Eugene1
19 Mar 2015
Work / I'm retired teacher, age 69 - I want to teach English in Poland voluntarily, in return for Polish language [18]
Hi,
I have been reading the many interesting comments and suggestions on the topic of teaching English in Poland. I am also interested in a teaching position but my situation is somewhat different.
At sixty-nine years of age I have long since retired form full time teaching of English but for the past seven years I have been providing private tuition from my office in Belfast. While I offer courses to beginners and advanced speakers I primarily provide tuition in IELTS, FCE, etc. I am academically highly qualified and my teaching experience is wide and varied.
However I feel now, at sixty nine years of age, it is the time for a change! Some of my friends and family think I am insane but I am looking for the opportunity to teach English while learning Polish. I am interested in offering my services, for a period of a month or two, free to a school or university in return for Polish language instruction. I am aware that my age may mitigate against me but hopefully someone will consider that my experience is more relevant; anyway, I consider myself a young senior citizen!
That's it in a nutshell! I am compiling a list of colleges in cities like Torun, Wroclaw and Krakow and emailing the institutions for their reaction.Meanwhile I would welcome comments or advice, positive please, that might help me find a suitable institution or if there is a member of the teaching staff in a particular college who feels that I may be of some use to them please do contact me.
Hi,
I have been reading the many interesting comments and suggestions on the topic of teaching English in Poland. I am also interested in a teaching position but my situation is somewhat different.
At sixty-nine years of age I have long since retired form full time teaching of English but for the past seven years I have been providing private tuition from my office in Belfast. While I offer courses to beginners and advanced speakers I primarily provide tuition in IELTS, FCE, etc. I am academically highly qualified and my teaching experience is wide and varied.
However I feel now, at sixty nine years of age, it is the time for a change! Some of my friends and family think I am insane but I am looking for the opportunity to teach English while learning Polish. I am interested in offering my services, for a period of a month or two, free to a school or university in return for Polish language instruction. I am aware that my age may mitigate against me but hopefully someone will consider that my experience is more relevant; anyway, I consider myself a young senior citizen!
That's it in a nutshell! I am compiling a list of colleges in cities like Torun, Wroclaw and Krakow and emailing the institutions for their reaction.Meanwhile I would welcome comments or advice, positive please, that might help me find a suitable institution or if there is a member of the teaching staff in a particular college who feels that I may be of some use to them please do contact me.