"International House Madrid"

International House is one of the best-established academies in Madrid, in Spain and in the whole world. You will find that with few exceptions, almost everyone will recognize them wherever you go in Madrid and if you work for them, your experiences there will be respected by just about everyone.

  

“IH Madrid” has seen some big growth lately and is now made up of 5 buildings, each of which focuses on a different variety of aspects of English teaching like Young Learners and In-company classes. International House Madrid is certainly a growing institution and there aren’t many better academies to start out at in English teaching, so make sure to apply for that teaching job soon as they usually have to hire around 40 in-company teachers in October.

General Information: Academy: International House Madrid Webpage: http://www.ihmadrid.com http://languagetoolbox.com Date updated: July 27, 2004. When did academy open? 25 years ago.        Contact person and title: Kate Baade, Recruitment and Quality Manager, does all the hiring. Contact phone: 34 91 702 79 33. (However, don’t call if you can send an e-mail.) E-mail: kbaade@ihmadrid.com Send your CV in an e-mail as an attachment. All CVs are looked at and kept in a database for future reference. Most of their hiring is done in the Spring for the Fall, but sometimes they have to hire a few more teachers in October. (They took on 4 teachers in October who had done the academy’s own CELTA last summer.) Address: Zurbano, 8 – 28010, Madrid, Spain. This academy is just up the street from well-connected Alonso Martínez Metro station (three metro lines pass through here, including the very important “blue” or “ten” line). These are the five schools: Colón – C/ Fernando el Santo 24, Alonso Martínez – C/ Zurbano 8, Nuevos Ministerios – Pº/ Castellana 102, Ciudad Universitaria – Pº / Juan XXIII 9, Las Rozas – C/ Camilo José Cela 9 (this last one is the newest one). "Pasajes" English bookshop is on the corner at Alonso Martinez (Zurbano 8 centre) and there are plenty of restaurants and shops in the area, including “Burger King” and a relatively cheap “all-you-can-eat” called “Frescos”.            Facilities and classrooms: Facilities and classrooms – there are well-equipped classrooms in each centre. Five centres: International House Alonso Martinez, International House Colón, International House Ciudad Universitaria and International House Nuevos Ministerios. The IH Madrid academy at Alonso Martinez is the headquarters and was completely renovated a few summers ago. IH Nuevos Ministerios is a completely new academy with a new building. Have good materials support, photocopier? The staffrooms are fully stocked with resources and equipped with computers with internet access for all staff. IH Alonso Martinez has plenty of resources and a large area with tables and computers for the teachers. There are 5 computers with an ADSL internet connection in a cafeteria and 5 computers in the staffroom without an internet connection. There are also lockers for the teachers in the staffroom. Have "Director of Studies" support? Each department has a Director, a DOS, one or more ADOSes, senior teachers and supervisors. IH Madrid has a “Young Learners” DOS, a “Adult English” DOS, “Teacher Training” DOS and “Senior Teachers”, who help less experienced teachers. There is also a DOS for the in-company teachers as well as a team of supervisors. Teachers have regular meetings at the beginning and end of each term as part of an on-going effort to standardize the courses so that all the students in a particular level will reach their objectives as per exams and such. Teachers also undergo “well-received” observations, which are followed up by constructive feedback sessions.            VIPs on staff? Roy Norris is author of “Ready for First Certificate” by MacMillan Publishers. Steven McGuire, head of teacher training at IH Madrid is a past coordinator at TESOL and frequent speaker at conventions and seminars in Spain. Several staff members are currently writing coursebooks for major publishers

Qualification requirements for employment? Require a minimum of a CELTA and prefer teachers who get an “A” or a “B” rather than those who simply “Pass”. Will take “equivalent” TEFL certifications, but will carefully examine the circumstances of the course (i.e. whether the classes were observed, etc.). There is a TEFL certification course offered by International House Madrid. Employment Information: Experience requirements for employment? IH Madrid would love for every English teacher to be really experienced, but that’s simply not realistic. There is no experience pre-requisite for employment. Due to a high demand for teachers, they sometimes hire English teachers right off the CELTA courses providing they have demonstrated the quality expected. At the moment, IH Madrid has a higher demand for young learners teachers and prefers teachers who are willing to take at least some YL classes.         Hire at a distance? With the exception of their internal transfer process they require face to face interviews, and do not hire at distance. IH Madrid will ask for your CV and check your references. Hire Americans and do their papers? Hire Americans with legal status, but won’t do their papers. Preference for British or Americans? None apparently. IH Madrid gets plenty of companies that ask for American English teachers. Estimated teachers hired yearly: Estimated teachers hired – 50 / 60 a year, they tend to stay for an average of 2 -3 years. Apart from this, they do hire plenty of in-company teachers. Teachers at International House for over 4 years? More than 25% of their workforce have been there for more than 4 years. Number of students: More than 2,500 About 1,000 young learners.      Best part about working at International House Madrid? … the people, because most try to be professional. Also, there is a general feeling of being part of a “family” because people help and support each other. Other benefits? … the feeling that the training continues. Teachers like to come to IH Madrid because it’s a place where one can develop quickly. Teachers are encouraged to do seminars and they stay because they feel they are developing. Also, teachers only get more difficult classes when they feel they are ready for them. IH Madrid makes an effort to cater to requests and to give teachers the courses and work loads that they ask for. IH is made up of a network of schools internationally, including 23 in Spain. As part of the internal recruitment programme, teachers who move around within the system will actually receive financial help with flights, etc. in order to better make the moves. Offer teacher training or development along with job? Teachers are offered an in-house IH Young Learner certification. There is also an obligatory paid 36-hour-per-year in-service training programme, which is written into the contract. The class schedules are doubled up so as to give teachers double the opportunities to choose their best seminar times. In terms of training they also offer the IH Language Awareness Course, the IH Business English Teaching Certificate, and this year we will also be offering the newly written IH Teaching 1 to 1 Certificate. Starters' average salary? Starting salary: contract – from €1,300 / month + supplements for experience as well as paid holiday, abono transporte (if travelling more than 6 hours a week), and Spanish classes, autónomo - €18 – 21 / hour depending on experience. Alonso Martínez Photos

Feb. 28 update - IH Madrid currently requires these three groups of professionals:

Job / Employment title: Human Resources Team Member.

The main roles will be:
1) Involvement in all steps of the selection process.
2) Sourcing candidates.
3) Timetabling and staff planning.
4) Teaching 6 – 10 hours / week.
Profile: The ideal candidate will have:

A good level of Spanish and English.

Proven computer skills.

Ability to work under pressure.

Ability to organise and work systematically.

Ability to react quickly, make decisions and show initiative.

Experience in working and teaching in a language school.

Experience in staff selection.

Academy: International House Madrid.
Location: IH Colón.
Need the candidate by: May.
Minimum experience required: 2 years.
Conditions of employment: "indefinido" contract.
Salary: €1,822.14.
Contact information:

Person: Kate Baade.

Email: rrhhmadrid@yahoo.es, rrhhmadrid@ihmadrid.com.

Telephone: 91 702 79 33.

Job / Employment title: Assistant Director of Studies – In-company Training (ICT).
ICT believes in the Three Themes of "Instruction, Information and Innovation." The ADOS will help the Director to maintain, strengthen and grow the department in line with the Company's goals and the Three Themes.

Instruction:

Co-ordinate teacher / class allocation with the HR team.

Involvement in mentoring, teacher support, supervisor support, training.

Carry out class observations.

Carry out / organise level testing.

Teach approximately 10 hours / week at peak times.

Information:

Responsible for day-to-day managerial issues that arise.

Administrative tasks e.g. book ordering, reports + attendance sheets.

Organise and carry out staff induction.

Innovation:

Create or work on projects which add value to the department.

Develop and encourage innovation in the teaching staff.

Profile: The ideal candidate will have:

C1 level of Spanish.

Proven organisational skills.

Ability to deal with people.

Strong teaching background (DELTA candidates preferred).

Be creative, independent, flexible and able to use initiative.

Knowledge of online training a bonus.

Academy: International House Madrid
Location: IH Colón
Need the teacher by: May
Minimum experience required: 2 years
Description of the academy: As in previous ads posted
Conditions of employment: indefinido contract
Salary: €1,822.14
Contact information:

Person: Kate Baade

Email: rrhhmadrid@yahoo.es, rrhhmadrid@ihmadrid.com

Telephone: 91 702 79 33

Job / Employment title: EFL Teacher.
Academy: International House Madrid.
Location: Based in one of our centres.
Need the teacher by: After Easter.
Minimum experience required: 1 year + CELTA (or equivalent).
Description of the academy: As in previous ads posted.
Conditions of employment: "fijo discontinuo" until the end of July.
Salary: from €1,300.
Contact information:

Person: Kate Baade.

Email:rrhhmadrid@yahoo.es, rrhh@ihmadrid.com.

Telephone: 91 702 79 33.

The previous ad:
Job / Employment title: EFL teacher.
Academy: International House Madrid.
Website: http://www.ihmadrid.com Location: Central Madrid in one of our centres, and in companies and schools around Madrid, as well as San Fernando, Torrejón, Pozuelo and Las Rozas.
Google Maps (Zurbano 8 centre)
Need the teacher by: we recruit on a continuous basis.
Minimum experience required: 1 year.
Description of the academy: An affiliate of the International House World Organisation’s network of over 120 schools worldwide, IH Madrid offers the widest range of language teaching and training services in Madrid. The school is now in its 26th year and currently has 5 sites: Alonso Martínez and Colón in the city centre, Ciudad Universitaria (in the university district), Nuevos Ministerios (business district) and Las Rozas, to the north west of Madrid.
The company comprises 3 areas of work:

Person: Kate Baade.

Email: rrhh@ihmadrid.com.

Telephone: 917027933.

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Calle Zurbano, 8
Metro Gregorio Marañon
34 91 319 72 24
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