This article has been divided into 8 sections
1. General Information
2. Making the Move
3. Getting Cheap Flights
4. Teaching Online
5. Visas
6. Studying Spanish
7. Current Job Openings
8. School Listings
1. General Information
You can find more information about teaching in Colombia, such as salaries and visas, in FAQ Colombia. If you're looking for general information about teaching in Latin America please read FAQ Teaching in Latin America.
2. Making the Move
Moving is stressful as it is, but moving to another country can be chaotic. Check out 30 Days to Move Abroad, which makes moving overseas a breeze. Teaching English is a great way to see the world, but before you go it helps to get information from people who have done it before. A good place to start is Teach English Abroad: The Complete Guide which has everything you need to know. Cover letters are what an employer sees first and if your cover letter gets rejected, the employer will never look at your CV. Amazing Cover Letters will provide quick and easy way to write quality cover letters that will get noticed. At one time or another your students will ask you how they can improve their pronunciation. Many teachers tell their students to practice but don't give them the resources they need. The American Accent Audio Course is made especially for ESL and EFL students who want to better their pronunciation and lose their foreign accent.
3. Getting Cheap Flights
Travelling the world and teaching English sounds like a dream come true until you have to purchase your airline ticket. Fly Cheap! Airfare Secrets Revealed! and Insider Secrets to Cheap Flights will show you tricks that will get you the cheapest ticket available.
4. Teaching Online
The Ultimate Teaching Position and How to Teach English Online and Get Money show you how you can do what you love while being your own boss. You'll be taken through the steps of opening your own online teaching school and learn how you can teach English online while living anywhere in the world. You can even teach while on vacation.
5. Visas
Be aware that generally Latin American institutes do not get teachers visa. That doesn't mean that it's impossible, however, if working legally is important to you, be sure to ask your employer about visas. If they promise to get you a work visa, but tell you to enter on a tourist visa, be aware that they may not end up getting you a work visa at all. Primary and secondary schools, as well as universities seem more willing to get visas than language institutes.
If they can't, you could always work on a tourist visa. If you go that route, remember it is illegal, however, it can be done. You should find out about overstaying your visa and border hopping. Some countries, such as Mexico are easy to get visas for, others like Ecuador and Panama are difficult and you can run into trouble if you overstay your visa. Some countries like Peru and Costa Rica have many teachers that work under the table and just border hop.
6. Studying Spanish
There are many courses out there for learning Spanish. The best resource for learning languages out there is The Language Hacking Guide by Benny the Irish Polyglot, the owner of Fluent in 3 Months. If you haven't heard of this Irishman who speaks 8 languages, then go to his website and be prepared to be impressed.
The best software out there for learning Spanish is Rocket Languages. It has surpassed Berlitz and Rosetta Stone and is becoming the way to learn Spanish.
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Learning Spanish Like Crazy is fun, easy, and fast. You'll learn the Spanish that you hear on the streets.
7. Current Job Openings
If you're looking for current jobs, try these job search sites. If you're a licensed teacher, try getting a job at an international school. You can find more info in this article I wrote about international schools.
8. School Listings
Emails and websites often change, so if you find a school that needs updating, please email me at naturegirl321@yahoo.com. If you have a school that you would like to add, feel free to email me with the name, website and contact information.
Multiple Cities
Please go to the websites to see which cities the institute are in as they tend to expand rapidly. Try looking under “sedes” or “centros”
● Aspect ILA International Language Academies
● Berlitz
● Colombo Americano
● CONINGLES
● ELS Language Centers
● Knowledge of English
● ISSO
● Natural Learning Corporation
● Praxis Laboratory
● The Meyer Insitute
Armenia
● BNC Colombo Americano
Av. Bolivar #1-55
asesoria@bncarmenia.com or advising@bncarmenai.com
Barranquilla
● British International College (Certified teacher status required)
Km. 6 Antigua Carretera a Puerta Colombia
headmaster@britishschool.edu.co
● ILC International Language Center
professorvilla@gmail.com
● ITSV EU
Carrera 49B, 79-241
● Karl C Parrish School
Km 2, Antigua Via a Puerto Colombia
mail@kcparrish.edu.cp
Bogota
● ABC English Institute
Calle 102A, No47A
info.abcenglish@etb.net.co
● Academia de Idiomas Multilingua
Cra 51 13- 46 5th floor
Phone: (57 1) 617 00 57 - 605 12 84
info@multilingua.com.co
● Antinguo Centro Electronico de Idiomas
Cr 15 No. 51 - 50
● British Alliance Ltda
Cr. 14A #71A-59, Torre B Of 508
http://www.britishalliance.net/
● British Council
Cr 9 #76-49 P5
customer.services@britishcouncil.org.co
● British Unlimited
Cr 16 #96-64 Of 415
info@britishunlimited.com
● Centro Electronico de Idiomas
info@centroelectronico.com
● Centro Electronico
● Colegio Anglo Colombiano (Must be a licensed teacher. Employment)
Avenida 19 # 152A-48
humanresources@anglocolombiano.edu.co or hranalyst@anglocolombiano.edu.co
● Colegio Bolivar
(Must be a licensed teacher. Employment)
● Colegio Colombo Gales (Employment)
Costado Sur Occidental Aeropuerto Guaymaral
● Colegio Gran Bretana (Must be a licensed teacher. Employment)
director@cgb.edu.co
● Colegio Nueva Granada (Must be a licensed teacher. Employment)
Cra 2 Este # 70-20
● Colegio Nueva York (Employment)
Calle 227 # 49-64 Urbanización El jardín. Autopista Norte. Km. 15 Costado Occidental
● Colegio del Sagrado Corazon de Jesus
Cr 7 #65-42
info@bethlemitasbogota.edu.co
● Comunidad de Hermanas de Bethania Consoladoras de la Virgen Dolorosa
Cr 61 #182-60
info@stellamatutina.edu.co
● Coningles
Calle 71 No 13-56
● EBL Elite Business Learning
Tr 19A #98-12
info@eblcolombia.com
● English My Way
Av Boyaca 50-09
● Estudio Exterior
Cra. 15 # 95-35 oficina 504
tefl@estudiosexterior.com or isso@estudiosexterior.com
● First Class English Ltda
Cr 12 #93-78 P-4
info@firstclassenglish.net
● Interlingua
Cra 16 N 86A-05
● International House Bogota
Cl 10 #4-09 La Candelaria
info@ihbogota.com
● KOE (Knowledge of English)
Cl 73 #7-06 P7
● Preescolar TIM
Cr 20 #140-22
info@timkindergarten.com or preescolartim@cable.tim.net
● Sociedad Educacional Gimnasio Ingles
Tr 31 # 149-76
sistemas@gimnasioingles.com
● United Language
Cr 67A #95-44
● Universidad de los Andes
● Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Bucaramanga
● Colegio San Pedro Claver
Carrera 28 No. 47-06
claudia.riano@sanpedro.edu.co
Cali
● British English
britishenglish@colombia.com
● Colegio Colombo Britanico (Must be a licensed teacher. Employment)
rrhh@colombobritanico.edu.co
● Estudio Exterior
Av. 5C Norte # 23DN-86 - Of. 301
tefl@estudiosexterior.com or isso@estudiosexterior.com
Cartegena
● Colegio Jorge Washington (Certified teacher status required)
Floridablanca
● Colegio Panamericano
(Must be a licensed teacher. Employment)
Calle 34 #8-73 Cañaveral Alto
humanresources@panamericano.edu.co
● La Quinta Del Puente
Carrera 10 No. 9 - 86
Ibague
● Native Tongue (Only applicants from Ontario, Canada)
smiranda@cogeco.ca
Medellin
● Academia del Lenguaje Universal
Various locations
● Blendex Centro de Idiomas
Cl 49A #46-05
● Centro de Idiomas Marymount
Cl 7 #25-64
centrodeidiomas@marymount.edu.co
● Colegio Santa Maria del Rosario
Cl 7B Sur #29C-200
cosamaro@cosamaro.edu.co
● El Mundo del Ingles
Cl 35 # 80-63
elmundo-del-ingles@hotmail.com
● Loquella Language Centers
Cr 43B #11-71 Of 201
contact_us@loquella.co.uk or loquellalanguagecenters@hotmail.com
● Open Doors
Cr 29 #10-66 El Polado
opendoors@une.net.co
● Universidad EAFIT
Carrera 49 - 7 Sur 50, Apartado: 3300
mcubillo@eafit.edu.co
Pereira
● Private School, Maria Helena Garcia
*Warning about this school issued by the Embassy of Colombia, see this post for more info*
See letter below as well.
Santa Marta
● Colegio Bilingue Santa Marta
Pereira: Private School, Maria Helena Garcia,
I got this email from someone who worked with this school. It is a summary of teachers who worked there. Not all schools are bad, but this is one that you might want to stay away from. You can contact the person who wrote this letter at toulavy@yahoo.ca
Sharon
"It took me nearly five years to find out the truth about the “bruja fax”. The name of Buitrago associates is not important. The person sent the fax firstly to Canadian Embassy in Bogota, then to Liceo Ingles. It looked like I sent it. Immediate investigation revealed that I could not possibly send it from that location at that time. Why would I send it to Canadian Embassy? Buitrago’s aim was to make me look insane just like she managed the same with another foreign teacher at Liceo Campestre" – kidnapped teacher Javier.
"I don’t know the complete truth of Buitrago’s creativities and her associate compliances. These Buitrago associates created crimes around your daughter as if I would do them even though Buitrago knew I am long time gone and gone a long way. DAS knew it as well. They got my ID card from me send by me from Canada within two weeks of my escape from Buitrago’s trap. That made Buitrago very angry, yet she did not know what I knew and took with me – the knowledge about her betrayals, FARC membership, orders to her teaching staff about treating foreigners in her school, and Carlos Eduardo Mejia Ospina drug charges against him by FBI. Buitrago used your daughter to target myself.
Your daughter knew Buitrago fumed my apartment via ventilation with poison from drug processing activities. For that reason your daughter never slept in my apartment. You were the last person to learn that your daughter betrayed her own parents with lies. You learnt it from her. I learned from Liceo Ingles how your daughter betrayed me and it hurts still today. Considering your daughter actions escaping stress, dealing with fear imposed onto her by Buitrago’s orders. Even though your daughter was protecting her family by lies and scarifying my personality and freedom to deception and humiliation, I did nothing from what you are accusing me of. I forgave your daughter. Only Buitrago knows the truth. The only part in your daughter’s life I am guilty of is taking your daughter in Prague to Nino Jesus de Praga, as she asked me to do so. There in that church I had no idea at that time what she kneeled to him for. What ever your daughter prayed to Nino Jesus de Praga in his church by Vltava river, it was heard of. Thanks to God." Jiri
On the other hand, Buitrago’s students from Liceo Campestre de Pereira are recorded outside Colombia as students trained by drug dealer from New York school yards Mr. Carlos Eduardo Mejia Ospina and that the school is directed by Ana Milena Buitrago – a person that can’t be trusted what so ever. Further on, Carlos’s wife Mary Luz which betrayed your daughter primarily, graduated in June 2009 from Universidad Technologica de Pereira from Social Science – an additional headache for the honest world. Carlos’s statements: “Don’t worry because nothing will be alright, At the end you will be the bad person, and Don’t lie about things you know shit” speak for them selves. His wife’s letter from March 2005 betrays as well.
His wife's letter:
“Hola Jiri!!!!! Espero que estés bien. Jira me da un poco de tristeza el saber que te llevaste tan mala imagen de mi pais, solo quiero que pienses que en Colombia no solo encontraste a Beatriz.
Como mujer y como colombiana s{e que habemos personas diferentes. Tu conociste personas muy valiosas que te brindaron una amistad desinteresada a pesar de tantos problemas: Claudia de arte, Javier, Luz Marina, Julian, Felipe, Carlos, yo…. Y no se cuantas personas más. Nosotros te apreciamos y queremos lo mejor para ti. Cuando pienses en Colombia, no lo hagas con rencor, piensa en nosotros, en los lugares tan bellos que conociste y en que a pesar de todo fue una experiencia más en tu vida.
Chao.
Te recuerda.
MARY LUZ O.
"It took medical professionals two years to detoxify my self from Buitrago’s premeditated actions. Considering my self exceptionally healthy person, it is called a miracle recovery."
Jiri
Reconnaissance Officer Commando Field Platoon (1984 retired).
"Buitrago, I told you, you picked the wrongs guy to mess up with. I told you, I am much stronger than you ever anticipated. The book stays open."
”...be careful in Colombia you have been sued by Betty.; Jirhi your former boss according to secretary from school, she has your name all over the police department like the worst person they ever met; Your boss told the police to find out which way you probably took to get out of the country if it is true that you went out, they believe you are still in Colombia because there is no record of departures on your name, I do not even think they can do that. A friend.”
Hi there!
ReplyDeleteI would like to tell you that "Multilingua" has changed their contact-info.
I guess it would be useful:
Name: Academia de Idiomas Multilingua
Website: www.multilingua.com.co
Address: Cra 51 13- 46 5th floor
E-mail: info@multilingua.com.co
Phone: (57 1) 617 00 57 - 605 12 84
thanks so much
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