ITTP TEFL Prague Review Number 5

I was also on the course that Jake has commented on and agree wholeheartedly with his comments. In answer to Neville's comment about the class size, I would direct him to his own ITTP website where it states "We accept a maximum of just 14 trainees per Course date. We think this is a sensible number and our small class numbers reflects our commitment to education.", this being the first of several lies on the website. The job guarantee which is the reason I took the course is not a guarantee at all. Basically the job guidance was being given a sheet of paper with a long list of language schools (note that some of these schools no longer exist!) and suggest that you contact them. I think I am correct in saying that out of the 20 students who took the course, 18 wanted to stay in Prague and in reality only six of us are still here as the rest have had to leave through lack of job offers and their visas expiring. The few that did get jobs have found it difficult to get up to full time hours and will struggle to pay rent with the hours they have got. I should also add that I did not get a job teaching and took another job related to my work background. I was also promised full course materials and refreshments. The course materials you recieve are the cheapest possible colouring pen, the kind you get 50 of in a pack for a few dollars and are not meant for writing with, and a sketch book... not ideal if you are writing notes. The refreshments amount to a tap. The lack of a printer caused a lot of issues as you need to print of lesson plans and other material and it is difficult for a foreigner to know what printing shops there are in Prague and how to use them! The accomodation, which I was lucky enough not to need, was by all reports a disgrace (cramped conditions, broken furniture and mould amongst other things) and hugely overpriced. I could go a lot further with issues with the ITTP administration. I have also met people who have taken this course before who all agree with my sentiments. I was amazed that their are so few bad reviews about this course. I would also add that the positive comments shown on this (and other) websites are extremely suspicious and I would bet that the vast majority of them have been written by ITTP. Finally, I would be interested to know how ITTP treat the guarantees it offers on the website? "An average teaching hourly rate (45 minutes), ranges from 200-300,-kc. It’s sometimes possible to find language schools paying lower/higher than this average but 200-350,-kc is what you can expect to earn. ITTP not only guarantees you a teaching position upon successful completion of our internationally recognized TEFL/TESOL Certification Course, we also guarantee you won’t be in a teaching position which pays less than this average." I know in my professional experience, if you guarantee something and do not deliver you should compensate the client. I assume that ITTP are not planning to compensate the 16 people on this course who either did not get a job or are not earning the 200kc hourly rate?