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SCHOOL PROFILE
GENERAL
PROGRAM-Bell School of English is an ELT institution associated with
the Bell Educational Trust It operates a lanuage school which is located in
Poznan and Konin. PROGRAM-Bell offers tuition
to approximately 1000 students. The school is a part of the Bell Associate Network
in Poland which also includes Gdansk, Kraków and Warsaw.
The school has a Director of Studies responsible for academic management, and
administrative staff handling enrolment and registration of students.
PROGRAM-Bell employs about 40 full-time qualified teachers from
Great Britain, the US and Canada.
COURSES
PROGRAM-Bell runs general English courses for the public as well as
in-company courses of both general English and ESP/Business English.
The academic year, which begins in the end of September, consists of two semesters:
September - January and February - June. Three basic types of general English
courses are offered: for children aged 7 - 9 (beginner to upper intermediate)
for teenagers and adults (beginner to advanced) examination courses (preparing
for FCE, CAE and CPE)
Classes are held twice a week from Monday to Friday between 3 and 8.30 p.m.
ESP courses are tailor made and designed to cater for the individual client's
language needs. They are usually run on the company premises, in the mornings
or early afternoons, Monday to Friday. The last two years has seen a sharp rise
in the number of one-to-one courses. In addition, we run intensive weekend courses
for individual firms on an ad hoc basis.
During the summer holidays we organise English camps for Young Learners (ages
8 - 17) lasting thirteen days; the teaching on these is topic based with a strong
emphasis on students using their knowledge of English for practical as well as
fun purposes.
TEACHING
The teaching programme is based on syllabuses, level descriptions and course
guidelines with a maximum of 8 students in children's groups, 10 in teenage and
adult groups and 12 in the exam groups. British coursebooks are used. Communicative
approach to teaching is generally followed, putting an emphasis on speaking and
listening, and group and pair-work.
Class observations are carried out on a regular basis, on average 2 - 3 times
a semester; teachers are given feedback and any assistance they may need.
Teacher development is an important issue at PROGRAM-Bell and class
observations form an integral part of it. In addition, peer observation and the
sharing of ideas and materials is encouraged. There is an in-house teacher training
session once a month. Our teachers are also encouraged to participate in outside
ELT events such as the IATEFL (Poland) conference and other, more local seminars.
TEACHER
PROFILE
A typical teacher joining us from Britain or the USA to teach at our all-year-round
courses will have TEFL qualifications and a university degree. Selection is based
on an interview. Very often teachers who initially come to work just at PROGRAM-Bell summer
camps stay on to teach for a year. The workload consists of 20 hours of teaching
per week, with a teaching hour of 50 minutes. If a workload exceeds 25 hours,
this will always be with the prior consent of the teacher. There is a very friendly
atmosphere in the school. Teachers feel valued both by the managers of the school
as well as by the students.
Native speaker teachers who would like to apply for a teaching post at PROGRAM-Bell should
contact the School by
mail office@program-bell.edu.pl or
by post PROGRAM-Bell , ul. Fredry 1, 61-701 Poznań, Poland.
Tel. +48 61 8519250 or fax. +48 61 8551806
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