Comments on: Universidad del Mar in Mexico http://www.teflschoolreviews.com/universidad-del-mar-in-mexico-2008348.html Independent Information on TEFL Life, Opportunities and Schools Fri, 18 Nov 2011 10:45:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: LS650 http://www.teflschoolreviews.com/universidad-del-mar-in-mexico-2008348.html/comment-page-1#comment-129075 LS650 Wed, 09 Feb 2011 23:25:16 +0000 http://www.teflwatch.org/universidad-del-mar-in-mexico-2008348.html#comment-129075 I taught at this campus from Aug 2004 until July 2007. I found the school administration left the language department to run itself. If you are able to work on your own with minimal direction you will do fine. The facilities are rather basic, but the students are usually keen and fun to work with. The local area itself is beautiful if you enjoy life on the beach; however, the hot, humid conditions can be difficult to bear with during the warmer months. Pay is relatively good for Latin America, and working conditions are decent. I taught at this campus from Aug 2004 until July 2007.
I found the school administration left the language department to run itself. If you are able to work on your own with minimal direction you will do fine. The facilities are rather basic, but the students are usually keen and fun to work with.
The local area itself is beautiful if you enjoy life on the beach; however, the hot, humid conditions can be difficult to bear with during the warmer months.
Pay is relatively good for Latin America, and working conditions are decent.

]]> By: Teacher http://www.teflschoolreviews.com/universidad-del-mar-in-mexico-2008348.html/comment-page-1#comment-91011 Teacher Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:48:33 +0000 http://www.teflwatch.org/universidad-del-mar-in-mexico-2008348.html#comment-91011 Though the university is pleasant and the conditions are fine as far as professional development is concerned the UMAR leaves a lot to be desired. The English department is generally run by hand-picked individual who lack any TEFL management experience, skills or knowledge. They simply lack the knowledge to help teaching staff in their day to day tasks or to create any learning strategy to benefit the students. They simply lurch from one poor decision to another wasting students' and teachers' time semester after semester. They chop and change books without any consideration for students' levels. One semester they came up with the bright idea of running half the classes with completely mixed level classes. The management of the university is dictatorial and the rector decided that all chairs are to be bolted to the floor in the classrooms - hardly conducive to a satisfactory teaching or learning experience. Despite the teachers' concerns regarding this the Heads of the Language department have consistently lacked the courage and professionalism to even bring this up with the rector. Though the university is pleasant and the conditions are fine as far as professional development is concerned the UMAR leaves a lot to be desired.

The English department is generally run by hand-picked individual who lack any TEFL management experience, skills or knowledge. They simply lack the knowledge to help teaching staff in their day to day tasks or to create any learning strategy to benefit the students. They simply lurch from one poor decision to another wasting students’ and teachers’ time semester after semester. They chop and change books without any consideration for students’ levels.

One semester they came up with the bright idea of running half the classes with completely mixed level classes. The management of the university is dictatorial and the rector decided that all chairs are to be bolted to the floor in the classrooms – hardly conducive to a satisfactory teaching or learning experience. Despite the teachers’ concerns regarding this the Heads of the Language department have consistently lacked the courage and professionalism to even bring this up with the rector.

]]> By: sloan http://www.teflschoolreviews.com/universidad-del-mar-in-mexico-2008348.html/comment-page-1#comment-90922 sloan Tue, 05 Aug 2008 13:55:23 +0000 http://www.teflwatch.org/universidad-del-mar-in-mexico-2008348.html#comment-90922 Before I accepted a job with the Umar, I visited the campus, met the teachers, and had a terrific time. I look forward to my start date next month. After teaching in Mexico for three years the big draw for me was the savings plan and medical insurance. While both do not meet 1st world standards, these benefits make me feel a little more secure financially and with my health. Before I accepted a job with the Umar, I visited the campus, met the teachers, and had a terrific time. I look forward to my start date next month. After teaching in Mexico for three years the big draw for me was the savings plan and medical insurance. While both do not meet 1st world standards, these benefits make me feel a little more secure financially and with my health.

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