An assistantship may help you decide if teaching is the career for you. The Comenius assistants programme provides you with the opportunity to:
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improve your language skills |
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work with experienced teaching staff |
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gain an insight into another European education system. |
Comenius Assistants work in schools and colleges across Europe for 12 to 16 hours per week. Placements are flexible from 3 to 10 months.
You must:
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be a native level speaker of English |
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be a UK national or a national of one of the other participating countries ordinarily resident in the UK |
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not have been previously employed as a teacher. |
Academic requirements are one of the following:
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a teaching qualification, although you have not yet regularly worked as a teacher |
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studying towards a teaching qualification |
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a minimum of two years of study at higher education level providing access to a career as a teacher in any subject |
The deadline for placements during the 2008/9 academic year has now passed. The application form for 2009/10 will be available on the 'how to apply' page later this year.
For a full list of participating countries, click here.
If you are an undergraduate or have graduated within the last two years, your current/former university tutor should complete and return the reference form direct to the British Council office in Edinburgh.
If you graduated more than three years ago or are over 25, please also submit a current CV. The reference may be written by your employer - on company headed notepaper - providing that you have been in your job for more than six months. Please note, the British Council will not accept references from temporary employment agencies.
For further information, please contact comenius.assistants@britishcouncil.org
Find out about the British Council Language assistants scheme. If you are an undergraduate studying a foreign language, you can apply to be a language assistant in a country where that language is spoken.
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