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beenthere96-2005
Joined: 01 Aug 2010
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Location: St Louis
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| tjteachin wrote: |
I suppose I'll throw in my two cents worth.
I started teaching in L.A. in 1995. In Tijuana I started teaching in 1999 and lived and worked there until last year. (I'll eventually return. It's my home.) The advantage of living on the border is that one can teach in Tijuana and work across the border in San Diego at much higher wages. Earning U.S. wages while paying Mexican rents, one can live like a king. (Despite what they say in the news, it's safe there.) Personally, I taught classes at mostly technical schools, plus a prepa, plus a language school briefly until it suddenly closed its doors. Very rewarding experiences! In San Diego, I worked off-and-on as a night security guard, my main source of income when I wasn't only teaching in Tijuana.
Since last April, I've been teaching at a university in the state system of Oaxaca. It's an excellent work and cultural experience. It pays about at least 11,000 pesos a month net with a bachelor's degree, plus you have all the prestaciones de ley. It's full-time, 40 hours a week, and even though wages and cost of living are higher up north, I never was paid at any Tijuana school as much as I'm paid here (and about 3/4 of what I was making in the much less satisfying work in secrity). If you're offered an opportunity at one of these universities, I suggest you jump on it! They mainly advertise at www.esljobs.com .
About apostilles, it can't hurt to get them. I never needed them in Tijuana, but here in Oaxaca, being a public university, I needed to get my degree apostilled. I have the good fortune of having Mexican nationality because my dad is originally from Jalisco, so visas like the FM3 aren't an issue for me, but my understanding is that my (foreign) colleagues have had to get all their documents (the degree and birth certificate) apostilled, and then they translate them here. |
What about "older" teachers? I am 53 |
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MotherF
Joined: 07 Jun 2010
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Location: 17�48'N 97�46'W
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| Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2011 1:42 pm Post subject: |
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| If you are asking specifically about SUNEO, 53 is fine as long as you are a competitive candidate. |
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