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North American English Instructor

American English Center
 
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North American English Instructor

American English Center is hiring native English speakers from the US and Canada for positions beginning May 8, 2011.
American English Center has been operating in Ukraine since 1993 and is the largest English school in the country. AEC currently employs over 45 North American instructors at 11 locations throughout Ukraine. AEC has branches in the following cities: Kyiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhye, Odessa, and Kharkiv.
AEC offers its students the best value in Ukraine. We offer small classes of no more than 12 students. Our students are professionals usually in the 18-35 age range. Students are given 6 hours of direct instruction per week with both Ukrainian and North American teachers. Plus, there are conversation clubs available every day at no additional charge to students.

Teaching
-Teaching is primarily in 4-6 hour blocks at a fixed location, but corporate work may also be required
-26 standard student-contact hours per week
-Attendance at monthly staff meetings and one student progress report per 7-week period
-No homework checking; no exam grading

Compensation:
-Minimum $2000 (USD) per seven-week semester during the academic year (September-May)
-Two bonus systems in place, including a student retention bonus
-Opportunities for additional corporate work paid at an hourly rate
-One week off after every seven-week semester (more during summer and Christmas breaks)

Teacher Support Services:
-Airport pickup
-Apartment and roommate matching service
-Free introductory Russian language tutoring with textbook provided
-On staff assistance at each school to help instructors with daily life
-GSM enabled mobile phone loaned to teachers (not service)
-Opportunity to transfer to schools in other cities

Training:
-Approximately 40 hours of training to introduce new teachers to the AEC educational approach—instruction includes: teaching methodology, class observation, mock teaching, and guest teaching
-Consistent evaluations by a training manager and periodic trainings
-Teacher support guides
-Monthly staff meetings


Job Prerequisites
Requirements:
-3- or 4-year degree (New and recent grads are encouraged to apply)
-North Americans (from Canada and the United States whose mother tongue is English)
-Able to illustrate the use of grammar in conversational English
-Energy, enthusiasm, creativity, and desire to teach are critical requirements
-TEFL, CELTA, and other certificates are a plus, but are not necessary. **American English Center provides ESL training directed to the school's program.**
-Some prior experience teaching and/or studying languages, as well as experience living abroad
-Willingness to teach at any of our 11 branches in central and eastern Ukraine


Job Salary
1000


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