Why work with us

We offer our teachers:

  • Excellent lesson preparation facilities

  • Offices in Prague, Brno and Mladá Boleslav

  • Ready-prepared materials

  • Talent management programme

  • Training and development workshops

  • Senior Teacher (mentor)

  • Teaching conference

  • Social events

REPUTATION

We have been around since 1999 and have become a specialist in corporate language training in Czech Republic. In 2013 we won the Vodafone Prague Company of the Year competition and in 2017 we entered the Polish market. We are a member of the Czech Association of Language Schools.

CARE

You are a member of our team.

We will support you with your ongoing development and methodology skills through our Senior Teachers and many great workshops.

STABILITY

We work with over 500 clients in Central Europe and there are plenty of courses for our teachers in all our countries. You can be sure that if you wish so, you will have courses all year round.

REWARD

We reward you for your hard work and loyalty – you can directly influence your pay with positive feedback from your students and Senior Teacher.

Resource Centre and Library

Our school is located in the centre of Warsaw, with lots of restaurants and shops close by. Teachers have their own places in our office with a library (also accessible online) and Resource Centre with textbooks, magazines, printers, computers and Wi-Fi. We also have many specialised materials for our teachers to use when planning their lessons. 

Methodology support

We have developed our own methodology, Coach&Practise, which will make your work with us even easier. We have also written a unique methodology handbook for our teachers to help you even more with your teaching and lesson planning. We have a great set of interesting and useful training and development workshops for new teachers to support you when you start teaching with us.

Reward and care

You are part of our team. We support your ongoing development and methodology skills. We reward you for your hard work and loyalty – you can directly influence your pay with positive feedback from your students and Senior Teacher.

Methodology

Who we teach

Our methodology enables us to teach languages effectively to busy professionals, who can only devote a limited amount of time out of their busy schedule. These are students who do not have much time for self-study, preparation and homework.

Our goal

We plan lessons that focus on the communication needs of the student and their specific language needs. Our methodology especially helps students to have the confidence to use the language and speak in a realistic context.

How it works

The Coach&Practise method guides the student towards effectively learning the language by using visualisation, self-correction and finding the best way to communicate their ideas. Our students actively speak for 80% of the time during lessons and always do so in the target language. The lessons are logically linked together, plenty of practice helps students remember new language and motivates them to actively use it in their professional and everyday lives.

What our teachers say about us

Sylwia Barnett

French and Polish Teacher

The pandemic popularized on-line learning, thanks to which I got the opportunity to cooperate with the Warsaw branch of James Cook Languages. I am very pleased with this, because I was looking for a place that would satisfy my need for professional development and ensure satisfaction with many years of teaching practice. At JCL, I teach French and Polish as a foreign language. What matters most to me is the fact that as a teacher I am treated seriously, in partnership, with respect for my time and work. I really appreciate the independence in building a direct relationship with the learner. On the other hand, the school provides excellent organization and organizational and methodological facilities, giving a sense of security and clarity about competences and rules. JCL offers me the opportunity to conduct really interesting and stimulating classes and participate in interesting projects. What I value most is the experience of co-conducting intensive courses in a team of teachers. This allows for intensive methodical training, developing your own working methods and sharing ideas.

 

The  atmosphere and conditions offered at JCL allow the teacher to fully enjoy the results of their work.

Klaudia Czachor

Senior Teacher

I am glad that JCL was the first school I worked with when I started my teaching adventure. The school offered me not only the support of an experienced teacher (Senior Teacher) with whom I could consult or ask for advice, but also additional training, workshops and interesting materials. What distinguishes James Cook Languages ​​on the private school market is the commitment to building relationships between teachers. The school managed to create a teaching community that supports each other by exchanging ideas, materials and methods. The team listens to our needs and tries to respond to them. This is what happened with the idea of ​​regular, informal meetings for teachers - Teachers' Corner - during which we can freely discuss the issues bothering us, share our doubts and successes. I am glad that JCL cares about teachers. After all, a satisfied teacher is a satisfied customer!

Bartłomiej Mikulski

English Teacher

I started my adventure with James Cook Languages ​​at the end of 2018, running full-time  courses in companies. I have been an English teacher for over 20 years.

I worked with several schools but JCL captivated me and I decided to stay here for a long time.

 

The school has a friendly atmosphere. Everyone is very helpful, you can always count on methodological support, suggestions for materials and a great library. James Cook Languages ​​has also clear described methodology, from which each teacher, even with extensive experience, will gain something that will enrich his way of teaching.

 

JCL takes care of the teacher, ensuring the continuity of classes and full schedule as needed, so I do not have to worry about a fixed salary. This proved to be especially helpful during the pandemic when we switched to online classes and the school provided teachers

such courses, and the necessary support and tools for conducting classes.

 

What I really appreciate in working with James Cook Languages ​​is the freedom in relationships between me and the course participants. Individual selection of materials and topics for classes, determined in consultation with the students, makes the classes interesting for both students as well as for me.

 

JCL also offers great opportunities for professional development through participation in various workshops. For me, the observations of the classes and the feedback from the methodologist turned out to be very useful (it is great that as a teacher I also watched the classes.

and I was able to share my thoughts and learn a lot from it).

 

Working with JCL it is a pure satisfaction for me.