TEFL International is please to offer a course in Oregon.  We are now able to provide a unique experience in the beautiful Pacific Northwest.  Woodburn offers mountains, forests, and beaches all within a short drive from this special CREDIT BEARING course through Chemeketa Community College, a fully accredited community college in Oregon. Woodburn is a suburb of the eclectic Portland.  With a city motto of "Keep Portland Weird" you know it’s an amazing place to visit.  Lonely planet says, “Portland is an up-and-coming destination that has finally found itself, and an appealing, can’t-miss stop on your adventures in the Pacific Northwest.”  From Darcelle's to the Portland Trailblazers, with the beautiful Willammette river running right through the middle of the city, Portland is the place to be.

For furhter information pleasee contact the organization at jodi@teflcourse.com

A lot of questions but all interrelated. We find that courses tend to be taken up by a wide variety of people. For example, we get a lot of people in their early twenties who are recent graduates and want to travel overseas, but we also have people in their thirties and forties who either want a career switch, have been made redundant or are moving overseas with their spouse. In addition, we have people either approaching or in retirement and who are looking for something to do in their free time or who have got property on the continent to which they are going to move. Finally, we sometimes have people from other English speaking countries on our courses as well as good non-native speakers from other countries. We had one course where we had a twenty-year-old, a seventy-five year old and two course members from Hungary! As far as entrance requirements are concerned, if you are to be a teacher of English, a high standard of both spoken and written English is demanded. Here we mean your use of English, not necessarily your knowledge of grammatical terminology. You will be given an introduction to language awareness on the course itself. As the four week course is very intensive, you should be prepared to work very hard indeed, have no other distractions, and be mentally/emotionally completely fit and well, including having no current domestic worries. You should also be presentable in appearance. If you are a person of "more mature years" or a senior citizen, do not let this in itself put you off from applying. Providing you are receptive to training you should have no problems. If, however, you are rigid in your ways of thinking and are unwilling to shake off past ways of thinking and behavior, you may have a problem. For instance, we have reluctantly had to fail some experienced teachers and lecturers! On the other hand, our greatest "star" was a retired head teacher - an extremely broad-minded one. The last examples concern people who have taught before. If you have never taught before, you are "an empty vessel" as far as teaching is concerned and are not "carrying around any baggage" and thus, you may ironically be at an advantage.

For furhter information pleasee contact the organization at jodi@teflcourse.com

To access the application form please visit the following link: http://apply.teflcourse.com/default.php

Chemeketa Community College is a fully accredited community college in the US.  The credits you warn from your TESOL course are readily transferrable to any university in the world.  Woodburn is situated 30 miles south down the Willammette Valley, and 15 miles north of the capital, Salem. Your fellow students will come all over the US and from around the world.  Your teacher trainers are some of the most qualified and experienced TEFL trainers in the industry.  The support staff is extremely helpful, courteous and will assist you with whatever you need from local support, to job assistance, to finding the resources you need during your course .