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[okadrienne]

I would like to go live in Ecuador for about a year or so. I am actually looking for job opportunities other than teaching english. This fall I plan to apply for fulbright.

Anyone know of job opportunities?

I've read online about some cool organizations that work with black women in Ecuador. I really would enjoy working with one of those organizations, other women's organizations, or with youth.

I'm pretty open but I would like to explore other options and I see teaching english as a backup plan in case I cannot find anything else.

I am a dancer I've trained in ballet, tap, hip hop, and jazz. I'm strongest in hip hop and jazz.

I also have worked in Education. I have a Master's in education counseling. I've worked at Community Colleges, for the University of California, high schools, as well as junior high. I've done tutoring, academic advisement, and counseling.

I speak Spanish but am getting rusty as time passes, nothing a bit of immersion couldn't cure. A few years ago I lived in Spain and got along just fine.

[john_n_carolina]

....probably forget about getting a 1 year Work visa...you'll probably have to do the 3 month tourist run to the Colombia border.

You prefer the coast or Quito? that will influence your options a lot more..

i really think you'll have to start working the 1st year at an institute like Key Languages, etc...then explore on your "off time" for other dancing, ballet type opportunities...that could take a long time to find

you're going to have to go around to all the universities, Loja, Espiritu in Guayaquil, etc and see if they're hiring.

Actually, you're MA ED counseling might be the best cert you have...do you have a US Cert K-12?

[okadrienne]

I do not have a credential. I did pass the CBEST.

[okadrienne]

Would it help if I were to get a Pupil and Personnel Services Credential?

Or do they only tend to look at the "multiple subject/single subject" teaching credential?

Also, I am applying for the "Emergency 30 Day Substitute Teaching Permit" think that counts for anything?

[naturegirl321]

We could help you with teaching, but other than that, I think you're on your own.

Try workabroad.com and volunteerabroad.com

[john_n_carolina]

....well, it could help a little to have that "Pupil/Personnel" cert...but, still better if it is K-8, K-12 cert for 5 years, etc.

however, nothing is written in stone down here...you could easily walk into a place like Colegio Menor and with a MA ED, they'd use you to teach History, Art, or whatever...especially at the international schools in Quito and Guayaquil.

How many years ESL exp do you have?


here is a list of IB schools in Ecuador, about 20 or so....choose the school using the pull down menu:
http://www.ibo.org/country/EC/index.cfm

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[john_n_carolina]

....also, the above post and link, when you go to the IBO site, there are school websites to the right of the page.

[john_n_carolina]

...here are 5 schools accredited by the AASSA, or American Schools in South America.

i know there are more, but can't remember the site right now.

http://www.aassa.com/memberschool.asp

[melirae]

There's currently an opening posted for Universidad de Especialidades Espiritu Santo on the TESOL site- http://careers.tesol.org/jobdetail.cfm?job=2932458

They are looking for at least a CELTA or DELTA in addition to an MA.

This might not help the OP, but someone else who happens upon this topic looking for work in Ecuador...

[john_n_carolina]

....thanks for the post. this would probably be way out of the ballpark for okadrienne. at first, she didn't even want to come down to teach English. she wanted to dance, do ballet, etc. E.Santo is a pretty serious univ. and you would doing some serious English teaching. she might do better singing in one of those Girl Cumbia groups that travel the country...

[lexpat]

Does anyone know the extent to which classes cease to be taught as the Christmas season approaches? Also, is there much demand for IELTS/TOEFL and business classes, which have been my mainstay in Vietnam for the last three years.

Finally, I've done some research but still am unsure about the humidity in Quito. The numbers look high but the anecdotal information suggests the weather is dry and pleasant...definitely something I'm looking for after years in Southeast Asia.

Any information would be appreciated.

[ajarnlilly]

I just moved to the Ibarra/Cotacachi area from Nicaragua (which is much like Thailand/Vietnam for heat and humidity), and I find the nights chilly and the days mostly warm in the sun and chilly in the shade. It's the elevation. At this temperature, the humidity can be high but it doesn't feel like it. It is a welcome relief to me, not to be sweating and sticky all the time. You really do need a jacket or sweater after dark, which comes shortly after 6pm all year.

If you know the US, think of the Colorado Rockies in July. Warm days, cold nights. I can see light snow on top of some of the volcanoes here, some days, which burns off as the day goes on.

I don't know much about your first question, but have been told that if you are working hourly, that's what you get paid for - the hours - and the holidays take a big chunk out of some months.

[gocubbies]

The two options I know of are internships with either the US Embassy or the UN. The UN has some sort of junior officer program but now that I think of it they were usually Canadians. The US State Department has a program which places interns in embassies around the world, so I guess it'd be no guarantee that you'd get Ecuador.

[gocubbies]

Oh and probably one of the things I miss the most about Quito was the climate: NO humidity whatsoever (except when it was raining), always between 48-75F, and no bugs. Plus some beautiful sunsets over Volcan Pichincha.