Loved working for this company - English Teacher Beyond English Employee Review

Experience from this job has been invaluable - the company gave me a tight-knit group of friends and coworkers, and I remain friends with many of my former students. I had healthcare benefits and was paid very well compared to all other teaching options I found in Santiago. My team was supportive, creative, and incredibly hardworking. Though it was a lot of work, I reflect very fondly on my BE experience, and wish all the best for this team and their mission. Best of all, the company gives feedback regularly and accepts feedback from workers - things can't always be changed immediately, but this practice is important and it helped me get better at giving and receiving feedback. Founder and CEO Courtney Yarsley clearly cares about this company and its mission. She took the time to foster leadership qualities in me, and it was really remarkable to have this kind of contact with a CEO. I am grateful for my time and BE and definitely recommend looking into this company!

Days can be very long and involve a lot of moving about the city. If you are paying off student loans, it can be hard to save money - consider the fact that Chilean salaries are low compared to the U.S. and many European countries, and plan ahead.

Private students and public school students are wonderful, opportunity to meet and interact with lots of different people from different areas of Santiago

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.