Find A Great TEFL Job
I don’t really publicize it as much as I should, but slowly but surely Great TEFL Jobs, a site I started up last year, is starting to make inroads in the TEFL jobs market. It’s beginning to get solid visitor numbers and it is starting to get job comments.
See, Great TEFL Jobs has a special premise. It allows people to comment on the TEFL jobs advertised. When people are able to leave comments about a job, they feel like they have a way to help other job seekers. For job seekers, they have a chance to get the straight dope before they take on a job.
I would say that the site is a success and with the planned changes that are coming on the site, it should get even better.
Management Problems
If you have a school, office, store or some other sort of business, you probably have employees. The more employees you have, the more you have to be on your toes for dissension in the ranks. Keeping morale high can be tough if you are not managing your employees well. See, many employee problems are really management problems.
As management problems begin to grow, morale begins to fall among employees. There are a couple of ways to stop a decline in morale. First, you can deal with the management issues and simultaneously show your appreciation for employees. The second way is to threaten your employees if they get out of line.
Why is that so many businesses choose the way of threats? Take TEFL Schools for example. If you don’t like what your school admin is doing, they will threaten you with no pay or even deportation if you don’t toe the line. They’ll even go to the point of setting apart employees to be their lackeys who will do everything they can to get you fired.
Why do people subject themselves to working at these kind of employers?
Dust Your Sandles Off
Filed under: Jobs, Personal Growth, Protect Yourself, View from the Watchtower
I think many of us can feel very downtrodden after experiencing a bad experience in a job. It’s not unusual, especially when you give everything you’ve got to a job that then spits you out like you are worthless. It’s just not right. I think there’s some debate on where the blame lies, but if you let their bad actions affect you in a negative way, then you are at fault.
You may not have the ability to change the way they wronged you, but you do have the ability to change your own reaction. If you have taken precautions and you have done right by Heavenly Father, then there is no reason to take it upon you. In fact, that’s what the evil one would like you to do. The evil one wants you to take that anger upon you and let it dwell inside of you.
Don’t take upon the anger, dust your sandles off and move on. Do warn others,report that you were wronged to the Watchman on the Tower so others can avoid the pit. But then move on, don’t dwell on the wrong. Don’t let it affect your relationships. If the wrong is affecting you, then you are at fault.
Thank You TEFL Websites
Why do people take a lower salary than they should? I think about this all the time. It seems that teachers are notorious for this. They will accept a lower pay for some private for profit institution and think they are doing the students some kind of favor. Yeah right.
In reality what happens is that is your lower salary allows the school owner to take on a mistress or get a new BMW. You think you are doing well by your students, but just because you are accepting a lower salary doesn’t mean that they are paying less. Your school is in business and that means they are going to charge as much as they can and still keep students in desks.
That means they’re also going to pay you as little as they can get away. With a huge supply of teachers getting off the banana boat each day, your salary is never going to increase to what it should.
If you like your low, depressed salaries than say thank you to the plethora of TEFL websites that are encouraging untrained and inexperienced teachers to join in a TEFL adventure. I am glad that I am not battling for a cowboy job at some low wage language institute.
Tips to Help You Get A Good Job
If you are at all interested in finding a good TEFL job when you really need to check out naturegirl321′s TEFL Tips website. It is full of good information on finding a great TEFL job. She was put together a great list of questions and information to find out when you have your first interview. In fact, asking those questions will help you avoid working for one of the Hall of Shame schools that we highlight from time to time.
With good information, you can avoid making a wrong decision. Take a look at just 5 of these tips:
Dos
â— Act like a teacher. As a foreign teacher, both students and teachers will look up to you as a representative of your country. Act professional.
â— Make class interesting. Prepare a variety of activities and games.
◠Be consistent with the rules. You shouldn’t play favourites-make sure you treat all your students equally.
◠Plan your lessons ahead of time. Winging it doesn’t work. You will have to think about what you want to teach before you enter the classroom.