Postby der » Sun Sep 17, 2017 5:14 pm
I've been living here for ten years, and came with the intention of teaching English. I did a course similar to the CELTA one and I also have a BA. I have worked on and off in schools, but technically you need a teaching certificate to do this, which I didn't have, but some schools would hire you anyway. In the past Greek nationals only needed an English Proficiency certificate in one of the international exams, Cambridge or Michigan, for example,and could then get a teaching certificate. Non-nationals had to sit a proficiency exam in Greek in order to get the certificate. This was a "jobs for the boys" move by the industry here. A few years ago a group of Greek university graduates took a court case to change the way teaching certificates were awarded, as they felt all such teachers should have a degree first. The government hummed and hawed about it for years, and a few years ago froze all granting of these certificates until they made a decision on it all. As far as l know this is still the situation. In the meantime, many thousands of applications for these certificates sit on somebody's desk, waiting for a government decision. So unless a school would employ you without the cert this route would be difficult. As far as private lessons are concerned, it does take time to build up students, often by word of mouth. It is also very useful to try to learn Greek, especially for the private lessons, as many of the parents do not speak much, if any English. I am teaching privately these days, but it probably won't make you enough money on its own. You also need another source of income or savings backup.