What a lousy piece of news to receive at the beginning of my last week. The Costa Rican Institute of Tourism opted not to renew its contract to place a CREST teacher in Puerto Jimenez for the next term. I know these things happen. The tourist season was slow this year, with the recession. I’m [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Teaching English abroad’
A Certifiably Vague Industry
I am a certified Teaching English as a Foreign Language instructor, and I don’t know what that means. A majority of teach-abroad placement organizations and schools now require a TEFL certificate, or a related one. This is a change from about 10 years ago, when you only needed to be a native E[...]
