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GuruSK
Joined: 08 Nov 2009
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Location: Los Angeles/QRO/GTO, Mexico
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 Posted: Mon Dec 07, 2009 3:47 am Post subject: moving to QRO in 3 weks, not employed yet... |
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Hey guys! So I'm moving to the city of Queretaro in 3 weeks to teach English. I'm staying outside of town with my aunt (her house) until I become employed and find out where I'm working, then I plan on getting an apartment. My boyfriend is also down there. So, I am TESOL certified, and I have certificates in Business English, TOEFL exam, and grammar. My only teaching experience is some years in two different tutoring positions. I am fluent in Spanish and I have a B.A. in international relations. I have not found a position yet but I have read that the best thing to do is just to hit up several English schools once you arrive and that they will offer you jobs in the first weeks of January (I will arrive January 1st). I am taking my car with me so I will be able to drive.
What advice do you have for me? What are the best hours to visit schools and should I call them ahead of time or just show up with my resume? Or both? Do you have any website recommendations? Advice?
Thank you so much! I am excited! (PS my docs are all apostilled already)
-Melanie |
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TheLongWayHome
Joined: 07 Jun 2006
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Location: San Luis Piojosi
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| Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2009 11:17 pm Post subject: |
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With your qualifications (and fluent Spanish) you could probably bypass the language schools (una negreada) and look for jobs at universities. They do hire for the January semester now but the main hiring time is June/July.
It's best to go in person, resume in hand. I did this just yesterday in fact. I went to a uni just on the off-chance they might have some classes for next semester. The first guy I met with liked my resume but for translation work within the uni. He also suggested I do a masters and could get a beca to study full-time. He then sent me to another department to see about some classes and so on... quite productive. |
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GuruSK
Joined: 08 Nov 2009
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wow really? university? I didn't think I could work there since I only have experience tutoring English and I don't have a masters. I will definitely go to check them out though. Where do I go on the campus to inquire? I have considered studying in Mexico for my masters but I haven't researched it too thoroughly. What is "beca?" Thanks, looking forward to your reply, Mel
Also, where is the best place/method to advertise private tutoring sessions? |
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Prof.Gringo
Joined: 07 Nov 2006
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| Posted: Wed Dec 09, 2009 8:13 pm Post subject: |
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wow really? university? I didn't think I could work there since I only have experience tutoring English and I don't have a masters. I will definitely go to check them out though. Where do I go on the campus to inquire? I have considered studying in Mexico for my masters but I haven't researched it too thoroughly. What is "beca?" Thanks, looking forward to your reply, Mel
Also, where is the best place/method to advertise private tutoring sessions? |
I have known people offered Uni work without a degree.
And work in a private colegio (1-12 grades) often pays better with better bennies than the uni's do. |
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TheLongWayHome
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| Posted: Wed Dec 09, 2009 11:05 pm Post subject: |
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| wow really? university? I didn't think I could work there since I only have experience tutoring English and I don't have a masters. |
Most Mexican English teachers in unis don't have a masters, and some not even a degree as Prof G. says. That they speak it is usually enough to get them a job. Teachers of other subjects tend to have masters but you'll find the English department is a little more lenient in this respect.
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| I have considered studying in Mexico for my masters but I haven't researched it too thoroughly. What is "beca?" |
A beca is like a scholarship. You can get the course paid for and a monthly stipend of at least $6000 pesos if it's a full-time course. |
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GuruSK
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nice, I hope I can follow that route eventually!!
Thanks a bunch, Mel |
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wildchild
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Location: Puebla 2009 - 2010
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| Posted: Thu Dec 10, 2009 2:15 am Post subject: |
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| The first guy I met with liked my resume but for translation work within the uni. He also suggested I do a masters and could get a beca |
hey bro, consider that the guy is a salesman and the beca just might be a lowball...
would you study without the beca? consider it before you commit to classes...
In the end, if you get it, effin' sweet bro!!!
I plan on signing up for a class this Jan.!!! and i'm kinda stoked about it (though no beca...) |
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GuruSK
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| Posted: Thu Dec 10, 2009 2:21 am Post subject: |
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Also,
what is the salary range at universities? |
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TheLongWayHome
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| Posted: Thu Dec 10, 2009 7:52 pm Post subject: |
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| The first guy I met with liked my resume but for translation work within the uni. He also suggested I do a masters and could get a beca |
hey bro, consider that the guy is a salesman and the beca just might be a lowball...
would you study without the beca? consider it before you commit to classes...
In the end, if you get it, effin' sweet bro!!!
I plan on signing up for a class this Jan.!!! and i'm kinda stoked about it (though no beca...) |
Maybe, he seemed pretty genuine though I can't imagine that many people in SLP would be wanting to do a masters in hispanic literature - and at $6500 a month without the beca!! I'll probably give it a miss as the closing date's tomorrow and I'll never get all the documents and essays together on time.
I would like to study at some point. You have to get a amendment to your visa though, right? |
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Samantha
Joined: 25 Oct 2003
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| Posted: Fri Dec 11, 2009 4:09 am Post subject: |
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| Interesting point you bring up, LWH. Those in Mexico studying (like on student exchanges) require a student visa. Student visa's prohibit you from working. |
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Prof.Gringo
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| Posted: Fri Dec 11, 2009 9:07 pm Post subject: |
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| TheLongWayHome wrote: |
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| The first guy I met with liked my resume but for translation work within the uni. He also suggested I do a masters and could get a beca |
hey bro, consider that the guy is a salesman and the beca just might be a lowball...
would you study without the beca? consider it before you commit to classes...
In the end, if you get it, effin' sweet bro!!!
I plan on signing up for a class this Jan.!!! and i'm kinda stoked about it (though no beca...) |
Maybe, he seemed pretty genuine though I can't imagine that many people in SLP would be wanting to do a masters in hispanic literature - and at $6500 a month without the beca!! I'll probably give it a miss as the closing date's tomorrow and I'll never get all the documents and essays together on time.
I would like to study at some point. You have to get a amendment to your visa though, right? |
I went and checked at a few uni's and they said no problem with my current FM-3. |
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Phil_K
Joined: 25 Jan 2007
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Location: A World of my Own
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| Posted: Fri Dec 11, 2009 9:30 pm Post subject: |
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| TheLongWayHome wrote: |
| wildchild wrote: |
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| The first guy I met with liked my resume but for translation work within the uni. He also suggested I do a masters and could get a beca |
hey bro, consider that the guy is a salesman and the beca just might be a lowball...
would you study without the beca? consider it before you commit to classes...
In the end, if you get it, effin' sweet bro!!!
I plan on signing up for a class this Jan.!!! and i'm kinda stoked about it (though no beca...) |
Maybe, he seemed pretty genuine though I can't imagine that many people in SLP would be wanting to do a masters in hispanic literature - and at $6500 a month without the beca!! I'll probably give it a miss as the closing date's tomorrow and I'll never get all the documents and essays together on time.
I would like to study at some point. You have to get a amendment to your visa though, right? |
I went and checked at a few uni's and they said no problem with my current FM-3. |
No problem for the Uni, but maybe for immigration. Government departments don't talk to each other. |
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Samantha
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| Posted: Fri Dec 11, 2009 9:57 pm Post subject: |
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| Exactly. Immigration is required to keep track of all "activities" whether lucrative or not. |
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wildchild
Joined: 14 Nov 2005
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Location: Puebla 2009 - 2010
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| Posted: Sat Dec 12, 2009 1:49 am Post subject: |
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| who wants to detail a situation/example, non-fiction or not, when someone on an FM-3 was busted for studying at a Uni... |
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Prof.Gringo
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| Posted: Sat Dec 12, 2009 4:37 pm Post subject: |
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| wildchild wrote: |
| who wants to detail a situation/example, non-fiction or not, when someone on an FM-3 was busted for studying at a Uni... |
Not going to happen.
Why?
If you are studying at a Mexican Uni. You are spending money in Mexico.
Maybe I should ask my friends at INM  |
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