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[cegwriter]

Hey everyone! I've been perusing the forums and learning a lot. I posted in the newbie forum, and they sent me this way! Here's my situation:

So I've been looking for a change of both job and geography. A couple years ago I became fascinated with the literature and history of Latin America (particularly of Chile, Argentina, Colombia, and Mexico). Then I started studying Spanish on my own just over a year ago and have been taking lessons since last fall. It wasn't until I started taking lessons with my awesome Spanish teacher that I really thought teaching English as a second language could be a career path for me. I love the nuts and bolts of language!

Who am I?
29 yr old US citizen living in a big midwestern city.

My experience/qualifications
-BA in Classical Studies (studied Latin and Ancient Greek language as well as ancient Roman/Greek literature and history)
-MFA in Writing
-3 years experience working in a massive downtown public library as a library assistant (picture librarian-lite--customer service, research, reference, circulation, lots of the same job tasks, but less responsibility and no librarian degree)
-5 years teaching English at universities (college composition and creative writing) as both Graduate Instructor during my MFA degree (big public university) and Adjunct Professor (small private university)

Current plan
-Save up the money for the CELTA course in Santiago, Bogotá, Mexico City, or Buenos Aires. (including tutee months of living expenses--one month to complete the course, another two to try and find employment)
-Attempt to teach in one of above-mentioned cities (or elsewhere in Latin America)

My questions
-Do you think this is a viable plan? If I should change this, how so?
-What sort of teaching opportunities do you think I would have access to in the above-mentioned cities/countries or in other places in the region?
-What are the hours per week and wages for the kinds of positions I'd be qualified for? (the research I've done is all over the map)

Thanks so much in advance for any advice you might have!!!

[MotherF]

With your current qualifications, I would look into rather than a CELTA, a university based post grad diploma in TESOL. It's usually a two semester program but you can often teach in their English program while working on it to gain experience and offset costs.

For example,

http://www.english.wisc.edu/esl/teacher-development.htm