Bogota - School Report Question and Answers

Are the teachers at the school required to speak English as a first language--or at least fluently?

Some classes are taught completely in Spanish, which is very difficult for new kids for the first year. - Mar 2015


Most teachers are required to speak English fluently. As far as I know, only the native-Spanish class teachers and the Sociales class teachers might not have spoken fluently. My son, being a non-native Spanish-speaker, did not take Sociales and was in a special SSL (spanish as a second language) class, which he enjoyed. My son did not have any classes where his teachers were not fluent in English. When I was at the school, everyone spoke English fluently. I was comfortable speaking with all the teachers. - Feb 2015


Yes - all the core subject teachers spoke English fluently although there are some elective and assistant teachers who did not. - Jan 2015


Yes. - Aug 2014


Yes for most subjects. - May 2012


Yes, most. I think the Spanish teachers do not. Not sure about the PE, music, etc teachers. This is not an issue for my child, who speaks Spanish. - Sep 2010


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