Can you really teach English as a Foreign Language in Colombia? I get e-mails at regular intervals about the possibilities of teaching English as a foreign language in one of the most beautiful in the world to get dangerous and notorious country. Opportunities abound for the native teachers in Colombia. The salaries are good to excellent with good performances, interesting work and a lot of time until nearly four months a year on travel, see and appreciate the country. Just be careful, for God’s sake, and pay attention to keep the following points.
Problem
The main problem for most of the emerging new English teacher is the lack of TESOL certification. There is a current EFL teacher for Colombian too, but as a foreigner, no one can from the dozens of places I recommend you without at least one teacher or CELTA certificate.
Without an education or training, or TESOL certification level, not only in Colombia but desirable literally dozens of other countries and places, not just offer you a position.
CELTA / TEFL Colombia
The British Council in Colombia has a CELTA course. It is administered only once a year if, during the summer and only in Bogota. You would probably not work until the fall, but you have to leave the country to apply for a work visa and things could apply even more complicated from there. ISSO also offers a TEFL cert courses several times a year, but it can not in the world and call for the U.S. or England course will be accepted.
Certify Before You Go
If you can arrange your teacher certification in the United States nor to get before the summer, you would be able to work as soon as you here should get from the schools directly by you or your institution’s certification will be contacted if your Course completed CELTA or TEFL certificate. The institution of certification will also letters of recommendation and a list of valuable information for the further smooth your way to your first teaching EFL.
For this reason I recommend the course if possible, the United States, Canada or the United Kingdom. Intensive courses may be taken almost five weeks each month of the year at school in San Francisco, Boston and many other places. Once it into something that could be present or near your area. Do not make an online TEFL certificate program if you can avoid it. In addition to that which is of course in the United States, Canada or the United Kingdom to help you gather a bunch of English language materials to take with you when you leave the country. More about this will be said in the article, “Creating a Teaching English as a Foreign Language offers care.
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