The Ministry of Education in Spain is offering grants to college graduates from the USA and Canada to work as teaching assistants in K-12 public schools in Spain. The Spanish government wants to beef up their English language instruction in the public schools and at the same time foster greater understanding between North America and Spain. The Spanish government calls these language and culture assistants “Cultural Ambassadors.”

RMM would like to seize this opportunity to send two individuals to Spain for two years as part of this program. Our vision is to send ambassadors of the King of Kings who will not only teach English but disciple Spaniards at the same time. Our goal is to incorporate these two teaching assistants into the RMM team of workers in Granada. But the applicants need to apply early in 2010 in order to be assigned by the Ministry of Education to a province in high demand such as Granada. Applicants are assigned a school in the month of May. The program begins in late September and runs through the end of May.

Who can apply to be a Teaching Assistant?

• College degree (B.A or B.S. in any major) or a college senior.
  
• Teaching degree or ESL experience is NOT required but would be beneficial.
  
• Must have a functional knowledge of Spanish. (roughly the equivalent of two years of college Spanish)

Program details:

• Teaching assistants will work under the supervision of a classroom teacher in K-12 schools.
  
• You will teach a minimum of 12 hours per week plus other school related activities.
  
• You will receive a grant or stipend of 700 Euros/month from October to May from the Ministry of Education. This should cover your room and board but not airfare to Spain or other miscellaneous expenses. At the current rate of exchange this stipend equals $1,034.
  
• More details for the current year program can be found here.
  
• Once you are accepted into the program you will need to apply to the Spanish Consulate for a student visa.

We at Rosedale Mennonite Missions are excited about this opportunity to placecommitted disciples and disciple makers in schools in Spain. Typically, North Americans cannot easily get visas to work in Spain. While we can’t guarantee which cities and towns the Education Ministry assigns our applicants, we believe that EARLY applicants will be able to work in the province of Granada, Andalucía and thus be able to work alongside the RMM team in Spain. We’d like to send you early enough to spend the summer in Granada brushing up on your Spanish and begin your discipling ministry.

Contact RMM with your questions.
Denise Mast
Missionary Intern Facilitator
denise@rmmoffice.org

Source: http://www.mec.es/sgci/usa/en/programs/us_assistants/default.shtml#visa