Daily Archives: February 25, 2008

staff

February 25, 2008 – 8:53 pm

For the past few years I’ve run my Smith’s school pretty much by myself - and I was happy. But last year with the disappearance of the biggest English conversation school I felt that it was time to make a move. I immediately started interviewing possible candidates that would mesh well with the Smith’s system [...]

By Adrian | Posted in English School Articles, SSE Hirakata Corner | Comments (0)

help is just a phone call away

February 25, 2008 – 8:45 pm

one of the best things about being part of Smith’s has to be the support of both the staff at the head office, the other teachers’ assistance and Mark’s business experience here in Japan. If I have a concern regarding expansion, curriculum, training, staff, etc. I simply pick up the phone. That’s a pretty powerful [...]

By Adrian | Posted in English School Articles, SSE Hirakata Corner | Tagged , | Comments (0)

My First Seminar

February 25, 2008 – 3:29 pm

For those of you who don’t know me yet: my name is Edward, my partner Chiharu and I bought Otsu School from Craig and Sonoe. We took-over December 1st and have been loving every minute.
Last Sunday we attended our first seminar at Smith’s Kyobashi. From the beginning, we had a sense of support from Smith’s, [...]

By Edward | Posted in Action Teacher Training, English School Articles, SSE Ohtsu Corner | Comments (0)

I Prefer Smith’s to ……

February 25, 2008 – 7:23 am

Last week I started the ‘B’ section of the 1-points with a class I’ve been teaching for some time at my Smith’s School in Fukushima. It was refeshing and satisfying to hear the following direct quote produced by one of the charming students:
I prefer Smith’s School in Fukushima to other English schools because I [...]

By Martin | Posted in SSE Fukushima Corner, SSE Kotoen Corner | Comments (0)

Smith’s seminar and my next event

February 25, 2008 – 12:46 am

Yesterday I attended a Smith’s seminar at the Smith’s head office in Osaka. It was great to see fellow franchisees there and talk with them. As always, I had a great time and learned very interesting things from Mark Smith. He really cares about our success. Mark, who is already a very successful foreigner in [...]

By Derek | Posted in English School Articles, SSE Tsukaguchi Corner | Comments (0)