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chula

Greetings.
I�m currently living and working in a fairly small town in central Mexico. I�ve been here for a little over a year and am trying to find a job in Monterrey (or Guadalajara). I�m currently teaching both in the programa de licenciatura en la ense�anza del ingl�s and ESOL classes. I have my MA in TESOL and 2 years experience (1 1/2 in Lic. classes) all at the university level. What I�m trying to do is find out where good places to work would be and how I can get into contact with some of the schools there.
If you have any suggestions as to where to work, where not to work, or how to contact schools, please let me know.
Thanks.

amelie · Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2004 2:25 pm Post subject: jobs in monterrey

Nature girl has posted the following link at a school in Monterrey:
http://teaching-jobs-mexico.com/

You could also try:
http://www.cegs.itesm.mx/pi/teaching/index.html

Good luck, there seems to be a lot of teaching opportunities advertised in Monterrey. and not so much for the city I want to relocate to (Puebla).

Amelie

amelie · Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2004 2:26 pm Post subject: forgot

Since you have a masters in TEOSL, try:

www.itesm.mx and choose the Monterrey campus.

Amelie Very Happy

M@tt · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 473 Location: here and there

i agree, and it's not just because i work there already (at the veracruz branch, which is tiny compared to the monterrey branch). the atmosphere here is great, totally friendly and professional at the same time, politics but not too too bad, high salary, comfortable, decent students, though they can be really lazy and a bit aloof..... well, i like it for the most part.

i applied all over the place, including puebla (but not including monterrey). i was offered a spot in UPAEP, i think (in puebla). so, to the person looking for something in puebla, if you are interested i could dig up the director's email address and any other info they sent me. there is also a brand new branch of ITESM in puebla, if you have an MA and are interested in working there.

good luck to all job seekers...........(surely there must be a minor greek god for them)
matt

amelie · Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2004 10:32 pm Post subject: to matt

Matt,
I would really appreciate the director's e-mail at UPAEP. You could PM me. Do you need a Masters to teach there? I was planning on trying the new ITESM in Puebla in a month or so when they will have a better indication of how many teachers they will need for August.

Thanks!

chula

Thank you to those who wrote to me. Unfortunately, after hours of looking, I haven�t been able to find the site for the English department or anything affiliated with it at the Tec de Monterrey, Monterrey campus. Does anyone have any info on that beyond just the general web site?
Thanks for any help.

amelie · Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2004 12:08 am Post subject:

I looked over the website and managed to find information by clicking on the sitemap. It is under bolsa de trabajo. I don't know much Spanish, but it is fairly easy to figure out. Wink

I copied a link from that section of the website:

Informes: Lic. Sonia Jorge Gonz�lez, Tel : 8358-20000, ext. 3927.
Correo electr�nico: [email protected]

Good Luck!
Amelie

M@tt · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 473 Location: here and there

I fondly remember the hours and hours I spent in the computer lab searching through ITESM webpages for anything that looked like an English dept. Some campuses are easier than others, but I do remember it as monumentally difficult, but worth the effort.
And now I will go look for that UPAEP info...

chula

hi again. i found some emails and sent things off, but i�m wondering if anyone has an idea of a timeline as far as hearing back from the schools. i�ll probably send my resume out again after semana santa because i know that schools here seem to always hire for the semester about a week after the semester has actually started. so if anyone can recall approximately how long it took to hear back from schools in monterrey i�d be interested to hear.

thanks