Caledonian School

Teacher Support

Academic Support

25 senior teachers and academic managers
ongoing teacher development
regular observations and feedback
a minimum of four workshops and/or seminars per month
possibility to earn Caledonian School Certificate of Professional Development

Teacher Development

Improve your career prospects by getting our Caledonian Certificates of Professional Development.

Certificates of Professional Development are awarded after contract completion if you attended 6 or more of our teacher development workshops during one school term.

If you attended 3 or more Cambridge Exam preparation workshops, you will be awarded a Certificate of Professional Development Cambridge ESOL Exams.

Here is a list of workshops that have been offered in the 2010-11 academic year:

Error Correction
Teaching Young Learners
Teaching Cambridge Exams
Teaching Conversation
Teaching Grammar
How to Teach Business English
How to Plan an Effective Lesson
Using Authentic Materials
Teach English in English
Teaching Advanced Students
How to Teach Vocabulary
How to Teach Using Visual Aids and Drama
Games as Warmers

Library

The school uses the highest quality texts* from major British publishers (Oxford University Press, Longman, Cambridge University Press) for students of all levels. Most of our texts include a student's book, teacher's book, workbook and CDs. These texts follow a communicative approach to language teaching. Teachers are strongly encouraged to supplement the text with their own materials or library resources. Our library has over 3,000 ELT titles, video tapes/recorders CDs/recorders, photocopiers, an overhead projector and a helpful bilingual Czech staff. All classrooms and most company classrooms are equipped with CD players. The library is open 6 days a week. The staff room has computers with free internet access. Our teachers´ room also has Wi-Fi access. The staff room is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. All classrooms are equipped with a whiteboard and tape recorder. The school has a cafe that serves soft drinks, hot and cold foods, beer and wine.

*) Cutting Edge - http://www.longman.com/newcuttingedge

Market Leader - http://www.market-leader.net/

Inside Out - http://www.insideout.net/

International Express - http://www.oup.com/elt/catalogue/teachersites/internationalexpress/?cc=global

English File - http://www.oup.com/elt/global/products/englishfile/