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Employer Recruitment Requirements/Preferences for ELT Staff

The following ELT employers provide us with current data related to their preferences when selecting candidates from various teacher development/training courses. To maintain commercial privacy, employers are identified only by ID numbers.

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Costa Rica
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Employer ID1470301370041317501200139605339304
 
1. Require graduate?
2. Qualifications: Certificate
Qualifications: Diploma      
Qualifications: Masters      
 
3. We would consider candidates who have graduated from a
face-to-face course
course which does not include observed and assessed teaching practice
     
face-to-face course
TEFL/TESL 'taster/weekend' course?
     
distance course
which does not include observed and assessed teaching practice
     
distance course
which includes observed and assessed teaching practice via recorded video
distance course
TEFL/TESL 'taster' course
     
 
4. With the following criteria
minimum course hours12012012012080120
minimum course duration (weeks)434324
minimum number of observed and assessed teaching practice hours6661046
 
5. Levels trained for and taught in teaching practice
beginner
elementary 
lower intermediate 
intermediate
higher intermediate 
advanced
 
6. Age groups trained for and taught in Teaching practice
4-7 years     
7-12 years    
teenagers   
adults
 
7. Number of students in teaching practice group
minimum1-51-56-121-51-56-12
maximum6-126-1213-206-121-56-12
 
8. English for Specific purposes covered
Business
Medical  
Technical  
Banking  
Scientific   
Journalism   
Politics   
Advertising and Marketing   
Academic Purposes 
 
9. Preparation for Official examinations covered
UCLES    
KET    
PET    
CAE    
FCE    
CPE    
Young Learners  
Starters  
Movers    
Flyers    
TOEFL    
TOEIC     
IELTS    
Other      
 
10. Teacher Training course Tutor-Trainee ratio
One to one      
One to five     
One to twelve   
One to twenty      
One to thirty      
One to forty      
One to fifty      
 
11. Course content considered essential/desirable
Needs analysis design   
Conducting a needs analysis   
Interpreting needs analyses' results   
Planning courses   
Planning sequences of lessons   
Planning individual lessons  
Selection of appropriate teaching styles and techniques  
Effective management of teaching/learning   
Presentation of new language and promotion of its production   
Design of learning materials   
Selection of appropriate learning materials   
Use of appropriate learning materials   
Adaptation of learning materials  
Assessment of learners' language learning achievements   
Provision of appropriate feedback to learners on their achievements   
Evaluation and modification of lessons   
Evaluation and modification of sequences of lessons   
Theories of language learning   
Approaches to the teaching/learning of a foreign/second language  
Role of the teacher   
Class management  
Language Analysis   
Phonology   
Teaching of the four skills of reading, writing, speaking and listening  
Effective use of audio/visual aids  
Effective use of pair work  
Effective use of group work  
Effective use of role play  
Effective use of simulation  
Learner autonomy and the promotion of self-managed learning   
Level placement testing   
Negotiating learning objectives   
Originating learner material to support achievement of learning objectives   
Providing support for courses   
Negotiated syllabi   
Test design   
Alternative methods of assessment   
 
12. We consider the following 'soft skills' to be essential/desirable
Interaction
attitude awareness
  
conflict handling  
co-operation  
diversity tolerance  
(n)etiquette  
interlocutor orientation   
teamwork willingness  
Self-management
compensation strategies
  
decision making  
learning willingness  
self-assessment  
self-discipline  
self-marketing   
stress resistance  
Communication
delegating skills
   
listening skills  
presentation skills  
organization      
problem solving  
systems thinking  
troubleshooting  
 
13. We hire staff inDecember AugustJulyNovember 

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