I officially began my 10 month journey in Spain about six seeks ago. If you don’t already know, I’m teaching English in Spain through the Auxiliares de Conversación Program. I’ll be stationed in the city of Madrid until June 30th (or longer if I decide to renew my teaching contract for another year or so). […]
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Teaching with VIPKid: A Six Month Update
If you read my last post, a Four Month Update with VIPKid, you may be wondering what I decided to do. As you may recall, the summer months were particularly hard on me. I had a ridiculous amount of student no shows, my schedule was barely filled, some of my regular students stopped showing up… […]
Teaching with VIPKid: A Four Month Update
It’s been slightly more than four months since I started teaching with VIPKid. I’m still enjoying my job, but to be perfectly honest, the last month has been more difficult. First, however, let’s start with June! The month of June was by far my best month to date. Here were my completed numbers in June: […]
Auxiliares de Conversación: FAQs
I debated titling this post: “Auxiliares: Why Patience is a Virtue” but ultimately, it will be a source where I attempt to answer the most frequently asked questions about the program. Why is patience a virtue, you might ask? Well then, you clearly haven’t applied to the program! There is a lot of waiting, waiting, […]
Teaching with VIPKid: A Two Month Update
Thus far, I have really enjoyed teaching with VIPKid! Click here to read my first post on VIPKid if you have no idea what I’m talking about 🙂 I have adapted my schedule a bit, so as to avoid working weekends (most of the time). I now open up three slots from 6:00am – 7:30am, Monday […]
Earning Money through VIPKid
A lot of people wonder how travelers can make money on the go. There are actually tons of posts, like this one, explaining the best ways to find remote work. Now, personally, I’m not a huge fan of doing personal selling type gigs, but I know a lot of people who have made a decent income […]
Applying to the Auxiliares Program
Congratulations! You’re here, that means you’ve decided (or at least are considering) a big, dramatic change in your life! Hopefully you’ve read my previous post about the different options you have to teach English in Spain and have now arrived at the decision to apply to the Spanish government’s Auxiliares de Conversación program. If you’re […]
Different Ways to Teach English in Spain
If you’re here, that means that you’re looking into different options for moving abroad to Spain in order to teach English! Congrats! I was in your position not too long ago, and I did TONS of research and jumped from blog to blog in order to find some of the best Spain – English teaching options. […]