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The TtMadrid one year student visa programme in Spain

The Spanish, Teaching and Cultural Immersion Programme (1 year student visa)

This programme has been specifically designed for those who want to learn/improve their Spanish, learn to teach and get to know the culture of Spain and don't hold an EU passport and therefore need a visa. 

The programme is includes the following

  • 4 week intensive TEFL course in Madrid (which is the recognised qualification for Teaching English as a Second Language and meets the standards set out by the British Council. It is also accredited by IATQuO)
  • 12 months of Spanish classes at AIL (Option of either Evening, Friday afternoon, or Saturday morning - 3 hours per week)
  • Spanish culture  programme (intercambio evenings, cinema, dance classes, museum visits etc) (4 hours per week)
  • Lesson planning and mentoring. This is available at TtMadrid for 9 hours per week and the trainers will help you organize your lessons, come up with creative classes and deal with any difficult students.
  • Teaching practice - this will take place in academies, schools or in-companies around Madrid and is paid at market rates. 
  • The one year programe also includes Ongoing Professional Development Training at TtMadrid which includes courses in NLP, Coaching, Accelerated Learning, marketin yourself, technology in the classroom. Whilst these are excellent courses for teachers, they are also very applicable to the corporate environment. 

The visa process

At times this can seem a little complicated but we have helped hundreds of graduates go through this before and we will support you every step of the way. We also match you with a graduate who has been through the same consulate as you so they can give you advice and tips.

You will often hear that you don't need to get a visa and you can work here without papers - and this is true.  The work is not the best paid, or the best quality but it is possible.  However, for many people, one of the main reasons you want to travel to Spain is to experience this beautiful country and the rest of Europe.  Once your 3 month tourist visa has expired you will find it more stressful travelling without a visa as you are more likely to get caught. One of the biggest false rumours is that if you leave the country after 3 months, your tourist visa resets itself.  The law says that you are allowed to visit Spain as a tourist for 6 months but not 6 months consecutively (you must have a 3 month break inbetween visits), therefore the tourist visa does not reset itself if you leave and come back in.  The more information you have, the more informed you are when making the decision that is right for you. 

Price:

1 year visa course: 2750 euros with a 1 year renewal option at 2000 euros with payment plan.  

We have prepared a large information pack on every aspect of the programme and the process so please email Heather at info@ttmadrid.com and she will email it straight through to you.

Want to talk to a graduate who has done our programme, no problem , just tell us a bit about yourself and we will find someone similar to talk to.

 

Chris and Fabi (USA graduates, Spanish, Teaching and Cultural Immersion Programme)

Just a few years out of college, my wife and I had been working in the Washington, DC area for the past several years in a corporate environment, when we started looking for an opportunity to live abroad, travel, and perfect our Spanish.

We heard about TT Madrid through a few friends that gave us glowing endorsements, and from the start we could understand why.  Natasha and her team not only helped answer all of our questions and address all of our concerns, but they also gave all kinds of advice on how to obtain our visas, housing, travel, and even bank accounts and setting up our phones.

The course itself was a blast, but was just as thorough as it was fun.  It was well paced, with a great mix of theory, grammar, phonetics, and practice-teaching to make sure we all felt confident and prepared to teach professionally at the end of four weeks.  And we made a lot of great friends in the group, as well.

Best of all, after the class is over, we have a great network for jobs right off the bat.  The TT Madrid team helps set-up job interviews, create CVs, and even shows you how to maintain a balanced schedule (so you have enough time to travel on the weekends!).

Overall, we’re more than thrilled with our decision and are quite grateful to the team at TT Madrid.

Chris and Fabi (USA graduates, Spanish, Teaching and Cultural Immersion Programme)

UPDATE: We have just signed up for a second year as we are just not ready to go back to the US yet! 

NEXT UPDATE: So we are still not ready to go and have just signed up for a third year student visa!!


 
My tale at TTMADRID 
 
and it begins...
How did i feel on day one?  Terrified!  The thought of potentially having a “grown up job” didn’t seem like something I was cut out for.  I came into the school knowing that it was going to be a difficult month but I had no idea what I didn’t know.  After the second day I thought I was going to be hooped and the concept of actually teaching became even more daunting.  As the first week progressed I continued to feel more and more lost, even though I speak the language I was clueless to the fact that there was a reason we speak the way we do.  Week two crept up and after spending far to many hours pre paring a lesson plan I walked into the classroom and thought I was going to die.  Every time I turned around I said to the WB “oh my god, oh my god, oh my god” and each time it became faster and more frantic than the time before.  Lesson one ended up not being as disastrous as I had anticipated and the grade (although not that important) gave me a little confidence as to what I am capable of.  I went into each lesson there after a little more confident and a little more knowledgeable than the one before.  I began being able to look at the worksheets and not see greek words but actually concepts that I was beginning to understand.  I gained perspective as to why people make certain errors with speech and appropriate ways to correct them.  The concept of teaching grammar became less horrific as my understanding of the if’s, and’s, and but’s in our language grows.  I not only walked away from this course with an increased knowledge of English but also of myself.  This course was a huge learning experience, I had no where to go but up and that is exactly what I did and for this I have to thank Natasha, Tem, and John.  It was their incredible support, knowledge, persistence, pressure, friendship and understanding that helped me through this course.  Although I can still improve greatly, I feel as though I have the foundation required to start building.  I now look forward to my new path with anticipation and excitement instead of fear and concern.  Thank you TT Madrid. 
 
Courtney Beaudoin (Canadian graduate, Spanish, Teaching and Cultural Immersion Programme)
 
Update:  Signing up for a second year  - life is too good here!!


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