ORIENTATION DATES & INFO

Details of Program Start Dates & Orientations

1) Your program will officially start on your Orientation day.

2) The TEFL and Madrid Lifestyle Programs start every month, usually on the same Monday.

3) TEFL starts at 9 am and Madrid Lifestyle starts at 3 pm, according to the dates programmed above.

4) TEFL takes place in our TEFL School (C/ Pizarro 19, Bajo Der.) and Spanish takes place in our Spanish School (Carrera San Jerónimo 5, 3rd floor).

5) Madrid Lifestyle has a start date every two weeks.

One Year Study Abroad: TEFL Orientation and Work Orientation

1) TEFL Orientation: TEFL students meet Richard and John in our TEFL School (C/ Pizarro 19, Bajo Der.) and take care of the tuition payment and have TEFL Orientation and start the program with the TEFL director John Bouse at 9 am.

2) Work Orientation: TEFL students meet Richard for Work Orientation in our Spanish School (Carrera San Jerónimo 5, 3rd floor) at 3pm on the Monday after the 4 week TEFL Program finishes.

Madrid Lifestyle Orientation (Work Orientation)

● Orientation is approximately 3-4 hours.

One Year Study Abroad w TEFL & Spanish: Spanish Program Start Date

The Garcia Lorca Spanish School program starts the weekend after you finish your TEFL program at 2 pm in our Garcia Lorca Spanish School in Carrera San Jerónimo 5, 3rd floor, right next to la Puerta del Sol.

Madrid Lifestyle: Spanish Program Start Date

The Garcia Lorca Spanish School program starts the day after you finish your Orientation with Richard at 2 pm in our Garcia Lorca Spanish School in Carrera San Jerónimo 5, 3rd floor, right next to la Puerta del Sol.

Preparing your TEFL Start Date

Your place in the program is 100% reserved once you have paid the deposit. Your place in a specific month is only 100% reserved after you:

1) Send us a copy of the visa in your passport, as soon as you receive it.

2) Send us your flight arrival details (please do this as soon as you book it).

3) We check with the program director to see if there is space in the month you want to take the TEFL program. We can only allow a maximum of 9 students each month, because of the high quality of our program and student to teacher ratio. If there is space, then your spot is reserved and the place is yours.

4) If there is no space for the month you have chosen:

a) We place you on the waiting list for that specific month.

b) When you arrive in Madrid, you can start the Spanish program as soon as the day after you arrive.

c) You attend the scheduled orientation start date for the TEFL program that you are on the waiting list for.

i) This is when we know if one, or more of the nine students has dropped out or doesn’t show up and you are then in (there is about a 50% chance that this could happen).

ii) If all nine students are there (no dropouts), then you continue with the Spanish course during the next four weeks, as well as being available for easy to teach kids classes in the afternoons, and then you start the next TEFL program four weeks later.

Preparing your Madrid Lifestyle Start Date:

1) Send us a copy of the visa in your passport (please do this as soon as you receive it).

2) Send us your flight arrival details (please do this as soon as you book it).

3) Once you have received your visa you can fly to Spain at any time. If you arrive a few weeks before the next scheduled orientation date and you would like to start the on-site Spanish course and/or start to receive class offers before orientation, please email infotefl@canterburyenglish.com and let us know and we will arrange it.

4) If you would prefer to wait until the next Orientation date and dedicate your time to apartment / room hunting during the weeks before your Orientation date, then that is also fine.

5) Your program will officially start on your Orientation day.