Fijo discontínuo contracts, the contracts most of you should be working under if you don’t have a “contrato fijo”, allow teachers to demand their unemployment benefits if they have a right to them (if they […]
I’ve been saying for ages we have a sword of Damocles on top of us: the biggest tech. companies out there are running a race to see who brings out a universal translator first. They […]
I’ve just received the news so I’m sharing it hear for all of you. I am sure many were, as we, waiting to hear what FUNDAE had to say about classes through online “virtual classrooms”. […]
On the 22nd of July 2021, CECAP, CECE, ACADE-FECEI , ANCED, FECCOO and various other organisations signed our latest labour agreement: IX Convenio colectivo de enseñanza y formación no reglada They also signed the salary […]
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 […]