*This discount is available to all Cactus teachers, who are currently teaching or have taught for Cactus in the past 12 months. It applies to all domestic evening & part-time group language courses, which have already met the minimum number of students required to run the course. Should the minimum number of students required not be met on your chosen course, you will be offered an alternative course or a full refund. To claim your discount, please call your local Cactus office, this discount is not available online.

All Cactus teachers are native speaker or native speaker level with specialist language teaching qualifications and experience in teaching modern languages.

Many of them have also attended our Cactus Professional Development Certificate in Foreign Language Teaching to Adults and they are regularly observed so we can be sure they come up to Cactus standards.

Cactus is actively recruiting more teachers!

If you are a qualified language teacher with minimum teaching experience of at least 1 year and the necessary work papers and would like to work for Cactus Language Training, please complete our:

Trainer Application Form

“I have attended two classes with Alice already. She is an exceptional instructor, and I am really glad that I signed up with Cactus. I am really looking forward to learning a lot of useful Portuguese with her.”

Catalin Dobre, Portuguese (Brazilian) Beginners, Vancouver

Teacher Selection

All teachers are carefully selected with special attention paid to their qualifications, experience and references.

Teacher selection Process

Support for Teachers

Once a class starts, there is continuous contact between the teacher and Academic Director of Studies. There is always full support for the teacher, both academic and operational.

Cactus Teacher Development

We believe that providing developmental input and support is key to the success of our work with teachers.

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Teacher Training Courses

Cactus runs teacher training courses for people without experience who want to become language teachers, and professional development courses for language teachers with some experience.

Cactus Certificate in Foreign Language Teaching to Adults

Cactus Professional Development Certificate in Foreign Language Teaching to Adults

Current Opportunities

See which locations we are seeking teachers for right now

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