TESOL Baltic States - TESOL Jobs Baltic States.
| Baltic States |
| Capital city |
Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia |
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| Language |
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| Currency and exchange rate |
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| Typical TESOL teacher salary |
$800 per month |
| Major TESOL locations |
Riga, Tallinn, Vilnius |
TESOL job prospects
These states were the most westernized part of the old Russian Empire and are presently looking towards EU membership. This has created a strong demand for native speaker teachers, particularly in Lithuania and Estonia (probably the most progressive of the three). There are numerous openings in both the state and private sectors. Salaries again are low by international standards but high in regard to the cost of living. Qualified teachers who are prepared to travel to the region and look for work should have little difficulty. |
Sample Jobs
1. Teach in a University in Klaipeda, Lithuania
LCC International University seeks TESOL (or equivalent) qualified English language teachers to teach adults and high school students at all levels of English in our English Language Institute. The program provides the teachers with appropriate curriculum materials, teaching resources, and orientation. Students are adult professionals and secondary school students desiring to learn English for job advancement, personal enrichment, preparation for entering LCC, or for education or travel abroad. ELI students are well-educated, eager to learn and serious about their studies. All students pay tuition to attend ELI classes.
Classes run for 12 weeks each semester. Students are tested at the start of the semester and grouped into classes ranging from 12 to 20 people, according to language ability. Classes meet for two hours, twice a week on weekday evenings.
Lithuania has an excellent location in the center of Europe. The college is located in Klaipeda, a major ice-free port city on the Baltic Sea connecting Russian and Western European business and industry.
LCC requires that all ELI instructors have a minimum of a degree, preferably in any of the following areas: general education, foreign or second language teaching methods, (TESOL), linguistics, English, reading or literacy. Instructors preferably have teaching experience, especially teaching English as a foreign or second language.
Contracts range from one semester, to one school year, to several years. Fall semester classes run from mid-August to Christmas, while spring semester classes run from early January through April. All expatriate instructors begin their semester at LCC with a few weeks of orientation.
2. Full Time Teacher Required in Riga, Latvia
ILS Riga is a member of the ILS group of schools, providing quality language training in English, Latvian, Russian and Estonian across the Baltics. We are currently looking for professionally minded Teachers of English for our rapidly expanding schools in Riga, the capital city of Latvia, with a population of 735,000.
The maximum teaching load is 26 hours per week, working with adult learners and possibly older teenagers. As the school is growing, there are many opportunities for professional advancement.
A TESOL qualification, or equivalent, is required. We prefer teachers with at least one year’s experience teaching adults, though we will consider newly qualified teachers with the right background. As some of the teaching takes place at business premises, experience teaching Business English, ESP, IELTS, and FCE courses is also preferred.
Benefits include a competitive local salary of minimum 500Lats per month gross, plus free accommodation, travel and a settling in allowance. A Free Business English Teacher Training Course (LCCIFTBE) is offered to all staff members together with the opportunity to take a DELTA course after 2 years of teaching.
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