Aussie's In Spain

[priscillaboucher]

G\'day (love the cheesy aussie opener!).



26 yo Univeristy educated female desperatly wanting to get out of Scotland and move to Spain.  I am totally ingnorant when it comes to visa requirements.  What exactly to I need to work (hopefully teaching english) in Spain legally?  How hard is it to obtain?  I understand there are 2 types of Visa\'s, working and residency (ha, not totally ignorant afterall.....).  So.. if I get a working visa, how long does it last?  Does being Australian matter at all?  I currently hold a UK working holiday visa which expires June 2004.  Does this help or hinder?



I understand from this web site that it is not integral to have a TEFL quals, so... having tutored small classes of children in Australia, and having just graduated from a Bach of App Sci, am I pretty employable?  Also willing to learn Spanish to get ahead.



Any advice much appreciated.  Good luck to all in the same boat.

Cheers, Cilla.

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[Porter-]

hey there Cilla,



What a lot of the schools look for is experience. I had originally thought having a CELTA or TEFL certificate would be a must be to work in Madrid but how wrong I was. The first thing they look for is experience in teaching and what you intend on doing here. Having a university qualification or a teaching certificate helps.



I never had to supply an documentation that I had a degree or certificate so if you lack any of those, you could always tell a little white lie [IMG SRC=\"modules/phpBB_14/images/smiles/icon_smile.gif\"] hehehehe



Emphasize on what you did in Australia and that should get you through. A lot of schools in the September and October months are always desperate for teachers and I know many of them have hired 21 year olds with no experience in teaching.  [addsig]

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[Tracy]

Thanks Porter! Your wisdom speaks to the ages! Too bad not many listen though. I cannot, for the life of me, convince people that EXPERIENCE is the key. Most people are set on expensive training courses, that don\'t really prepare you anyway for Spanish-style ESL teaching!

And I remember how desperate employers were in those months. People with little experience have to take advantage of that heightened feeding frenzy and dive in then. And as far as the "little white lie" is concerned...I was always of the opinion that if a director of an academy didn\'t ask, then he/she did not need to receive. No lying whatsoever.



Thanks again for your insight!!!!



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