“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://www.ihmadridtraining.com/
Date updated:
Sept. 2, 2008.
When did academy open?
25 years ago.
Contact person and title:
Kate Baade, Recruitment and Quality Manager, does all the hiring.
Contact phone:
902 141 517, ext 8560 (However, don’t call if you can send an e-mail.)
E-mail: selection@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. (Google Maps Photos) 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 (Google Maps Photos), Alonso Martínez
– C/ Zurbano 8, Nuevos Ministerios – Pº/ Castellana 102 (Google Maps Photos),
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
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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 €1,372 / 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
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Job / Employment title: EFL teacher.
Academy: International House Madrid.
Website: http://www.ihmadrid.com, http://www.ihmadridtraining.com
Location: Central Madrid in one of our centres, and in companies and schools around Madrid, as well as Pozuelo and Las Rozas.
Google Maps (Zurbano 8 centre)
Need the teacher by: interviews conducted throughout the 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:
Empresas & Government Contracts
These departments provide language training to corporate clients. Teacher Training services here includes the IH BET, IHWO Language Awareness Course and IHWO Teaching 1-1 certificate.
Adults & Young Learners
These departments teach General & Professional English, French, German and Chinese to the general public both on our premises and off-site, and provide Teacher Training services (CELTA, IHCYL and a range of short courses). They also offer foreign study courses through our Courses Abroad unit.
Spanish
This department offers language and teacher training courses
Further information can be found on our website www.ihmadrid.com
Conditions of employment: "fijo discontinuo" from October until the end of July.
including paid holidays, paid public holidays. Excellent conditions including Spanish classes, full library of resources, teacher support and development, and a fixed timetable.
Salary: from €1,372, for 25 hour / week contracts, with supplements paid for experience as well as class type and location. Paid holidays and paid public holidays. Freelance rates from €18 – 21 / hour.
Contact information:
Person: Kate Baade
Email: selection@ihmadrid.com.
Telephone: +34 91 319 72 24.
International House CELTA / DELTA (Updated April 20, 2008)
I studied my own CELTA (English Teaching Certificate) at International
House 15 years ago and I was quite satisfied with it. I did the
4-month extensive course and was always up to my neck in work so
I don’t know how anybody could hope to survive the 1-month intensive.
(The course-load has now been reduced somewhat to give more time
for lesson planning.) I have also studied one or two other courses
with their trainers over the years and apparently things haven’t
changed there regarding the quality.
http://www.ihmadrid.com
http://www.ihmadridtraining.com/
Calle Zurbano, 8
Metro Gregorio Marañon
34 91 319 72 24
ttraining@ihmadrid.com
 Recognition of the Centre (and Certificate)
With over 120 schools internationally, International House is well-known
all over the world and in Madrid, which will make it easier, I think,
to get your Certificate accepted by your prospective employers anywhere
you go. (It probably won't hurt to have an IH certificate if you want
to work at IH in Madrid or elsewhere.)
Training Staff and Course
I thought the CELTA course that I did was great and the staff
was professional. I recently spoke at length with their Head of
Teacher Training, Steven McGuire, and I can give my own personal
"certification" as to his professionalism, intelligence
and general knowledge of English teaching. He is definitely a
competent teacher who regularly teaches at conferences.
Installations
Generally speaking, the recently renovated Zurbano Centre is just about
as good as it gets around Madrid. The classrooms are large, there are
lots of facilities for the students and teachers, it’s centrally located
with an English language bookshop and Subway station nearby and there’s
a Café with 5 internet-connected computers on the ground-floor next
to the reception area.
I'm told that teachers on the course now have access to the extensive
teachers' resources library in the staff-room.
Current courses
Apparently, the next intensive one-month CELTA courses will be in
June of 2008. The title of their website's section for CELTA courses
includes: "Train with International House Madrid to work for
International House Madrid."
DELTA course (Diploma in English teaching)
After a brief absence, International House Madrid has reestablished
the DELTA course. There are currently 8 trainees on a part-time
course which is reaching completion and preparing teachers for
the June exam. As from September 2008, the format of the DELTA
changes to a modular course. This has certain advantages for candidates
who will be able to take the 3 modules – Written Exam, Practical
Assignments and Extended Assignment - in any order and at any
stage of their teaching career. It also allows teachers to spread
the load over a longer period. The course is open to all teachers
regardless of where they work and applications are now being invited
for the next part-time course running October 2008 – May 2009.
Experienced teachers may consider the option of working for International
House while doing the course which automatically qualifies them
for a 20% discount on the course fee.
Prices
Cost of the DELTA course is 2,490 euros. More information on dates
and prices at the training web site: http://www.ihmadridtraining.com/.
The IH Madrid Young Learner Certificate course
This course is designed for qualified teachers who have completed a CELTA course or equivalent, but who have either limited experience of teaching young learners or need to develop their current skills to teaching different ages or levels of children in different situations. The course consists of 30 hours of practical-based seminars and workshops to equip teachers with all aspects of young learner teaching.
The cost of this course is €435 Euros. See: http://www.ihmadridtraining.com/
for more information on the contents of the course.
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