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About us

The hometown of our school is Zory a small town in the Silesia region of southern Poland. It is very conveniently situated - 30 km from Katowice, the capital of Silesia, 120 km from Cracow (Kraków), possibly the most beautiful city in Poland and 50 km from the ski slopes of the Beskidy mountains. It is also very close to the Czech border, and a train ride away from Prague, Vienna, Berlin and Moscow.

Right Now was founded in 1992, and has grown from a one-room teaching facility to a three-storey school in the center of town, which we moved to five years later. In 1998, we expanded our offerings to include German courses and three years later the new branch in nearby Jastrzębie Zdrój (12km away) as well as another teaching outlet in Zory were opened. In 2003 we opened a new branch in the town of Dabrowa Górnicza (40km away).

At the moment, we teach about 700 students in four locations. The friendly atmosphere, quality of teaching and dedicated staff make us one of the leading English-language schools on the Polish market.

About a job

We teach kids from the age of five, youth and adults on different levels, starting from absolute beginners up to preparation for the First Certificate in English exam. We have been employing native speakers (from Canada, the US, the UK, Australia and even Singapore) since 1993, only one year after the school was founded. They work on a tandem teaching basis (i.e. a student has one lesson per week with a Polish teacher, and one with a native) To ensure efficient outcome of their work, it is coordinated by the Director of Studies. The Polish teacher teaches grammar while the Native concentrates on comprehension and conversation abilities. Thus, there is a lot of room for creativity on the part of the Native teacher.

Classes - both those of the native and the Polish teachers - are conducted between 2 and 9:30 pm, depending on the age of the students and teachers' schedules. The lessons are based on textbooks (such as the Longman, Oxford University Press, Express Publishing and Cambridge editions) as well as the teachers' own ideas. Our premises are well stocked with books that offer outlines of games, activities and conversation topics. Free Internet access is available for both students as well as teachers. There is also copying facilities, a library of English-language books (more than 400 titles) as well as videos and DVDs (everything from Casablanca to Working Girl - more than 100 titles). Video and audio equipment is installed in every classroom.

All the native teachers have been quite happy in Żory; quite a few ended up staying longer than they had originally planned. If you would like to meet some interesting people, see fascinating places, and experience Poland at its best, come teach English at Right Now. A Bachelor's degree and some teaching experience would be an asset, however, we are willing to provide some initial help and training.

To see photos showing our school, staff and events we organize go to our gallery of pictures . Sorry - description in Polish only.

What we offer:

10 months (September to mid June) of teaching (on average, 12 teaching hours a week - a 'teaching hour' is 90 minutes)

free fully furnished accommodation provided and paid by the school (ex. utilities)

an assistance in obtaining work permits

friendly and professional working environment

very good local salary

free and unlimited access to the Internet in all branches of school

overtime and one-to-one tutoring available

Should you have any further questions, please feel free to contact us - or one of the native speakers that worked for us.

e-mail:

info@rightnow.com.pl

mailing address:

"Right Now"
English Language Center
ul. Pszczyńska 17
44-240 Żory, Poland

phones

Country code for Poland is 48
the school: (48) 32 434 2929
(Mon-Fri 3-8pm - during schoolyear only)

owner's mobile: (48) 502 327 594

here are some of our present and former employees' e-mail addresses:

1995-1998 Amy Wroblewski (USA): smiling1075@yahoo.com
2000-2002 Justine Pietralik (Canada): kanadyjka@poczta.onet.pl
2000-2001 Wanda Piwek (Canada): wpiwek@hotmail.com
1995-2002 Ronda Haverland (USA): wiewiorka21@hotmail.com
1998-2002 Daffydd Tavinor (UK): jvirion@free.polbox.pl
2002 2003 James Massey (USA): sophist19@hotmail.com
2002-2005 Erica Low (Singapore): erica^low@hotmail.com
2002-2004 Rene Hernandez (USA): erathenes@hotmail.com
2004-2006 Ryan Shelmerdine(Australia): ttrshelmerdine@hotmail.com
2006-2007 Shannon Yukich, Adam Gilbert (Australia): yukbert@hotmail.com
2008-2010 Joseph Phillips (USA) berkeley00@hotmail.com