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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]