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Justin Trullinger · Posted: Tue May 08, 2007 8:12 pm Post subject:

Sounds good to me- Have any good contacts? In order to ease ministry of education legal hassles, it would be best to go through some existing language institute- know any good ones? Or want to start one that we could come do TESOL in?

All the best,
Justin

naturegirl321 · Joined: 04 May 2003 Posts: 9041 Location: home sweet home

The biggest ones are ICPNA www.icpna.edu.pe and Britanico www.britanico.edu.pe . I think that ICPNA would be more likely to do it because they teach American English. They have heaps of connections, embassy, famous writers, etc.

melindamc · Joined: 13 Apr 2007 Posts: 6 Location: peru

I live in Cusco,and although I don�t teach in a school ,lots of my friends do.Maximo Nivel is a reputable school and has a tefl course and usually hires their Tefl students.They pay around $400 a month but hours are all mixed up thorughout the day.It is a big school so jobs are frequently available,however you do have to sign a six month contract and if you quit or get fired you cannot teach in an english institute until another 6 months after your contract has run out.They pay for you to go over the border when you have to.
Icpna in Cusco pays more and you do not need a visa or a degree ,justa Tefl certificate.

nineisone · Joined: 23 Jun 2006 Posts: 187

Naturegirl,

UK Britanico paid me around 1,250 soles per month(400 USD) to teach (2) 2 hour instructional classes Mon-Fri and to work on developing new teaching materials (audio/visual) 2 hours a day.

Justin,

Thanks for taking note of my inquiry from last July about the availability of the SIT TESOL course in Guayaquil. I can imagine that Quito is a wonderful home for you, but for me I tend to like the hot , coastal, sea level residing cities myself. Does EIL presently offer instructional openings in the G city? The lack of information on ESL markets in non-mountainous cities within Ecuador was one of the reasons I ended up choosing the Northern Peru coastline to do my cert. course and get initial experience in ESL teaching.

Justin Trullinger · Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 10:20 pm Post subject:

We do have teaching programs in Guayaquil, but they are small. (Two positions at the moment, both currently filled by long term expats, so honestly not likely to hire in the future.)

It's strange that the coast of Ecuador is mostly an EFL wasteland. But we're working on it...

Best,
Justin

naturegirl321 · Joined: 04 May 2003 Posts: 9041 Location: home sweet home

nineisone · Joined: 23 Jun 2006 Posts: 187

Naturegirl,

More or less, yes. If I had been in Trujillo/Peru for a longer period of time, I probably would have sought higher paying instructional work, but for this initial 4 month sojourn, I was pleased to make anything to offset costs.

Justin,

The amount of commerce and international business that goes through Guayaquil must surely top Quito. What makes the ESL market in Quito thrive in comparison to Guayaquil? The plethora of Unis and educational opps in Quito?

Justin Trullinger · Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 10:39 pm Post subject:

I think, and this is still a guess, but I've been investigating for some time:

Guayaquil is Ecuador's richest city. It is also Ecuador's poorest city. There is hardly any middle ground.

English students, in for-profit teaching situations at least, tend towards the middle class or professional classes. There are plenty of rich people, in Quito and Guayaquil, but they don't study English overmuch. Why should they- they've been spending summers in the US and Europe since infancy. They tend to speak English well. But those who work for a living, albeit a good one, and have to learn English, tend to be accountants, managers, engineers, etc. The rich don't gravitate to these jobs, and the poor can't afford the training...so it's left to those in the middle to learn English.

And Quito, relative to other places I know around the continent, has a fair bit of middle class. It's also the political capital, and for whatever reason seems to be the place that multinational companies set up offices. (They do a lot of business in Guayas, but the people who call the shots are here.)

Our organisation is gradually expanding into Guayaquil, and other provinces as well. But it seems impossible to do it on a the basis of students who can, and will, personally pay for English classes. To move into Guayaquil, for us, required a major government contract. It looks like the move into other places, if we pull it off, will be in collaboration with local public universities. Or maybe contracts for government employees.

Best,
Justin