I think holding events for students outside the classroom is important. Students can have the chance to meet students they may have not met before, use their English outside the classroom and above all, have lots of fun! On top of that, I can have fun too doing stuff like eating delicious food in restaurants [...]
I recently wrote about my experience going through the curriculum training with Gavin at the Smith School of English Tsuruhashi a couple of weeks ago. It was a bit of a refresher course in terms of the routines and whole new experience with regard to the new items and all the expanded material. Last Saturday, [...]
Today, on day six of being open ~ and of course it was day six because my name is Six and things happen in sixes or on the sixth or 16th or 26th, at 6:00 or some multiple or divisor of six. But I’m not obsessed about it at all ~ today, I finally had [...]
I love to be seen out and about in Koenji. It all starts when I wake up in time to be at the designated spot where I decided the night before to hand out fliers. I really enjoy it very much and believe that it has another great benefit as an exercise routine. Who needs [...]
スミス英会話布施校講師が書いた記事。日本語はこちらへ Two days ago I lost a student but…Smith’s School of English Kyobashi gained one! Two days ago I walked into Smith’s School of English Horie and began checking my faxes which arrive on a nightly basis from head office. Typically it’s only the following days schedule but from time to time there is a [...]
Last year I made the decision that, although I had enjoyed my time as a Smith’s school owner professionally and financially, it was time to do something different. I found 2 teachers, one for each of my schools, that I could entrust the cumulation my six years in the Smith’s system, and returned to America [...]
Summer is gradually winding to a close and now we look ahead to cooler evenings and a bite in the air! In addition to the excellent Smith’s curriculum, one way to get and keep students is to make a connection with them. Asking about their hobbies and interests is one way to do this. One [...]
Yesterday, Tuesday, I also did not think I had a very good day. It was the first day of my English school being open (hooray!), but… no fanfare, and no students. Every time a fax came through I looked up hoping it was news of a trial student. Well, that didn’t happen. But I did [...]
I had a bad day today. Well, at least I thought I did…Nothing seemed to go right, although it was all “right.” I just didn’t realize it… Later I remembered what I used to do here in Japan. I used to work for another eikaiwa, one that is in deep trouble right now, one that [...]
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