Well, I'm slowly sliding into a groove at work. The place is sort of cramped. There are 3 small though well-equipped classrooms that hold a maximum of 10 students. Really, it's about the size of a 2 or 3 bedroom apartment ( Read more... )

Excited, though nervous ( Read more... )

I like looking back on past forum posts and journal entries. I get to see the news of the day then and what my plans are for my future. All of the posts have one thing in common: they were all wrong ( Read more... )

¡Viviré en Valencia ( Read more... )

UPDATE: I have another job interview tomorrow and possibly two more on the horizon should the HR manager of a place get back to me. Hopefully persistence pays off ( Read more... )

Just had the first interview where I wanted to bail less than 5 minutes in. Knew it when I told him that I wanted full-time hours and he hesitated for just a bit. Honestly, it wasn't even much of an interview. It appeared to me that he decided on hiring me just based on the resume and wanted to confirm that I was who I was ( Read more... )

I really wonder how some schools manage to stay in business ( Read more... )

Took the train from Barcelona to Valencia a week ago. Hell of a nightmare getting there. I overslept despite setting two alarm clocks to wake me up at the right time. I got out the door in a heartbeat and (thankfully) made it in time. Before I got on the train, a tourist asked me if this train was going to Alicante (another city in The Community of ( Read more... )

I started searching for jobs yesterday and looked at the prerequisites for the jobs available. Basically, all of them require a legitimate (not some online nonsense) CELTA or TEFL certificate to obtain a job. There's one exception and that's because they use their own training and teaching methods for their schools. Simply put, the CELTA is the ( Read more... )

The courses ended yesterday and I did indeed pass.

For the 2 people who read this, I'll give you an idea on the typical CELTA day in Barcelona. My schedule was from 12 PM - 8 PM. I could have chosen 9-5, but Spain runs on a different schedule compared to your typical American schedule.

( Your daily CELTA schedule )