It’s often said that teaching is a calling. But it is also a path of continual growth and personal development, which demands hard work but is equally rewarding. The School of Education builds on the reputation and tradition established by its predecessor Akcent College, founded in 2008, by offering progressive learning, centred on teaching practice. The programmes are fully accredited by the Czech Ministry of Education, Youth & Sport and are led by skilled and dedicated educators in a supportive, international environment.
As an English Teacher, you have a passion for language and communication, and the drive to help others to learn and have a voice in the world. You will leave PCU fully qualified to start a career teaching English at Czech state secondary schools and at language schools internationally.
School of Education offers Czech accredited programme:
You will learn how to create engaging content, as well as advanced presentation skills.
Take part in PCU organised Educational Conferences. Meet teachers from around Czech Republic and the world and receive the latest research and training methods to expand your teaching approach.
Our faculty are highly experienced, practical in nature and empathetic to student needs.
Small class sizes and close mentoring from lecturers allow you to develop new skills and thrive professionally.
Zdenek Starý is Rektor of Czech University Accreditation and Programmes, and Dean of the School of Education. He also pursues his own professional and educational interests in general linguistics. Zdeněk teaches general linguistics, focusing on language structure and issues of cognitive linguistics (undergraduate and graduate level); and tutors PhD linguistics students. Zdeněk holds a CSc. degree in General Linguistics (Charles University) and MA degrees in Czech Studies, Aesthetics and Mathematics (Charles University).
PCU participates in the Erasmus University Charter (ECHE), and has previously sent Bc. Specialized Education students for a semester of studies at the University of Latvia and language teaching internships in Barcelona, Spain and Manchester, United Kingdom.
Furthermore, lecturers have conducted teaching exchanges to universities in Turkey, Lithuania, Latvia, Slovakia and Poland.
Veronika is the English Programme Leader for the School of Education. She holds a Master's degree in English and German Philology and a Ph.D. in English linguistics from the Faculty of Arts at Charles University. She has taught (applied) linguistics, academic and creative writing at Charles University, the University of West Bohemia, and the Czech Academy of Sciences. Her research and teaching interests include English morphology, syntax, lexicology, and Global Englishes. Veronika regularly publishes on the topic of English as a lingua franca and she is currently the lead organiser for the prestigious international English as a Lingua Franca (ELF) conference, which will take place in Prague in September, 2024.
Gregor teaches literature, theory and academic writing on the English as a Second Language programme. He holds Master’s degrees in Modern Literature and European Philosophy and a PhD in English from the University of Kent in Canterbury. His main research interest is modernist and late modernist literature, focusing especially on Kafka. He has published on Kafka in peer-reviewed journals such as The German Quarterly, SubStance and Comparative Literature. Gregor also has a background in language-teaching and teacher-training and has been a CELTA tutor for over ten years.
I can highly recommend PCU. I specialised in pedagogy and English as a foreign language in combined study. I passed my state exams and was completely prepared for teaching. After obtaining my Bachelor’s degree I pursued my Master’s at UJEP. While studying I started teaching at a grammar school in my home town where I still teach. The School of Education uses new, modern and truly motivating methods. The semesters of didactics were very time consuming, but I used all the materials in class and these methods were extremely useful to me in my follow-up studies at UJEP. I can say with a clear conscience that the School of Education has advanced my teaching skills the most during my career. It was a challenging programme, but incredibly practical and I still remember the content that I studied.
I spent time in the UK and USA as an au-pair and when I returned to the Czech Republic I began teaching English at a private language school which I didn’t feel properly qualified for. I chose to study English as a foreign language at PCU which hugely advanced my skills and professional career. I was really "forced" to work on my knowledge of English, and on the other subjects connected to language teaching. It wasn’t easy but it definitely improved my abilities not only with speaking and writing but especially in language teaching, which was something that I’ve always dreamed of. Classes take place in a real language school under the guidance of experts and are run in smaller groups which allowed for "closer" contact between the lecturers and students. Now I work as an English teacher at local primary school.
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