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TEFL Student - Kwantlen Scholarship
Catherine Thompson - TEFL Course 2010
TEFL was challenging, stimulating and simply amazing, chalked full of engaging and knowledgeable instructors. I have always had an interest in teaching abroad but never knew where to start. Hess has been a guiding beacon and has full prepared me for my time abroad. Once indecisive and unsure of how to manage a class of ELS students, I now feel confident. The TEFL course covers a wide range of material and leaves no question unanswered. I highly recommend it to anyone that wants to teach overseas but doesn’t know where to begin.
Catherine MacAskill RN, BScN (Kwantlen Alumni) - TEFL Course 2010
I have just successfully completed the HESS TEFL program ('Pass with Distinction'!) and I would like to thank you very much for granting me the Kwantlen Scholarship funding to attend this very informative and interesting course. I look forward to applying many of the strategies I learned from this program towards my Master of Science in Nursing program that commences in September at UBC. It is the Educator Pathway - Level 4 program and I am hoping to teach RN students upon completion of this program. Again, my sincerest appreciation for being allowed the opportunity through Kwantlen to attend the HESS program.
Scholarship Details:
Hess Education is excited to offer Kwantlen students and alumni an opportunity to participate in their TEFL Certificate Program. Hess Education will sponsor one Kwantlen student or alumni to take their in-house program to teach English overseas. The equivalent cost is $1000.
Criteria:
Student or alumni must hold a certificate, diploma, or degree from Kwantlen Polytechnic University with a minimum GPA of 2.33.
Application Process:
Submit your cover letter, resume and questionnaire to the Career Services office on the Surrey Campus, G1055.
Deadline:
15th day of every month
Selection Process:
Hess Education will select the best candidate for the scholarship.
Organization Background:
Mr. Joseph Chu, and his wife, Ms. Karen Hess, established Hess Educational Organization in 1983. Over the past 26 years, they have grown from Karen and Joe's original 60 students to over 60,000 students in their various programs. Such remarkable success and growth has allowed them to become the largest private English Educational Organization in Taiwan today. Currently, Hess employs more than 500 native English-speaking teachers.
Hess Educational Organization has also stepped out onto the global stage to share their unique East/West educational philosophy and approach with Hess Education Centre in Singapore, Hess Education Canada, their ESL Teacher Training and Recruitment Centre in Vancouver, Canada, Hess Education Australia, their ESL Teacher Training and Recruitment Centre in Melbourne, Australia and Hess Education International, their Publishing Office in Shanghai, China.
It is not easy being a successful and vibrant educational organization. It takes a lot of work by a team of committed and talented individuals from all over the world. They are really proud of their team and what they have achieved so far. They are also confident that with such great people at all levels of their organization; even greater things can be achieved in the future. Here are a few that put smiles on their faces:
- Former teachers have used their TEFL Certificate to secure employment all around the world
- Their Educational Research Department has won several awards from the Taiwanese Ministry of Education
- They have TEFL Certified over 6500 teachers in 26 years
- They have grown from one school, in one city to 200 schools with operations in 5 countries since 1983
- They are the largest employer of foreign nationals in Taiwan
- 42% of their teachers have worked for them for more than 3 years
- 25% of their teachers have worked for them for more than 5 years
- They send more than 500 Taiwanese students overseas each year to experience life and learning in the UK, the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Singapore
- Their Educational Foundation has benefitted thousands of students since its inception
