Practice, learn and develop your English teaching in the sublime cities of Seville and Lisbon

Iberia Teacher is an EU funded Erasmus Plus scheme, run in partnership by Red Ochre in London, 3Si in Seville, Synopsis Practice in Lisbon, plus partner academies in the UK, Spain and Portugal. Iberia Teacher will provide over 100 placements in 2018-2021 for you to use your teaching skills in English academies and in the community in Seville, Spain and Lisbon, Portugal. We are an intergenerational scheme that aims to give people of any age a chance to exchange learning about their vocation and other aspects of their lives. We've had participants from 18 years old to 61 years old on the scheme!

Recent census figures showed that across England 1.7% of the population (900,000 people) have either no, or poor spoken English. They can face significant barriers in participating fully in local, national and European life. There is a need for high quality, trained teachers who can think creatively, but also with the ability to innovate and be entrepreneurial in how they teach, where and when. Seville and Lisbon, like many other cities across the planet has a significant amount of people who would love to learn English (perhaps from someone like you). And whilst in Seville or Lisbon, you'll be receiving a lot of lessons too: about yourself and your teaching as well as life lessons from the people and the Iberian places where you live, work and hang out in. For that reason, we call the scheme, "Iberia Teacher" - you teach and get taught by the place at the same time.

• Placements last 93 days (plus two travel days) – or just over 3 months.
• In 2020 we have three groups of participants on our scheme. The first group in January-April, the second group April to July and our final group September to December.
• We have spaces for 18 people in Seville and 6 people in Lisbon - so we are recruiting for 24 newly qualified teachers.
• Our next group will be in Seville and Lisbon from April to July 2020. You can apply here.
• You will get full expenses paid. That means we pay for your accommodation, flights, bills, 24/7 in country support, travel insurance, flight transfers AND you get a grant of 120 Euros per week for your food costs and local travel.
• Train and teach in well known English academies and schools in Seville: OUIEA, Conecta Idiomas, OC Languages, Lope de Vega Colegio, Yes, Sarah English, TEC Sevilla and others. Or Centro, EasyTalk, Linguagest, Berlitz and other academies in Lisbon. We will provide you with job descriptions and tell you more about these during interviews. 
• Your own room in an apartment in central Seville or Lisbon. You’ll have your own room and share a lounge and kitchen with two or three others who are also on Iberia Teacher. That way you'll have peer support and meet other teachers like you.

• Community teaching experience. In Sevilla, you'll have the option to organise, market and teach free lessons in a local community centre for those who otherwise wouldn't have them.
• Rapidly boost your Spanish or Portuguese skills. You'll get one free lesson a week with our qualified language teachers in Seville and Lisbon, plus access to intercambio language exchanges and an online EU language learning system. You do not need any Spanish or Portuguese to join us!
• Develop your skills and experience. Placements will vary but generally you’ll start off with an orientation week, move to shadowing activities before assisting and running your own classes. To find out more about how Iberia Teacher benefits your work, you can watch this video of Rhian's day at Lope de Vega in Seville. Or you can read case studies of previous participants: Tajah, Jude, Kurtis and Laura and read the testimony below.
• Continuous in country support from a friendly team who’ve done it. Our partners, 3Si are based in Seville and Synopsis Practice in Lisbon. They are an Anglo-Spanish team full of staff that have teaching languages qualifications. They’ll support you in your placement and your care whilst in Spain and Lisbon. Check out 3Si's Facebook page.

Iberia Teacher is made possible through the support of some of the leading language schools in the UK and Europe.

All applicants from our partners get priority access to Iberia Teacher. And if you have yet to get your English teaching qualification then WEBridge Academy, The English Studio, and B3ST would be the best place to start!

We are also delighted to be working with Third Sector International (3Si) in Seville - one of Europe's specialists in hosting participants in Erasmus Plus schemes and an Anglo-Spanish organisation who provide exceptional pastoral support and placements for Iberia Teacher. You can learn a bit more about them and the Iberia Teacher team in this video. After years working together we have expanded to Lisbon and are loving working with 3Si's sister organisation, Synopsis Practice.

Iberia Teacher is funded by Erasmus+ through the European Union.

Whilst the UK is still in the European Union and negotiations about it's exit are continuing, you will be part of a wider movement to help people to study, train and get work experience in different European countries. Grab this highly valuable experience and opportunity whilst you still can...