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Teachers should ask to have a fijo discontínuo contract. These are the advantages.

Posted Tuesday March 20th, 2018Tuesday April 3rd, 2018 smythsys6 CommentsPosted in Blog

During our short explanation of the collective labour agreement that rules our sector, we mentioned a type of contract which we want to explain in detail: the Fijo Discontínuo contract. My advice for most teachers […]

Collective Agreement which regulates English teachers’ salaries: Convenio Colectivo de Enseñanza y Formación no Reglada

Posted Monday March 12th, 2018Tuesday March 13th, 2018 smythsys4 CommentsPosted in Blog

Following some post on Facebook groups about teachers and teacher’s salaries, I get the impression many don’t understand where these salaries come from. Some even think academies decide them on their own accord. Teacher’s salaries […]

Understanding your payslip. The IRPF tax.

Posted Friday February 9th, 2018Monday April 23rd, 2018 smythsysLeave a commentPosted in Blog

Most teachers who start working with us, do not understand their payslip. Which is completely understandable, spaniards don’t understand theirs either. Let’s try to shed some light on this. Why? Because I think a lot […]

Auxiliares de Conversación Extranjeros en España. An easy way to start working as a language assistant in Spain

Posted Friday February 2nd, 2018Friday February 2nd, 2018 smythsysLeave a commentPosted in Blog

If you are a member of the EU, working as a teacher in Spain is easy. You don’t need any special permit and you just have to get your NIE and Social Security number. But […]

What does it mean to be an English Teacher?

Posted Friday January 26th, 2018Friday January 26th, 2018 smythsysLeave a commentPosted in Blog

When I watched this talk, I immediately thought I should share it on this blog, as it’s a blog for TEFL teachers in Madrid. The speaker, Jack C. Richards, a teacher himself and trainer of teachers, […]

Cambridge English Young Learners 2018 exam update.

Posted Wednesday January 17th, 2018Wednesday January 17th, 2018 smythsysLeave a commentPosted in Blog

As an academy, we receive more updates than teachers do. So I will be posting some of them on this blog to help teachers who read it (if any hehehe) and our own teachers. The […]

Do I need to get a Criminal Record Check or Disclosure & Barring Service certificate?

Posted Monday December 4th, 2017Monday December 4th, 2017 smythsysLeave a commentPosted in Blog

A few hours ago a teacher has asked a good (as in useful) question in one of the Facebook TEFL groups on Facebook: Hello! I’m a British citizen and moving to Madrid to find work […]

Cambridge Directory of Authorised Exam Centres and Exam Venues

Posted Tuesday November 14th, 2017 smythsysLeave a commentPosted in Blog

Some of your students will be wanting to take a Cambridge exam some time soon. As a Cambridge Preparation Center we receive frequent updates from Cambridge and we just received their updated Directory of Authorised […]

Cambridge English Young Learners Exams (YLE): from Pre A1 to A2

Posted Friday November 3rd, 2017Wednesday November 8th, 2017 smythsysLeave a commentPosted in Blog

As we mentioned on our last post, we will be writing a series of articles about Cambridge Exams. Why? Because they are the most know and most demanded exams in Spain, and because we’ve noticed […]

Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) and Cambridge

Posted Wednesday October 25th, 2017Tuesday October 24th, 2017 smythsysLeave a commentPosted in Blog

After talking to many teachers, some of which have been teaching in Spain for many years, I realize many are not used to the CEFR. Some veterans, those who have taught here in Madrid for […]

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Teachers’ holidays in Spain. Rights and duties.

Posted Wednesday July 25th, 2018Wednesday July 25th, 2018 smythsysLeave a commentPosted in Blog

So, I’ve been asked a lot about teachers’ holidays, their rights and the convenio as of late. I suppose it’s that time of the year. And again I’m astounded at the lack of knowledge there […]

Autonomos must now use the RED System for communications with the Social Security

Posted Thursday July 19th, 2018Thursday July 19th, 2018 smythsysLeave a commentPosted in Blog

Some of you have asked about this and I’ve finally found some free time to write and article it. The Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare published an order last 1st of March (2018), order Orden ESS/214/2018, by which […]

Teachers: you can’t cherry pick from the convenio

Posted Friday June 22nd, 2018Friday June 22nd, 2018 smythsysLeave a commentPosted in Blog

Something tells me I am not going to gain new fans, amonst teachers, with this article. And the same will happen among academies, with the following ones, . Well, tough luck! The aim of this […]




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