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MO39

I am moving to Mexico in early May with hopes of landing a job at a college or university for this fall, someplace either in or convenient to the D.F. (an hour or two away by autob�s, though I would also love to find a position in Oaxaca). In the meantime, I will need to bring in some income to tide me over till September. I lived and worked in Mexico in the late 1970s and have returned regularly for vacations over the intervening years but have no realistic idea of where to look for work in 2004. I would appreciate any suggestions from current denizens of the D.F. regarding language schools that might be hiring in May. I have many years of teaching experience under my belt plus a B.S. in Secondary Education and Spanish and a couple of M.A.'s.

Mil gracias,

Marsha

Julieanne · Joined: 18 Mar 2004 Posts: 120

The best website for a collection of schools and their contact info. is
www.colegios.net
You can search there city by city

MO39 · Posted: Sat Mar 20, 2004 4:48 pm Post subject:

Thanks for the website information, Julieanne; it's a new one to me.

Marsha

thelmadatter · Posted: Wed Mar 24, 2004 4:57 pm Post subject: ITESM

With your masters and teaching experience - try ITESM www.itesm.mx I work at the Toluca campus. Email me if you want more information.

richtx1 · Joined: 12 Apr 2004 Posts: 115 Location: Ciudad de M�xico

TEC de Monterrey (it has a branch campus in Mexico City) MAY be hiring also.

lozwich · Joined: 25 May 2003 Posts: 1536

Can anyone tell me how to get into the employment section of the Tec de Monterrey website? I had a direct link to it at one point, but I've lost it, and can't find my way back.. Crying or Very sad

Thanks,
Lozwich.

richtx1 · Joined: 12 Apr 2004 Posts: 115 Location: Ciudad de M�xico

Depending on your qualifications, I work for a business trainer specializing in language services for executives. resume, CV, qualifications to [email protected]

MO39 · Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2004 11:44 pm Post subject: Thanks!

Rich,

Thanks for the tip! I've just sent off a letter to your boss along with my resume. I do have business experience in addition to my years of teaching, so this could prove to be a good place for me to begin my job search.

Marsha

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

Tec de Monterrey and ITESM are the same thing. There are two branches in Mexico. If you have an MA and experience it is probably the best university level teaching position you can start with (or end with). The employment page on the general itesm website is useless. go to www.itesm.mx and click on the specific campus you are interested in. this will open that campus's homepage. from there you should search for anything that looks like a director of the language, or english, department. or, if you find nothing (entirely possible since most of their webpages are confusing), you should begin by writing to the director of the prepa (if you are interested in high school) or profesional (if you are interested in teaching undergraduates). they should forward your email to the appropriate person and though it may take weeks, you will probably get a response.
good luck, that's how i did it and was offered jobs at about 6 of their campuses last year