kah

I am considering moving to Cadiz (city not province) at some point in the future and wondered how realistic this might be. I have intermediate Spanish and am a qualified English teacher (degree, PGCE but no TEFL qualification) Would love to hear of anyone's experiences living in this area. Thankks in advance for any advice. K

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Dxf

Hi

Really it is the same answer as anywhere else in Spain - if you don´t have a job to come to then you will struggle. I don´t know too much about qualifications but a friend of mine has qualified as a TEFL teacher and can´t find work.

Sorry to be negative but PLEASE read all the other threads on moving to Spain

Davexf

cricketman

The Spanish education authorities are having a big bilingual drive at the moment where they recruit English teachers from the UK to teach certain subjects in English in state schools.

Certain provinces participate more than others. Have a look online on Google in English and Spanish and find the details. I dont know if they recruit teachers directly or borrow/exchange them for a year from UK schools

lynnxa

as a qualified English teacher (I don't think the tefl would make any difference) you might be interested in this British council scheme to help schools in Spain become bilingual http://www.britishcouncil.org/spain-...chools-project

kah

I will certainly look into that (teaching in state schools.) Thank you very much for the link, Lynnxa....And I certainly don't mind 'negative' comments, Dave. I am doing as much research as I can - and continuing to improve my Spanish. Considering coming over for a 3 month Spanish course which will also give me a more realistic idea of living there as opposed to 2 week holidays. K

rachelk

Have a look here

http://www.elcentroingles.es

and I've no idea how far you'd be prepared to travel but there's also an International school in Sotogrande.

Agnes

Hi Kah

I am living and working in Jerez. I am working as a TEFL teacher and I have more work than I can cope with. I don't think TEFL qualification is necessary if you are a qualified English teacher. Schools, colleges are recruiting now, timing is very important as most don't tend to recruit after September. either come now or start looking June/July next year.

agoreira

There's a brief article here about someone setting up in Cádiz (page 18), not exactly what you want but might be interesting. In fact the whole publication is interesting if that area is the one you are moving to. It's a year or two out of date mind.
http://issuu.com/zaulcalo/docs/laluz-21

kah

What a great site! Thank you everyone for the comments and links. Agnes, that's promising news. Can't do anything now due to commitments here but will be in Cadiz early next Summer so shall see what I can find. How long have you been in Jerez? K

Agnes

Hi Kah I've been teaching in Jerez for 4 years.

cafeconleche

Hi,

My daughter & her husband just moved to the city of Cadiz this month to teach English! She was already qualified to teach English as a foreign language and her husband was a qualified secondary teacher. However he is now in the middle of a 5 week course which will give him the same qualification as my daughter. Then they both already have jobs with one of the very many language schools in Cadiz. They will be teaching both children and adults.

Do a search for language schools like International House, which as the name implies is an International company. I can't remember the name of the course they have/are doing but I can find out more info if you want?

kah

cafeconleche, if you could find out the name/place re: the course that would be great. I would love to know how they get on. Many thanks for your reply. Kx

Agnes

Hi Kah
I would guess that they are training at Active Language in Cadiz, which is the only training centre here in Cadiz. To be honest if you are a qualified English Tecaher do you really need a TEFL qualification. 70 % of the English Teachers that I know here in Cadiz do not have the TEFL certificate but are qualified English Teachers, and easily get work. Any questions PM me

cafeconleche

Hi Kah,

The course they are doing/ have done is the Trinity Tefl. A Tefl as you probably know is just a generic name for teaching English as a foreign language and the courses vary widely. My daughter did her's at The International House in Newcastle. She suggests that either the Trinity or the Cambridge are the very best and with one of those you can look for work anywhere in the world. Some of the others are pretty hopeless.

In terms of where they are I need to check as she is doing some temp work at one school during Aug and then they are working at another from Sept. I've seen it, it's right in the old city one minute walk from where they are living but I can't remember the name!

There's also an International House in Cadiz but it's not that one. They had interviews at 3 or 4 Language schools in total some of which were in the suburbs.