need to start raising people's awareness about our learning centre and eventually I need to get students enrolling with us.

I'd really value your ideas and thoughts.

Thank you very much :)

[Susan]

Hi Wina,

Have you looked at this?

https://www.tefl.net/elt/category/artic ... istration/

Susan