I have already written about this subject, and it is a delicate one. But whenever a client in Spain asks for a language teacher, they always add “I suppose the teacher is native, isn’t he?”. […]

I have an instant dislike for anyone who tries to build anything by putting someone else down. It shows a lack of confidence in your own habilities, and is never a solid foundation upon which […]

Friday the 20th of November will be the fourth Online Meeting of Academy Owners. I am enjoying each an every one of them, and learning from everyone who attends. So, first and furmost, thank you […]

One of the things that has been made clear in our recent meetings of academy owners is that we all need and welcome help. After working in this for a while. everyone acquires knowledge in […]

I have been trying to write this article for nearly a week now. My apologies for taking so long… it is impossible to make plans these days. I have writen this in a flash, and […]

At Smyth Academy we have been teaching online classe for more than five years now. In Spain it has been a handful to convince people to “go online”. The COVID confinement changed all that. I […]

So, as promised, next Friday we will be having the second meeting of Academy Owners (A.O.). I’v been very pleased by both the positive feedback of the first meeting, and the amount of new requests […]

At last! On Friday were finally able to organise something which we had been trying to do for AGES (at least two or three years). Our first meeting of academy owners. Due to obvious reasons, […]

The school year is finally starting, and academies are gradually opening their face to face classes. But if schools, having the government, and “comunidades autónomas” behind, still don’t know what protocols to follow, imagine academies […]

NB: Part of this article is thanks to Cristina Lizarralde, a teacher from a group of TEFL teachers who reminded me we should write an article about ERTEs and IRPF 2020. Thank you Cristina for […]