History

TAHS believes in the capacity for its students to reach their highest potential.

For over 20 years, TAHS has been offering unique educational experiences focusing on global citizenship education provided to a wide and diverse range of international and immigrant students as well as professionals seeking career advancement.

Building GroundWorks

2001~2004

development

2005-2009

growth

2010~Present

2004 ~
  • Started to offer Corporate Training of Professional Business English Communication program to prestigious multi-national corporations such as Body Shop, SAP, Purina, Westinghouse, SAS, POSCO, MKS, etc., and government agencies including Defense Acquisition and Procurement Agency, Korea National Housing Corporation, and Korea Trade Association)
  • Established the East Asia branch office in Seoul
  • Presented the learning model and theory of Spoken English to international students at MIT
2003~2005
  • Published books and CD-ROM on Global Business Communication and Pre-MBA for Boston University’s Graduate School of Business Management
2001~2003
  • Developed e-Learning multimedia web contents (interactive text, video, animation) for Global Business Communication program offerings

2009 ~
  • Started to offer the Special Academic Seminar, a short-term program for East Asian university students at UMass Boston; invited international students from KyungHee University (Korea), Kyoto Gakuyen University (Japan), and other foreign institutions.
  • Started to offer the Step Up program, after-school study program to supplement public school (K-12) curriculum, targeting financially limited immigrant students in the Boston area
  • Published US Taekwondo English for School Education, a reference book for American public elementary school education
2008~
  • Collaborated with UMass Boston in designing the English Teacher Training program to reform public education of South Korea
  • Started to offer special Academic English classes to local high schools: Matignon High School in Cambridge, Newman Preparatory High School in Boston, and Fornbone Academy in Milton
  • Developed the Phone Teaching Books of International Business Communication, targeting India and Vietnam
  • Introduced The Academy at Harvard Square (TAHS), new business title for the English Education Division and registered TAHS trademark with USTPO
2007~ 2008
  • Offered Junior Summer programs in Eastern Nazarine College and Concord Academy in the Boston area
2005~2006
  • Provided consultation to Korea Minjok Leadership Academy, Korea’s top-rated high school and to Arirang TV, Korean government owned broadcasting service provider in developing and managing English education programs
2005~
  • Started to offer the TOEFL iBT & Academic English program, developing curriculum, reference books, teaching materials, and testing and student assessment systems
  • Started to offer the Academic Study & SAT program, developing curriculum, reference books, teaching materials, and testing and student assessment systems

2015~
  • Started to offer the Power of Hope, a scholarship-based English learning program targeting mainly refugee or immigrant youths (high school graduates) to significantly improve their job prospects or college placement
  • The UBCE Medical in design for foreign high school/college students, an extension from the U.S. Medical & Health Care Professional Development Program being offered from 2013
2014~
  • Started to support the Bridging Generations, an annual public event for inter-generational history and cross-national humanity education, in collaboration with non-profit organizations such as Educational Divide Reform (EDR) and local public schools
  • Started to offer the Global Business Leaders’ Seminar for international business executives in collaboration with Harvard University and other academic institutions
2013~
  • Started to offer the Global Career Development Seminar programs for foreign college students in collaboration with Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and University of Massachusetts (UMass) Boston
  • Started to offer the Universities of Boston/New York CampusPrep Enrichment (UBCE), a personalized educational program, which provides high-potential international students with special admission to partner universities (UMass Boston in Boston and Manhattan College in New York City).
  • Started to offer short- and long-term U.S. Medical & Health Care Professional Developmentprogram
2012~
  • Started to support UMass Boston for the CampusPrep, a concurrent program for matriculation to undergraduate degree programs at UMass Boston
2011~
  • Started to collaborate with UMass Boston for the Intensive ESL program in Cambridge
  • Published four (4) volumes of test-prep books for the National English Ability Test (NEAT) in South Korea
2010~2014
  • Developed and published 12 volumes of reference books for academic English (SEI TOEFL) in South Korea
2010~
  • Started to offer the Intercultural Leadership program for middle/high school students from Korea/China/Brazil/Japan and other countries in partnership with public schools in the Boston area
  • Restructured the Corporation into 3+ divisions: University Project, Junior Education, and English Language Teaching, along with R&D/Publishing Functions