Teaching English In Europe

Thanks. If it's still business slang, I forgive my own ignorance; as of October 31 I will have been retired for 15 years.

ahhaha and as I thought some of your would go crazy. Just throwing it out there kind of thing. Thank you for those who responded kindly. I am certified in TESOL. Not impressed with the job placement program the company I went with has. Will work on a university certification program next year. I appreciate your feedback. This was both helpful and enlightening to say the least.

Thank you!!!
Tim :)

I'd suggest you look at eslcafe.com and tefl.com and see which countries' adverts there you qualify for (especially qualifications and passport!)

That will give you a few options more focused than 'Europe'.

Tim - as some have referred to teaching "spoken English" (as opposed to "English" as a school subject - just like teaching French or Spanish) in Europe is no longer the pressing need it once was. Although there is still a need in parts of Eastern Europe (in former communist countries).

From my research the basic requirements included a university degree (but not necessarily a teaching one) a TESL/TESOL (Teaching English as a Second Language or Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) Certificate - which are reasonably easy to obtain. But the big bug-bare were being able to obtain an EU Work Permit and with the current level of unemployment in most of Western Europe this is highly unlikely unless your father or grand-father was born in one of the EU countries. Hope this helps. Good luck.