Summer Jobs for TEFL/TESOL Teachers

How do you fancy teaching English in the sunshine? A few weeks over in Italy or Mexico or somewhere else nice and hot, teaching in the morning then changing into your swimwear to grade homework while you lie on the beach? Sorry to burst your bubble, but the idyll of […]

Continue Reading

Student Loans & English Teachers Abroad

Many new teachers are often recently qualified and have the burden of student loans to pay back. Normally the pay for an entry-level job teaching English is enough for you to live on reasonably well and save a little. But is it enough to pay back your loan? Loans received […]

Continue Reading

Split Shifts and Teaching English Abroad

Split shifts happen fairly often in schools that teach English. Most commonly it means you have to work for a few hours in the morning, then take a long break, and then start work again in the evening. First you should check your teaching contract before you sign it to […]

Continue Reading

Spain‏‎ – CAPS

CAPS (Conversation Assistant for Spanish Schools) is a privately run program placing teachers in Spain for 3 – 6 months to work as au-pairs and also teaching assistants in primary or secondary schools. Candidates for the program are: 18 – 27 years old have A levels or equivalent friendly and […]

Continue Reading

Spain – MoE

The Ministry of Education in Spain offers positions in state schools in Spain to US and Canadian teachers of English. The usual hiring period is from November to March for work beginning in mid-September. Each year about 2,000 American or Canadian teachers take advantage of the program to spend 8 […]

Continue Reading