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taliatalia818
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Also Talia, you are doing an MA, what are your qualifications outside of this degree?
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I have a BS in elementary education, minor in Spanish.
After re-reading all of the responses, I think I am going to do my practicum at home and then *hopefully* find a TESOL job with a yearly contract. I know that I sound idealistic and a lot of my ideas are with wishful thinking 
Is it true that trying to find a yearly contract in Europe is a far stretch? |
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spiral78
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| Is it true that trying to find a yearly contract in Europe is a far stretch? |
Assuming that you are a US citizen only, and you do not have a passport (citizenship) from an European Union member country, yes. It is a far stretch.
You are eligible for legal work permits only for the 'new' EU member countries, such as the Czech Rep, Poland, Slovakia, and etc. Outside of student study programmes sponsored by universities, in which you study full-time (in the local language, usually) and teach part-time, you simply won't be eligible for legal work permits for Western European countries. They have legal, national-level agreements to hire EU member citizens first, and there are tonnes of qualified UK teachers lining up for the jobs in Italy, Spain, France, and etc.
This will be true even after you have more qualifications and experience. Even at the MA level, a given school must submit a petition to its national government arguing that you have some skill that the school cannot find in a teacher from the EU. Such specialist visas exist, but they are obviously rare. I know quite a lot about this as I taught for nearly 7 years on this basis, and the university where I was based does substantial collaborative work with universities in other European countries. Additionally, I have worked for some years with teacher training centres which help new teachers find work across the region.
Your plan of finding something domestic is probably much more feasible than trying to find something in Europe. Further, do keep in mind that experience outside of Canada won't necessarily help you much back inside Canada, where work abroad is often rated as less desirable than work in the country, unfortunately.
If you decided to go for something in a European country where you can work legally (Czech Rep, Poland, etc), come back and ask on the country-specific forums below. Overall, these are subsistence-level jobs, and there are particular ins and outs for each country. If you can afford to go for the experience alone, and don't need to pay back debt at home, it can be absolutely fantastic for a year or two, or even longer, but it won't be among the more financially rewarding jobs in terms of worldwide options. |
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