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jerezano

Oct 18, 2009, 6:49 AM

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For all would-be teachers of English here in México

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Hello all,

Today's (October 18th, 2009) edition of Sol de Zacatecas published an article by the Secretariat of Public Education about the scarcity of English teachers in primary and secondary education. Of interest to potential English teachers are the salaries contemplated for public institutions in 2010:

Primary: $221 pesos per hour.
Secondary: $284.52 pesos per hour.

The article projected that by the year 2020 there will be 92,441 teachers of English in primary and secondary in the public institutions.

Now, this is what the paper said. It is not my opinion, nor nor do I present the data as being factual.

Hasta pronto. jerezano.

TIO GREENGLEE

Oct 19, 2009, 5:42 AM

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Thanks for the reference to the article.

I don't know where this is (maybe Mexico City) but here in Chiapas, public school teachers (even in the University) make about 75 peso per hour and many aren't paid for summer or Christmas vacation.

Countries all over the world claim the most important thing for their children future is education and then pay their teachers diddly squat. Private students here will pay more (over 100) per hour.

gpkgto

Oct 19, 2009, 7:39 AM

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Do you think the public school system will hire non-Mexicans or people who are not fluent in Spanish?

TIO GREENGLEE

Oct 19, 2009, 9:52 AM

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It's a long shot. After five years of teaching in private schools and private students and learning some Spanish "de la calle" the State University of Chiapas (UNACH) hired me for about 75 pesos per hour. They promised me ISSTE health insurance and vacation pay but it took them three month to pay me to be eligible to apply for ISSTE (which took another month to apply for). The syndicate kept me from teaching other than as a part time intern, the Mexican teachers were threatened by a native speaker among them and they were very nasty toward me. I worked one semester, did not receive pay over the summer vacation and when they wanted to repeat the three month process to be paid and another month for ISSTE coverage, I passed. Classes in public schools in Mexico and even at this University usually have about 40 - 50 students which makes teaching English well (especially speaking) damn near impossible.

La Isla

Oct 19, 2009, 1:12 PM

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Do you think the public school system will hire non-Mexicans or people who are not fluent in Spanish?

I don´t have any first-hand experience to offer here, but, as I understand it, almost all public-school teaching positions are filled by normalistas or graduates of two-year teaching degree programs. Your degree would have to be certified by the SEP, and I imagine the process would be tortuous for holders of degrees from foreign universities. The teachers union here has a lot of power and does its best to reserve jobs for Mexicans. From what I know of conditions in most
Mexican public schools, working in one of them would not be something I would want in the first place!

Carron

Oct 19, 2009, 2:43 PM

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I taught here also and my experiences were much the same as yours. Certainly a cautionary tale.