Great Professional Program

If you want to teach abroad and don't want to teach children, this is the program for you. You are sent to companies to teach their employees either in one-to-one classes or in small groups. Not only have I been teaching English to my students, but I have learned so much from them as well about the professional world and various companies in Spain. I have taught students with backgrounds in insurance, gas and electric, airport management, pharmaceuticals, and more. You don't work alongside another teacher like in many other programs, so you are trained over a two week period before going off to your own to teach at the companies. Working on your own is great, but you have much more responsibility with lesson planning. Furthermore, since you are traveling to these companies, commute time is anywhere from a 15 minute walk to over an hour on the metro or other means of transportation. I would say my average commute is 40 minutes, which I really don't mind too much at all. This program group is very small (8 in my group) which makes it easy to socialize and the coordinators are very helpful. However, the low pay and having to find housing in such a short period of time is a big negative, since you really only have about two weeks to apartment hunt and your rent is at least half of your monthly salary for a bedroom in a shared apartment.