British Institutes Reviews

Pros

Best language school in Barcelona

Cons

Being undercut by local schools

Pros

Accommodation provided very close to school. Quiet town, nice environment

Cons

Long hours, Saturday mornings. No consideration of work life balance

Pros

many opportunities for building experience across a broad range of teaching goals (different exam courses, different levels and ages, etc.) good staff support at the location I was working from. Help with bureaucracy of moving to Italy at the beginning. Lots of resources and help with lesson planning for new teachers

Cons

work/life balance is not great. Fairly basic pay with no real benefits

Pros

Contact with students and preparing exams

Cons

Low salary compared to other jobs

Pros

Helpful staff, great location and facilities

Cons

Long hours, low pay - a set salary does not reflect the hours worked

Pros

As a first long term position I have gained a fantastically wide range of experience, from young learners to adults, across all levels. Wide variety of class types available to teach, including General English, Business, exam specific classes, one to one and groups. Classes are well sized and relatively well separated based on level. Good support from colleagues and the manager prior to teaching a new type of class. Good resources available for planning combined with a helpful amount of freedom in methodology so long as the syllabus is followed. Pay is good depending on the cost of living of the area you work in. Rarely asked to work on Saturdays and only ever in the morning.

Cons

Lots of paperwork, which while not surprising, can get ahead of you if you are not organised or set the time aside. Busy days can get quite hectic if an unexpected issue arises, can be asked to cover classes for 10 minutes or a couple of hours on the spot. For this reason it is important to be well ahead of planning and comfortable with throwing together a lesson in a matter of minutes. With so many centres across such a large area I think it is difficult to know how the school you are interested in will be run compared to others.

Pros

It is a well organised school with plenty of resources in a great location and it provides adequate support. They always have plenty of work to offer

Cons

They don't offer full-time contracts, holiday pay or sick pay and they expect you to work into the evening. Not enough teacher training

Pros

-Some flexibility of working hours -Standard pay -Group is improving it's standards year by year

Cons

-Still not enough support or structure or standardisation for schools, too much variation in quality

Pros

Fresh brand, clean fresh classrooms and opportunities to teach in companies, nice kids

Cons

long, anti social hours, availability from 0800-1000pm, sneaky, greedy boss, they feel you are 'lucky' to have a job, awful pay 700 euros per month, vile archaic shared accomodation.

Pros

I was able to work autonomously, thank God & I had a great team to work with.

Cons

Nothing that I'd call a downside.