Spain Summer English Teaching Program - 2008

Teach in Spain this summer for 4 to 6 weeks at
English language camps for young learners.

Work in overnight away camps in the mountains and country side of beautiful Spain or at day camps in Madrid. Teach English to Spanish children approximately 5 classes a day in a complete English immersion environment. Participate in the camp activities with the students and other camp English teachers. Hike, swim, get away and enjoy all of the fun a summer camp has to offer.

Teaching jobs at summer camps:

Spain English camp dates:

Monday Jun 30 – Friday August 1, 2008.

Average benefits: Stipend of approximately €1000/month (€500 every two weeks). Living accommodations and meals are covered.

Duties: You will teach for 2 week camp sessions to children of ages varying from 4-16. 4 week minimum commitment in July and option of an extra 2 weeks of work in August. Classes are taught completely in English. Spanish skills are useful for working with little children but not necessary to teach at the camps.

Camp Matching Day: TEFL Students will interview with a variety of different camps in Madrid on Friday, June 6 and get matched up with a camp job based on each camp’s particular staffing needs. Camp jobs are held in a variety of locations – ranging from overnight summer camps in the mountains throughout Spain and day camps in Madrid.

*Depending upon where and which summer camp location participants choose, these dates are subject to change.

Extra camp dates depending on enrollment of each camp: ** Extra camp dates available (Monday August 4 – Friday Aug 15) depending on the enrollment of each camp: This extra 2 week session is optional and determined at time of interview and enrollment for each camp.

Training option A: 4 weeks in Madrid, 120 hour TEFL certification, $1,750 plus housing, food, etc.

Training option B: 50 hour online/50 hour onsite/20 hours student teaching in Spain, $1,095 + 799 Euros

English language camp teaching

Why teach in a Summer Camp in Spain?

As the school year begins to wind down towards the end of June in Madrid, most English teachers start thinking about spending the summer in Spain near a beach or in the mountains, but they also need to have a job and earn money.

For graduates of the TEFL Institute Madrid Course or 120 hour combination course you are given the opportunity to work in a sunny, exciting location of your choice in Spain. Perhaps on an island, the coast, or in a rural area with mountains, rivers and lakes. We offer all TEFL Institute Madrid students who complete the TEFL course by June 30th a choice to interview and work at more than 15 different, fascinating locations:

Summer camp jobs are typically in 2 week periods of time with a minimum of 4 weeks of employment. Some camps will offer a 5th and 6th week depending on enrollment. Summer camps typically start the first week of July. Many camps offer free housing, food and a very generous stipend. Call TEFL Institute to discuss typical compensation.

• La Coruña (beautiful, green Galicia , where the Camino of Santiago meanders).
• Palma de Mallorca (the famous Mediterranean island paradise).
• Cuenca (the enchanted city).
• Madrid (Viva Madrid !).
• Navarra (the Pyrenees Mountains and French border province). Basque Country (Hemingway territory and where the week-long, world famous San Fermines, or the Running of the Bulls, takes place in July).
• El Escorial (the majestic, dream town that has King Felipe II's monastery of El Escorial, along with the summer residence of Spanish royalty).
• Guadalajara (cow country).
• Avila (a medieval Castilian town that is completely encircled by fortified Middle Age battlements).
• Cartagena (in the coastal province of Murcia and only 1km from your daily swim and sun bathing session on a white sand beach).
• Ciudad Real (rivers of delicious Valdepeñas wine flow through this city).
• Albacete (this is where Don Quixote and Sancho Panza roamed from one adventure to another).
• Cataluña (near Gaudi's monumental Barcelona).
• Huesca (in the Pyrenees Mountains).
• Marbella (beach town, home to the rich and famous).
• Sepulveda (historic town with Roman and Celtic-Iberian ruins near Segovia, which has one of the few Roman Aqueducts in Europe ).
• Salamanca (the university city of the happy and fortunate).
• Tarragona (one of the most elegant cities of the Iberian Peninsula).
• Summer camps are a chance to travel and work around Spain during a festive time of year with sunny skies and warm weather. And no matter where you go, you will find a nearby village or town celebrating their traditional week long "fiestas," with special events, dancing and singing into the wee hours of the morning.

Not only is this a golden opportunity to travel and to discover Spain, but you will be earning invaluable work experience (as well as an income) teaching children in summer camps. You will become familiar with Spain and the wonderful Spanish way of life (which Spaniards have transformed into an art form) while working as a productive member of Spanish society. This will allow you a profound vision of Spain that a tourist could never attain.