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[musicmunky]

Hey...is it possible to get teaching work in Spain without a CELTA? I have a university degree and a weekend TEFL cert and some teaching experience

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[Moore]

Having a Celta helps a lot, but is not a deal-breaker for Madrid at least. A good few people I know have never done one and are working for top schools here, including some very well-known ones which theoretically do demand them.

Experience, working papers, and good presentation and attitude make more of a difference in 95% of schools here.



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[Littlebird]

The bottom line is can you make a living working part time teaching English in Spain. I have a CELTA , a degree, no experience and no Spanish. Any advice

SAM

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[Littlebird]

Cheers Microbabe

I thought as much. I could do cleaning. I can imagine I would have enormous trouble making 2 jobs work maybe they would clash. What do you mean FT ?

SAM

[mozzar]

He means, you could get a full time (FT) teaching job. You can live on a full time teaching job, but not on a part time one. There'd be absolutely no point in working part time as a teacher and then having to work another 15 hours as a cleaner for half the wage.

[SirKirby]

I'd say it's DEFINITELY much more difficult to find a job in a decent school if you don't have any teaching qualifications (which is as it should be: would you want an unqualified dentist...?)

20 years ago, it was possible here in Spain, literally to step straight off the plane into a job without any other qualifications than being a native speaker. Not nowadays.

[Moore]

I do know a fair few people who work in bars (lower wages, but many more blocks of hours available, though of course a working level of Spanish is necessary) and then do lunchtime classes at much higher rates. This is in Madrid - in Barcelona bar workers wages are dismal (and they're not amazing here), though free beer and social life covers a lot of what many teachers would spend their wages on anyway



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[SirKirby]

You might note that cleaning must be about the worst paid job in Spain. You'll be on the minimum wage, which at around 630 euros/month is about half what it is in other European countries.

Details here: http://www.salariominimo.es/

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[Littlebird]

I'm gobsmacked I can get full time work in Spain with a CELTA ? Really ? Should I apply when there or before leaving ? Does anyone have any useful sites ?

Thanks to you all

SAM

Of course you are female Microbabe. What sort of he would be a babe ?

[Littlebird]

Is there minimum wage 6 euros a hour ? That is not much different to the UK at �5.80 a hour. How much is tax and national insurance (equivalent ) in spain ?

Cheers SAM

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