Teaching
Teachers are responsible for the planning and teaching of effective EFL classes, and for related administrative tasks. Some teachers are also required to take an active part in the activities and excursions programme.Classes
Classes may be multi- or monolingual and we usually have a maximum class size of 16 students.Students are
tested on arrival and placed into one of five levels. Classrooms are generally
well equipped, with flexible seating arrangements, whiteboards, and OHPs and
video equipment are available on arrangement with the DOS.
Classes follow a set syllabus, using a range of in-house materials that are provided. Click the image (right) to view the syllabus
If you have several years of teaching experience you might like to consider a senior position:
Director of Studies
Manages the academic programme, and line manager for teaching staff on academic issues. Click here to see an example diary. Assistant Director of StudiesThe ADOS is responsible for supporting the DOS in all aspects of the academic programme, including the management of the teaching team and their performance. The ADOS also has specific responsibility for the organisation of the Trinity exams (where offered). Click here to see the ADOS weekly timetable
Some teachers work 15 hours as teachers, and the rest of their week they work as ALs, and are expected to take an active role in organising and supervising activity sessions. For example, this could mean organising a quiz, leading an excursion, taking students swimming, or running an arts & crafts session.
You are expected to show the same energy, enthusiasm and commitment to the activity programme as you do in the academic programme. Remember that the activity programme has a direct effect on the students' enjoyment of their holiday, so the more that you put into the programme, the more they get out of it.
Programme Types
The type of study programmes offered at the centre affects the types of work offered.
We offer several types of programmes:
Classic Programme
This is the traditional summer school programme, where students have
classes in the morning and activities in the afternoon. They also have one or
two half-day excursions and one full day excursion per week. This programme
represents the majority of courses sold.
Zig Zag Programmes
It is sometimes necessary to run classes in the morning and the afternoon.
In zig-zagging, if a group has classes in the morning one week, the
next they will have them in the afternoon. At Stafford House Study Holidays,
this may mean that teachers will be teaching all day.
(See timetable for T30),
or that the teaching will be in the afternoon, with activities
and excursions in the morning.
Closed Groups
Sometimes the programme is designed specially for the group. Some government
contract groups operate as a closed group e.g. INPDAP courses at selected
centres.
Homestay Programmes
selected centres only
Homestay students generally follow the Classic programme, except that
they live with selected host families off-site. Homestay students only
come in for evening activities twice per week (usually for discos)