I know many teachers are self employed, and some don’t have their own legal advisors. We do, as a company, and receive daily updates. So I wanted to share important news and procedured for those who are “autonomos” and cannot get this information easily. The Government has finally explained the requirements and steps to take […]
A prior side note: I am trying to share my experiences and the software or tools I’ve tested and use (after about 5 years teaching online). I won’t share a list of “useful tools for teachers” which I’ve Googled, because I think that is a waste of time (and I don’t have much of […]
So, in our last article I wrote about video conferencing tools. That chapter is still not over, I have to write about my current choice there, Big Blue Button. But today I wanted to write about something different. Screenshot software. Just a side point here. There is no need to use software to make a […]
Hello to everyone! I’ve been asked by some, and promised I would do so, if I would share some videos and posts about online teaching: my experience and what I’ve learned over these last 5 years trying to implement it in an academy in Madrid. I know many of you teachers and academies are struggling […]
FUNDA has finally reached a decision and declares all activities suspended until the Government reopens educational centers. Every company who is using FUNDAE for their classes has to stop those activities. Students must not attend classes, teachers must follow what the regional government decides (all public centers are closed from today onwards). Companies have to […]
I have been pleasantly surprised, today, to see there are videos and articles out there trying to provide as much information to teachers as possible. Even more so when I realised the video was from one of those federations which are supposed (because in 16+ years I’ve only heard of them once or twice) to […]
I’m back! NB: This article is not for teachers who want to teach in Spain for 1-2 years and then leave (I know this leaves out a huge amount of teachers). It is for those who want to make a living teaching languages in Spain. NB2: I’m leaving out “autonomos”. They are another story, and […]
I opened this blog three years ago with two objectives: To avoid having to explain the same things time and time again to new teachers. By writing articles about common questions, I can resend the link and save time (where has all that “free time” gone, I don’t know). Other teachers might find these explanations […]
In a previous article we shared the labour agreement which affects us, as teachers of “enseñanzas no regladas” (non-regulated teaching). Salaries for this agreement have been recently reviewed, and I want to share these new salary tables here, as a reference for all. I am, however, very aware that this will not affect many teachers. […]
For a big online project we’ve been developing, we needed a reference of the minimun number of hours a student needs to work to obtain a new level when learning a language. Why? Because we needed a minimum from which to build some online course. In case someone needs this too, here is what we […]