How? ... They have focused on the teaching and the teachers. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to link quality teaching to quality business and while most "business men" in English teaching in Madrid have missed the link, Hyland has invested rather heavily in it. One only need look at the fact that 12 of their teachers have been working at the school for over 4 years and, in fact, I spoke with one teacher who has been at Hyland for over 15 years. On the other hand, I challenge you to find 5 academies in Madrid that pay beginning teachers as well: 1,115 euros monthly for 23 hours of weekly classes. Take it for granted, the "fly-by-nights" are not at all interested in your staying at their school for longer than 2 or 3 years, much less in paying you as much.
 General Information:
Academy:
Hyland Language Centre
Website:
http://www.hylandmadrid.com
Date:
November 8, 2007.
When did academy open?
1985.
Contact person and title:
Andrea Sweeney, Director of Studies.
Contact phone:
(00 34) 91 431 97 57
E-mail:
info@hylandmadrid.com
Address:
C/ Serrano, 19 - 2º, 28001, Madrid, Spain. Google
Maps.
On the corner of Serrano and Goya around the corner from
Colón Square. Hyland is centrally located on one
of the most exclusive streets in Madrid. It's about 100
metres from the underground or subway at "Metro Serrano"
and about 500 metres (5 minutes) from the "Renfe"
train station at "Recoletos".
Facilities and classrooms:
Hyland large centre has 14 classrooms on-site, though it
also does courses in 7 schools outside of the centre. The
on-site classrooms and chairs are large and comfortable
and the school also has a small language laboratory, a small
kitchen for the staff, offices for the Directors of Studies
and a mid-sized staff room for the teachers.
Have good materials support, photocopier?
Hyland definitely has plenty of support materials for teachers
and a photocopier apparently solely for the teaching staff.
Have "Director of Studies" support?
Yes, they have a lot of support with a Director of Studies
and an assistant DoS for English teachers, Directors of
Studies for executive courses and young learners, an ADoS
for YLs and coordinators in each of the off-site schools.
VIPs on staff?
Several published ESL or EFL authors have chosen Hyland
as their academy including Peter Moore (co-author on the
"Cutting Edge" series, which is my personal favorite),
Peter Jeffery, Ceri Jones, Dave Spencer, Simon Betterton
and Andrea Littlewood. Also, Dave Garner himself, the director
of the centre, seems to be a bit of a mover-and-shaker locally
and internationally in the EFL industry.
Serrano Photos
Colon Photos
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Employment Information:
Qualification requirements for employment?
Our teachers must have a recognised teaching qualification
such as the Trinity or Cambridge CELTA or a PGCE. There
is a TEFL certification course offered by Hyland.
Experience requirements for employment?
Hyland has hired teachers right off the Certification course.
Hire at a distance?
They have hired with a telephone interview.
Hire Americans and do their papers?
There are Americans on the staff who must have had their paperwork done by
the academy.
Preference for British or Americans?
None apparently.
Estimated teachers hired yearly:
Five or so.
Teachers at Hyland for over 4 years?
A very impressive 12 out of 40. That's unheard of in most
of Madrid.
Number of students:
2,000 total students per year - children and adults in the centre and in companies.
Best part about working at Hyland?
The staffroom atmosphere is great and there is plenty of support
or lots of help for new teachers.
Other benefits?
If you want to develop your career as an international "professional
tefler", you will probably have a much easier time
of it with this experience on your curriculum vitae. I also
noticed job ads on the staff room bulletin board probably
indicative of Hyland's helping its teachers to find summer
work.
Offer teacher training or development along with job?
The staff in-service training is a required part of the
contract and teachers have to do a certain number of sessions
depending on their contracted hours. There are two weekly
sessions on Fridays by the DOSs (and teachers) who also
do these seminars externally for the Spanish teachers of
English in the Public System of Education, for example.
By the way, Hyland offers a certified CELTA course.
Starters' average salary?
It's just about as good as it gets in English academies
in Madrid.
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Hyland Language Centre CELTA course
The recent "International House" spin-off, the "Hyland Language Centre", appears to have an excellent line-up of experienced teachers (a couple are published authors) and might well be an
excellent option for a CELTA course here in Madrid, Spain. They certainly have the qualifications and experience. Years ago I worked with a top teacher who had worked for them for 4 years,
who had been terribly reluctant to leave and who had nothing but really positive things to say about them.
http://www.hylandmadrid.com.
Calle Serrano, 19
Metro Serrano
34 91 431 97 57
info@hylandmadrid.com
 Recognition of the Centre (and Certificate)
This academy cannot be very well recognized around the world (nor even in Madrid) as it was just created in 2003
(even though it had existed for quite some time before as just another "International House"). However, start to
mention a few of the big "names" that have worked on the Hyland Language Centre staff and any Director of Studies (DOS) worth his or her
salt will recognize them immediately. There will be no problem in getting your in getting your TEFL certification recognized
anywhere around the world. For example, TEFL author Peter Moore was a past DOS of Hyland Language Centre and was also
co-author of "Cutting Edge", the most popular series of English teaching text-books in the world.
Training Staff and Course
The staff, with Ceri Jones
and Peter Jeffery, certainly looks top-notch (and they did participate at the last TESOL convention with several speakers, by the way) and, on the surface of it, the company looks to be hungry for the lead position in the "quality English teaching" sector in Madrid (if so, they likely have few competitors around here) so I am sure you can look forward to some really interesting and challenging learning with them.
Installations
Very well located and adequate in every respect. It is no palace but you won't feel at all squeezed for space or resources.
Current courses - straight from the horse's mouth
Hyland has got four one-month intensive CELTA courses, the next
two are from the 2nd to the 27th of June of 2008 and from the 1st
to the 26th of September of 2008 .
DELTA course (Diploma in English teaching)
Hyland does not offer a DELTA course at the moment
Other Information
Everything looks rather well organized and professional. It really is about as good
as it gets - top-notch!.
Prices
CELTA - 1,440 euros.
Job / Employment title: Teachers of English
Academy: Hyland Language Centre.
Website: http://www.hylandmadrid.com.
Location: Calle Serrano 19, in central Madrid.
Google
Maps.
Need the teacher by: we recruit on a continuous basis and have openings for part-time and full-time teachers for the academic year 2008 / 09.
Minimum experience required: Our teachers must have a recognised teaching qualification such as the Trinity or Cambridge CELTA or, for teaching YLs, a PGCE (or equivalent qualification for teaching YLs in state schools 'at home'). We recruit teachers who are interested in their personal development through classroom support and additional training.
Description of the academy: Hyland Language
Centre is at the cutting edge of language teaching methodology
- members of our staff and ex-staff having written some of the
best-known course books and materials - and employs native,
qualified, experienced teachers who undergo continual in-service
training. Although we teach some 2,000 students a year and some
50 teachers work for us, we have managed to remain true to our
philosophy of "big but little" and a friendly, personal atmosphere
reigns at all levels.
We work in three main fields:
On-site English courses - We teach mainly General English
to groups of adults in Serrano. We also offer a range of short
courses, including IELTS and TOEFL, and provide Teacher Training
services, including CELTA courses. We also offer foreign study
courses through our Courses Abroad department.
Company contracts - We provide language services to company
clients, both on-site in Serrano and off-site on company premises.
Our contracts include the Ministry of Justice, ICEX and Cargill España.
Off-site young learner classes - We offer extra curricular
English classes to children and adolescents in 8 off-site
schools, all accessible via the Madrid metro system. We also
provide Teacher Training services to Spanish state school
teachers.
Further information can be found on our website www.hylandmadrid.com.
Conditions of employment: We offer contracts,
with paid holidays and an end-of-contract bonus, Spanish classes,
a wide range of teacher resources, continual teacher support,
training and development.
Salary: Competitive - to be discussed at interview.
We also have very competitive rates for freelance teachers, between €18 and €25,50 / hour, depending on experience and qualifications.
Contact information:
Person: Andrea Sweeney, Director of Studies.
Email: dos@hylandmadrid.com.
Telephone: 91 431 97 57.
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