Day in the Life teaching English in Mallorca Spain | Auxiliares de Conversacion NALCAP 

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thrilled to hear it was interesting! love your content as well

Thanks David! Was definitely not expecting you to check out my work but that means a lot from you!

@@jaredkaufman thanks for sharing your creative skills & perspective!

Hi Marissa! I hope you have an amazing experience. I would recommend talking to the teachers at your school - most of them will know a handful of people that are always looking for lessons and that can be a good way to get started. Other than that, if you join any sort of extra curricular activity, you can usually meet people that are looking for lessons as well. It is fairly common here.

Bike riding is super common! Mallorca doesn't have Uber but they have cabs, city and regional buses (that are very reliable), and a subway between the two main cities. It's easy to get around. The lesson planning is variable - each week my teachers let me know what they were covering with their classes and I tried to come up with something relevant. When there were holidays, I covered what we did in the states for those holidays. The amount of money you save up is pretty variable - your biggest expense will be rent and any travel that you want to do - so I would think through answers to those questions and try to budget based on that. The stipend covers basic rent, food and utility expenses. You'll be matched with a school without much input, so my recommendations there won't be super valuable. The best way in my experience to find 1 on 1 students is through the teachers at your school. They will generally know people that are interested in lessons and can connect you

Thank you! For me I was studying Spanish and knew I wanted to go somewhere Spanish speaking - it was also one of the few programs that I qualified for

Thanks! I talked about a few things but basically just tried to do a brief background: - Where I grew up, and a little bit about it (the weather, people, culture, etc.) - My family - What I liked to do when I was younger - University & what I studied - What I did for work before moving to Spain

In my experience a TEFL certificate was not required to get tutoring jobs but they were mostly through connections from the school! If you want an official job at a tutoring business, it could be helpful

Not sure! I would look at the program requirements on the website

Hi - congratulations on your placement! I had no experience being a teacher going into the program either. A few thoughts: #1 - It really depends on the teachers that you work with. Some will ask you to lead lessons - others will ask you just to assist with their pre-planned lessons. #2 - No matter what, they will always be in the classroom to support you #3 - You can 100% tell them what you are and are not comfortable with. Your job is an assistant, not the full teacher, so even if you are “leading” a lesson it will be material that you prepared or a fun game - not “teaching” of their course material if that makes sense

@@jaredkaufman thanks for all the useful information and sharing your experience! :)

@@brendahuapaya4802 of course! Glad it was helpful

It really depends on: 1. The region 2. How much travel / non-frugal activities you want to do 3. If you plan to do any private english lessons or not I would recommend creating a budget: 1. Look at your basic/required expenses like rent/food - and make sure you have enough savings to cover a few months 2. The rest of your savings should be determined by how much additional spending you want to do - either for eating out, traveling, or something else

generally the baseline here in mallorca is 15 euros per hour. you could probably go up to 20 based on how far you are travelling and how much prep you have to do for the lessons

@@jaredkaufman okay thanks Jared!

I would say very safe. For reference, one thing I noticed when I moved here was that many of the taxi drivers are female, which I think is a good indicator of how safe it is here for women.

idealista for the apartment and facebook marketplace for the bike

It runs from October to May and the applications for 2023-2024 are about to open. Check the NALCAP website

Hey Mark - which one? There are a few different songs

my girlfriend did the program with me and we split rent. In some regions, living alone is feasible. In Mallorca, you’ll likely need to live with roommates

about 25 minutes each way!

@@jaredkaufman okay not bad at all.