English teaching jobs in Andalucia (January 2008)

[sandia911]

English teaching jobs in Andalucia (January 2008)

I am looking for contact information of language centers, academies, and other small English teaching businesses (public/private) in Andalucia, Spain (Seville, Granada, and Corboda preferably in that order). I am looking for a job (freelance prefered) for an immediate start as of January 2008. What is the ENglish teaching market like in Southern Spain at the beginning of the new year? Where are most of the native English teachers working?

What kind of hourly rate can I expect? in Barcelona, it varies anywhere between 10-12/hour (the shit), and up to 18-22/hour (company rates). Of course, the hours are scare, and offer little guarantee from week to week.

Where should I be looking for advertisements? In Barcelona, loquo.com is great.

[Juanjo]

English teaching jobs in Andalucia (January 2008)

What is the ENglish teaching market like in Southern Spain at the beginning of the new year? Where are most of the native English teachers working?

What kind of hourly rate can I expect? in Barcelona, it varies anywhere between 10-12/hour (the shit), and up to 18-22/hour (company rates). Of course, the hours are scare, and offer little guarantee from week to week.

Every expat that migrates to the Costa del Sol comforts themselves that they can always make up extra money if necessary by "teaching English"- it ain't true.

According to people I have spoken to during my many research visits to Andalucia there is an oversupply of aspiring English teachers (qualified or not) attracted by sun, sea and s...(angria!) and the payments levels are generally abysmal.

Sorry to be a wet blanket. :(

[Ben]

I have heard the situation in Granada is a bit dire, Seville is probably your best bet for decent wages and opportunities if it has to be Andalusia - failing that, head for Madrid!

[omeyas]

Sorry to be a wet blanket. :(

Agree,a lot arrive with a still wet TEFL qualification and think the world will beat a path to their door and pay them good wages! :) As you say, the reality, unfortunately, is quite different.:( There are jobs out there, but assuming you get one, the wage is pretty poor. Do a search for language schools in Andalucia, e-mail them, see if they have anything.

[Andalucian Traveller]

There was an advert in yesterday's Sur in English (see website www.surinenglish (http://www.surinenglish) and click on classifieds) for an English teacher in Malaga, although it stated that own transport is required. This newspaper comes out every Friday and always has a lot of vacancies, although most of them seem to be for telesales.


EXPERIENCED native English teacher needed for in company classes in PTA, ten m in. drive from Málaga University. Car essential. Good conditions. Send C.V. to i ncompanycv@yahoo.es

[cliftonjan]

Sign up at tefl.com with your cv. They will send you details of vacancies as they occur. Re financial reward, I have 15 years experience,a TEFl certificate from Cambridge and a TEFL Diploma through Trinity College and still get paid the same as a newly-qualified Cert teacher! Down here in Cadiz we are getting about 8.70 euros an hour! Admin work, which for me includes teacher training and observing teachers is worth even less! About 5.70 an hour. It means that it is very hard indeed to make a living but hey- who comes here for the money?

[Maria S.]

English teaching jobs in Andalucia (January 2008)


Where should I be looking for advertisements? In Barcelona, loquo.com is great.

Loquo works for other cities as well.

Have you tried looking here:
http://www.loquo.com/english?gclid=CLeMhNia-o0CFRBMXgodAV5-NA

[omeyas]

Down here in Cadiz we are getting about 8.70 euros an hour! Admin work, which for me includes teacher training and observing teachers is worth even less! About 5.70 an hour. It means that it is very hard indeed to make a living but hey- who comes here for the money?

So that's a range of between £4 and £6.25 an hour!!! The higher figure is bad enough, but £4 an hour. :) It's nice if you don't need the money, but for the younger ones looking to earn a living there, they are going to be struggling on that. My Spanish teacher when he is teaching a few of us, gets at least £20 an hour, what's that? €28? :(

[Culebronchris]

So that's a range of between £4 and £6.25 an hour!!! The higher figure is bad enough, but £4 an hour.

Spain works in euros so it's not fair to compare in that way. And 8.70€ is a perfectly ordinary hourly rate