Teaching House

Unless you have strong job connections, do not bother in spending a non-refundable $3,000 on the CELTA certification course at Teaching House New York. The job market in the USA, especially in the ESL education field, is very bad. I completed the course in 2014, applying to 30+ companies in select states in the US, and other countries. I failed in securing employment with a decent company. From past experiences of applying to employers, I can say that even if the CELTA is from the University of Cambridge, there is little to no regard for it. Once Teaching House New York gets your 3,000, they will not help you at in finding a ESL teaching job.

I gave up on pursuing a career in TESOL, because it had gotten to the point where I was not being considered for ESL teaching positions that I met the qualifications/requirements for. Furthermore, Teaching House New York immediately refused to help me when I asked, because they saw me as a person who was asking them to do my "homework", when that was not the reason at all.

Do NOT invest your hard-earned money for a CELTA certification course at Teaching House New York. They are not particularly honest about how they will aid you in obtaining a teaching job or in moving forward with your teaching career despite their promises. After the rather expensive class, they refer you to jobs sites, which you can do on your own. They do not even want to help you with reference letters because they are too lazy to write one and couldn’t be bothered once they have your money. A month after I took a class in the school, I requested a letter from one of my teachers and she denied knowing me or promising me one even though I told her I would request a letter from her when I was taking her class! Even the CELTA certificate itself was printed with such poor quality-paper that when I received mine, I had to call the school to make sure I received the right thing (you know what I am talking if you received yours from TH…it is a joke).
Believe me, CELTA is not all it is cracked up to be. Worse part, after your have invested your hard-earned money, Teaching House still has the nerve to demand that students can either BUY their reports and lesson plans that they (the students) prepared during the course or the school will recycle them. That’s right, they want to sell your work back to you. Teaching House is NOT recommended in my opinion. Spend you money elsewhere. You are better off investing your money in a job-training course with ANOTHER institution that has a genuine interest in seeing their students succeed.