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[Aisling]

Greetings All! I have been perusing this site for a couple of months now and have finally got up the nerve to post.

I would love to teach English in Europe to satisfy both my desire to teach and my yen for travel. Even though I am American, I have one thing going for me in that both of my parents are Irish. I have already contacted the Irish Consulate in NYC and they have informed me that I can indeed get an EU passport. They have already sent me the paperwork, so I will be starting this process ASAP. From what I have read on these boards, this is an enormous hurdle that I have already cleared.

Second, I graduated from university with a BA in English and a teaching certification in Secondary Education (middle school and high school). I have experience teaching through my student teaching and with substitute teaching for a year at several local schools.

OK, so not to be boring everyone with my resume here, but I'm confused about what my next step should be. I am specifically confused with the difference between CELTA and TEFL. Which would be best for me to take? I would ideally like to teach in either Spain or Italy - are there on-site schools that offer CELTA and/or TEFL?

Any advice that you all could give would be greatly appreciated as I am still in the "research" stage of this right now!

Thanks!