TEFL Certification for Trainee English Teacher in Austria
ORGANIZATION: The English Teacher Training College
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Start a career in EFL teaching through this unique opportunity to learn, travel and teach, whilst studying for a TEFL certification in and around the Austrian Alps.
As a trainee on an intensive teacher training course, together with your teaching practice group, you will learn to teach English as a foreign language to young learners from the ages of 8 to 15.
Trainees will gain experience teaching in more than twenty different schools while living in different locations in Austria.
WHAT You Gain:
- FREE accommodation and basic food supplies in Student Teacher dormitories for the duration of the course
- All course-related transportation in Austria i.e. travel to and from campus/school each day
- Extended training in communicative language teaching, project work, game-based learning and task-based learning techniques
- At least 220 hours of practical teaching experience in Austrian classrooms
- Over 29 hours of observed and assessed feedback, including microteaching video feedback, feedback from Course Tutors, feedback from peers and observing a more experienced teacher
Course Dates:
- Winter 2017 (January 2nd- April 14th)
- Spring 2017 (April 18th- July 28th)
- Fall 2017(August 28th- February 16th)
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About The English Teacher Training College
Location:
Bahnhofstrasse 13, 4655, Vorchdorf, 4655, AT
Mission Statement
The English Teacher Training College and its associated Bilingual Classroom Initiative (ABCi) is a not-for-profit Austrian College with a dual mission: Firstly, as a college, to provide a practical education in teacher training for trainees from the English-speaking world based solely on the candidate's academic merit. Secondly, as a charity outreach, to promote language learning, cultural exchange and foster understanding between English-speaking countries and Austria by bringing hundreds of teachers from England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, America, Canada, New Zealand and Australia into Austrian classrooms to reach every child with a free English project by the year 2020.
Description
The English Teacher Training College, Vorchdorf Campus, is an Austrian NGO bringing together Austrian children and English native-speaking Student Teachers to form a bilingual learning environment by means of linguistic immersion, cultural exchange and foreign sports that promotes the use of English in Austrian classrooms and will provide every child in Austria with an English project day including elements of language, culture and sport by the year 2020. The College also aims to provide in-service CLIL training for all interested teachers in Austria, fair wages for our staff, and professional development for our trainees. The College encourages students to become supporting members of the association while fostering ties with government, community and business leaders.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
Bahnhofstrasse 13Vorchdorf, Upper Austria 4810Austria
DATE POSTED
November 8, 2016
SKILLS
- English as a Secondary Language (ESL)
- Sports Coaching
- Youth Services
- Teaching / Instruction
GOOD FOR
N/A
REQUIREMENTS
- Background Check
- Must be at least 18
- Orientation or Training
- 12-16 weeks