| Mission Statement | | | | demand for teachers still unquenchable, the original |
| ITC provides affordable, practical training in Teaching | | | | vision of English for Everybody began to evolve. |
| English as a Foreign Language (TEFL). The training | | | | In 1995, English for Everybody became the ITC of |
| provided at ITC ensures that every graduate is | | | | today, with the idea that one doesn't necessarily have |
| prepared to teach English worldwide. In working to fulfill | | | | to have a teaching degree, or even any experience |
| this mission over the past eight years, ITC has | | | | teaching for that matter, in order to be a successful |
| become one of the most recognized and respected | | | | English teacher overseas. Based on solid, |
| TEFL Training Centers in the world today. | | | | well-established techniques for training native speakers, |
| | | | ITC established its first training course in Prague. There, |
| Shortly after the fall of communism in 1989, with | | | | trainees underwent the practical training necessary |
| western influence starting to expand eastward, the | | | | that allowed them to be awarded the ITC TEFL |
| demand for English teachers in eastern Europe | | | | Certificate qualification. One of the most important |
| exploded. At that time however, there was a | | | | elements of the program was the inclusion of local |
| substantial lack of qualified English teachers. In 1993, | | | | support for the trainees, such as assistance with |
| English for Everybody opened its doors, hoping to | | | | housing and overcoming language barriers. ITC was |
| bridge that gap by placing qualified English teachers in | | | | one of the first TEFL schools in the world to provide |
| schools throughout eastern Europe. After two years | | | | candidates with an opportunity to train overseas--at a |
| of successfully placing English teachers, and with the | | | | fraction of the cost of training in the US or UK. |