{"id":86,"date":"2014-06-22T15:17:56","date_gmt":"2014-06-22T14:17:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eslkidstuff.com\/teach-english-abroad\/?p=86"},"modified":"2014-06-29T11:18:31","modified_gmt":"2014-06-29T10:18:31","slug":"teaching-english-in-france-st-amand-montrond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eslkidstuff.com\/teach-english-abroad\/france\/teaching-english-in-france-st-amand-montrond","title":{"rendered":"Teaching English in France &#8211; St. Amand Montrond"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Teaching English in St. Amand Montrond, France<\/h2>\n<p>\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-88\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eslkidstuff.com\/teach-english-abroad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/St-Amand-Montrond-France.gif\" alt=\"St. Amand Montrond, France\" width=\"495\" height=\"303\" \/><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: 0;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/embed?pb=!1m18!1m12!1m3!1d1400369.1245566912!2d2.5167359999999994!3d46.72356904999998!2m3!1f0!2f0!3f0!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x47fa7c096854e155%3A0x40dc8d7053a7eb0!2sSaint-Amand-Montrond!5e0!3m2!1sen!2spt!4v1403445375932\" width=\"486\" height=\"200\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>Report submitted on <strong>19 June, 2014<\/strong> by <strong>Monika<\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n<h4>Teaching English in St. Amand Montrond, France:<\/h4>\n<p><strong>How can teachers find teaching jobs in St. Amand Montrond, France?<\/strong><br \/>Well, in fact, I&#8217;m from Belgium but I&#8217;m married to a &#8220;Frenchman&#8221; and we have 2 children. In Belgium, we are used to hearing English all the time, even when we are watching TV, we hear the actors speaking and movies, even Walt Disney, are &#8220;subtitled&#8221; in Dutch. Here in France, it&#8217;s very different! And as soon I saw that my children didn&#8217;t get English lessons in primary school I went to the principal teacher and I asked her if I could help in giving English lessons! She agreed right away and that&#8217;s how I&#8217;m still at school but I&#8217;m not paid \u2026 because I don&#8217;t have a diploma as &#8220;teacher&#8221;\u2026. (but I do it with &#8220;love&#8221;). Now, when my pupils are leaving primary school, their English level is soooo much better! It so sad that here in France they still don&#8217;t understand that you have to start English lessons when children are still very little! Normally, French teachers should give them &#8220;basic English&#8221; but I can assure you that is not what is happening! I also give private lessons at home, to earn a little bit money, and otherwise, I work with my husband\u2026.. I also worked for &#8220;L&#8217;\u00e9ductation Nationale&#8221; but sadly enough, they think that French teachers are capable of giving English lessons\u2026\u2026. Sorry to say, but their accent is just AWFUL !!! I think that in big cities, such as Paris, you can more easily find work as an English teacher\u2026. if you have the right diploma!<\/p>\n<p><strong>The main English teaching jobs available are:<br \/><\/strong>Private teaching (not through a school, agency, etc.).\u00a0 I think there are English teaching jobs available but in big cities, maybe &#8220;private&#8221; teaching\u2026.at schools, universities, but here in France it is not so easy !! You need a special diploma.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What are the minimum teaching requirements?<\/strong><br \/>In my case: experience, qualifications, and lots of good motivation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What teaching requirements would you recommend?<\/strong><br \/>It&#8217;s always the same: here in France it&#8217;s not that simple &#8211; you really need a higher diploma. They start very late giving English lessons, and little children don&#8217;t have a solid base in English.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What are the levels of payment?<\/strong><br \/>Well, I&#8217;m not paid at all in school, but I receive lots of encouragements from parents, and they send older brothers and sisters to my house, so when people come to my house, I ask 10 euros \/ hour (high school level to college).<\/p>\n<p><strong>How many teaching days a week is normal?<\/strong><br \/>3 days per week.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How many face-to-face teaching hours a week is normal?<\/strong><br \/>8 hours per week.<\/p>\n<p>I have 8 groups of children from 6 years till 11 years old. How many days? How many hours?\u00a0 Easy to say: give them a solid base to go to college: 1 hour \/ week \/ group!<\/p>\n<p><strong>What advice would you give to someone considering coming to\u00a0St. Amand Montrond, France to teach English?<\/strong><br \/>France is a big country (when you compare with my little homeland!).<\/p>\n<p><strong>What are the positive aspects of teaching English in St. Amand Montrond, France?<\/strong><br \/>I&#8217;m just somebody from another country, as well, and I just think that it&#8217;s more than urgent that France does something for people like us, who just want to help!<\/p>\n<p><strong>What are the negative aspects for teaching English in St. Amand Montrond, France?<\/strong><br \/>The negative aspects are that it is a looong way to go, I suppose but be BRAVE! French children NEED English teachers!<\/p>\n<p><strong>What are some of the teaching challenges for English teachers teaching the local people in your area?<\/strong><br \/>In my area (in the middle of France) parents think that it is not interesting to learn English, they say, &#8220;Oh, our children need to learn French first of all \u2026&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Living in St. Amand Montrond, France:<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Are there any visa or other legal requirements to live in France?<\/strong><br \/>I suppose so! If somebody wishes to come to France to teach and live in &#8220;my&#8221; location, I wish him \/ her GOOD LUCK!\u00a0 But, yes it is possible: for universities, high schools\u2026.. no future for primary schools.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the cost of living like in France?<\/strong><br \/>It&#8217;s okay! I have my family: my husband, a son (14 years) and a daughter (11 years) and myself, 3 dogs and 5 cats! My husband and I have a cereal farm, well, he &#8220;showed&#8221; me to do the work, because I always worked in foreign businesses, that&#8217;s why I speak several languages.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What are the usual accommodation arrangements and how can you find accommodation?<br \/><\/strong>I think you should go to see &#8220;l&#8217;\u00e9ducation nationale&#8221; or universities, or colleges &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Other than teaching, what positive aspects are there for living in St. Amand Montrond, France?<\/strong><br \/>As I already mentioned before, France is a big country, so I think it must be more interesting to go to BIG cities! People from certain cities are very kind.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Other than teaching, what negative aspects are there for living in St. Amand Montrond, France?<\/strong><br \/>Here, where I live, my husband is French, but he is from Normandy (even our 2 children were born in Normandy) and people treat us like strangers, 7 years ago, when we arrived here (near Bourges).<\/p>\n<p><strong>What advice would you give to someone considering coming to\u00a0St. Amand Montrond, France to live?<\/strong><br \/>Well, I&#8217;m rather a positive person, I have already left my country (my family, friends, job\u2026) for my husband, maybe it was not easy at the beginning, but I&#8217;m not the kind of person who stays in his \/ her little house all alone!<\/p>\n<p><strong>What things do you miss most (other than family and friends) from your home country (Belgium)?<\/strong><br \/>CHOCOLATE! (Belgian chocolates!) and also to speak my mothertongue, to be able to say everything that you want, in your own language!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>About Me and My Work:<\/h4>\n<p><strong>My Name<\/strong>: Monika<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nationality<\/strong>: Belgian<\/p>\n<p><strong>Students I&#8217;ve taught in France<\/strong>: Pre-school \/ kindergarten (4-6 years), elementary (6-12 years), junior high school (12-15 years), high school (15-18 years).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Where I teach<\/strong>: School in St. Amand Montrond.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How I found my current job<\/strong>: By asking the principal.<\/p>\n<p><strong>My school facilities<\/strong>:\u00a0Good &#8211; there are 2 kind of schools: private schools and public schools.\u00a0 Private schools don&#8217;t get much help from the state but are catholic, parents help the school a lot. Public schools are not catholic and get lots of help from the state.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Teacher support at my school<\/strong>: None.<\/p>\n<div id=\"dividerDotsDiv\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<h2>Do you teach English in France?<\/h2>\n<p>Tell us about your experiences &#8211; <a title=\"Submit Country Report\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eslkidstuff.com\/teach-english-abroad\/submit-country-report\">click here to submit your report about teaching English in France<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Teaching English in St. Amand Montrond, France \u00a0 Report submitted on 19 June, 2014 by Monika. Teaching English in St. Amand Montrond, France: How can teachers find teaching jobs in St. Amand Montrond, France?Well, in fact, I&#8217;m from Belgium but I&#8217;m married to a &#8220;Frenchman&#8221; and we have 2 children. In Belgium, we are used &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eslkidstuff.com\/teach-english-abroad\/france\/teaching-english-in-france-st-amand-montrond\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Teaching English in France &#8211; St. Amand Montrond<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[7,100,10,6],"class_list":["post-86","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-france","tag-english-jobs","tag-france","tag-st-amand-montrond","tag-teaching-english"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eslkidstuff.com\/teach-english-abroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eslkidstuff.com\/teach-english-abroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eslkidstuff.com\/teach-english-abroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eslkidstuff.com\/teach-english-abroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eslkidstuff.com\/teach-english-abroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.eslkidstuff.com\/teach-english-abroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":119,"href":"https:\/\/www.eslkidstuff.com\/teach-english-abroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86\/revisions\/119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eslkidstuff.com\/teach-english-abroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eslkidstuff.com\/teach-english-abroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eslkidstuff.com\/teach-english-abroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}