Why does it matter that the teachers are certified and experienced? Couldn anyone who speaks Spanish teach it?
A person can know all the Spanish in the world, but it doesn’t mean he or she is capable of teaching it. Can you teach English just because it’s your native language? Having certification and experience is invaluable. I, for one, took courses in college that showed me proper and successful teaching methods. I then had hands-on experience that has taught me how to best deal with, manage and educate children. Typically, when a teacher is inexperienced, there are often behavior and classroom management problems. Children misbehave and valuable teaching time gets wasted on discipline. A class can be offered three times a week, but if the instructor is not a trained teacher, much of that teaching time will be compromised. Having experienced teachers ensures the quality of the program and lets parents rest easy that their money is not being spent for a teacher working harder to control the class than actually teaching Spanish. As an interesting side note, Club Amigos is so selective in hirin
