I've noticed that English School of Communication Skills (ESCS) is posting for teachers again in Southern Poland (Tarnov). As a former teacher there, please be advised to stay away. Both the school and the city of Tarnov will not be pleasant. Indeed, there are many good schools and cities in Poland, sadly this is not one of them. Please check out Daves ESL Web page in the job information journal. ESCS used to advertise there, but pulled it because of so many complaints by former teachers. Now, they are skulking around on this site. Reasons to stay away:

1) High teacher turnover (6 teachers in just over half a year)
2) Poor micro-managing by the DOS.
3) No teacher support
4) Will not sponsor a work visa, ergo you will be illegal!!!!!!!
5) Will not allow the teacher to add in new material and if caught not covering up to a predefined page in the book for a session, will be docked pay.
6) Lack of materials
7) Tornov is a red neck small city with no neck guys looking for a fight. One teacher was mugged and put in hospital for weeks when he got paid.
8) Murders at the main night club(imagine Alabama in America with Chicago thugs)
9) Foreigners are absolutely hatedAnd dont be anything other than WHITE!!!
10) Many other great cities in Poland so why bother

Just some advice. And if you absolutely must take a teaching job sight unseen, then choose Krakov, as it has more choices of schools and the city has a very nice huge university; ergo, Polish people there tend to be a how should I put it a bit more liberal and open minded.

Good luck

Cheers