Beyond English Reviews

Management outside of the Academic Director are immature and do not have the skills or experience to run a company. Be prepared to spend most of your time sitting on public transportation. Only spend two hours a week doing the social side that they advertise. The community projects are given no support by management..in fact the founder doesn't even attend them. Management is unable to accept feedback and is not looking to make any improvements in the company.

Like many others, I arrived to Beyond English with the assumption that I would be teaching a majority of the time in the public school sector and would form a strong relationship with the school and the community I was working in. I unfortunately learned that they was not the case. The vast majority of the week, Fellows teach in businesses and private homes that are spread out all over the city and require hours of time each day on public transportation. Classroom time with actual public school students is limited to 1-2 hours twice a week and the level of integration into the school is very minimal. Unfortunately, shortly after my employment, Beyond English pulled their program out of the school I was teaching in and gave little to no notice that they wouldn't return the following year. This to me wasn't a good sign of their commitment to the community or their mission. My advice to young poeple seeking a teaching opportunity is that there are multiple ways to get involved with English instruction and education in Chile, whether that be through a private program or directly through a school. Consider your options well and you will likely find a better opportunity that provides you more stability, more public school interaction, and a better relationships with the managing staff. The fellows of this organization are fantastic, but management is generally unresponsive to constructive criticism and unreceptive to improvements proposed by their staff.