22 April, 2022

Starting a School - #AtoZChallenge

We're Starting a School!

I haven't said anything about it here because it seemed so far off, but we've been working on this for Several months and opening day will be pretty Soon now, so it's a perfect S topic!

I say "School" and it is, but to be Specific we are Starting a new English language learning center. In our town there are only three Such Schools, and they are maxed out with waiting lists, so it Seems like a need that we can fill. 

The building is ready, curricula Set for our Start, and Staff is being hired. We will Start with a Summer term, and hopefully be able to add more teachers and classes at the end of Summer for the after School Sessions in the fall.

Our goal is to be the premier language center in town. Keep class Sizes Small to really focus on each Student's learning. Pay well and manage from a western perspective, to attract well-qualified foreign teachers. (Western teachers Sometimes Struggle against Asian direction and rules, so western management is attractive.)

That is what my life is full of these days. 

That, and writing, querying, reading, and trying to Save my Sanity.

Have you ever Started your own business? How long were you preparing for it before Opening Day?

14 comments:

  1. If no 4th wave my daughter's school will start by June 15th is what we are estimating. I cannot wait for schools to start I hope they do... Good luck to you


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    1. Also good luck with ur school :)

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    2. I was about to say "June 15th is an odd time to start school", but I think British schools do something that feels like an odd timing to my American mind. I can't imagine having to sit through school in the heat of summer!

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  2. I was so hoping you were going to announce the opening of a Klingon Language School

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    1. Ha! That would be hilarious...I'd have to attend one before I could ever open one!

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  3. Oh wow. Congrats. And are you publicizing that you speak American English (as opposed to British or Indian or Australian)? Or will you have those that do all?

    Good luck. This sounds like the perfect niche for you both to fill.

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    1. Well, a lot of the decor has American icons instead of British ones. I don't know if that will be specifically publicized just yet, but we are intentionally seeking out teachers with "North American" accents.

      It's very exciting and terrifying!

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  4. I strongly believe that I dont have what it takes to run a business and so have never ventured towards that

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    1. https://pagesfromjayashree.blogspot.com/2022/04/thuvayal-thokku-tofu.html

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    2. I can manage an office and manage employees, but I am very grateful to have an adept business manager on my side!

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  5. I have never lived outside the United States, but your post reminded me of someone who was in my department at work for several months, years ago. This was a young man who had gotten heavily into Japanese culture and worked for a year as a teacher's aide in what we would call a first grade class. He loved the experience and talked about it a lot, including the things that were so very different than an American classroom. And yes, the children were already learning English. So it's interesting that there is such a demand for English instruction that you see a niche you can fill.

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    1. I'm very grateful that English is my first language, partly because it is spoken in so many places, and serves as the back-up in tourist areas around the world, but partly because there is that demand.

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