Teaching in Northern France

I just came across this website! I am teaching in Northern France and interested in doing some traveling and would love to meet other Canadians in France!

From time to time there are exchange students from the University of PEI in Rennes. My daughter in law is wondering about the availability of teaching positions in Northern France. Any advice for her?

Try southern France : ) A lot nicer in the winter. less rain.
A friend of mine came to teach english in Higschool as a "native speaking assistant" She managed her own classes etc.
It was hard at first since you don't really get to choose your highschool. She didn't.
Beware. you might end up in a "not-so-reputable" area. but again, you might get a nice position in a small town with a nice church, a castle, medieval fortifications, cobbled stones and the like.

Now there is an IT engineering uni called EPITA in the south of Paris that regularily hires native speaking students to give english conversation lessons to IT nerds. I met a few of the girls that taught there and they all loved it.

Hey there!
I am Dutch (to be honest) and living in Northern France too. I've grown up partly in Canada and I feel most at home there. Since I am kind of homesick, I'd love to meet Canadians in the area. So where in northern France are you living, CanaDave?
I live between Brest and Morlaix, in west/northern Brittany.

Hi Dutch Girl !

Well I have to say that Brest and Morlaix are rather in the West of France more than what they call here the "North".

I live in Paris and work in the suburbs. When do you plan to visit the capital next ?

How come you were raised in Canada ? Did your family work for Shell in Alberta ?

Dave

Hey Dave,
You're right, I am more in the Western part than the Northern. But since most of my friends always end up in the south, I tend to consider where I live the north. Hehe.
Anyway, I have no idea when I can come to Paris again. I was supposed to actually drop by in February, but I never made it. Maybe end of March or early April?
At the moment I am working hard at actually finding a way to return to Canada. I miss it too much, so I want to live in Canada for a few months with my boyfriend (who's from Brittany) to see if I can't convince him to emigrate.
My dad used to be a diplomat, so that's why I lived in Canada (Ottawa) for a couple of years. And since those years happened to be my teenage years, Canada has ended up being the place where I feel most at home.
So nine years in Paris eh? You must really like it there!
Hope to hear from you soon!

Well first of all girl you probably choose your bf in the right place. Brittany guys are known world travellers. The only problem is they tend to come back home to settle in the end : )
Sailors I guess.

Ottowa is a nice place to grow up. I enjoy skating the frozen locks in the winter and the landscape around sept oct when the forest changes colour. I have family there. My uncle is in the military and has an office in our capital city.

Paris rocks. France rocks. The food, the wine, the landscape, the lifestyle (the girls?) are all great here. But likewise in many other places around this planet. I just got back from Japan again and I love it there too.
Too many choices and only one life to live.

Anyway, moving and landing a job in Canada really depends on what qualifications you have. Good luck!

Also remember, unless you are living on the west coast, it is the harsh winters that non-native people have to be ready to live with. You really know you want to live in Canada only once you have overcome your first winter.
Not everybody can do this.

See you around !

Dave

Hey Dave,
I agree, the harsh Canadian winters aren't for everyone. I love them though. And I've lived through 5 of them so I know what I'm talking about.
I also agree that Japan is cool too, and that it is hard to choose where to live with so many choices and only one lifetime.
Also it's true that Bretons travel a lot and. tend to return home to settle. Unfortunately for me. Haha.
But we'll see.
I still would love to go back to Canada. Preferably for a couple of years. Oh and preferably in a job where I get to travel.
Time will tell.
Keep enjoying France, I know I will sure try. And I know there is lots to enjoy.

Hey there. Congrats on your teaching job in France, lucky you. I actually stumbled upon some classes advertised at my local University in Vancouver that certifies you as an ESL teacher for anywhere in the world, but I then learned that FRANCE and most of Europe requires you to have a University degree to teach English? Is this true?

Would it be possible for my boyfriend and I to move there and acquire jobs?

Hello, I am a Canadian currently teaching English in the North France. It's not overly difficult to find jobs teaching English if you have a university degree however the pay is usually low and the hours are usually random. However, once you are in the milieu it's easier to finder better paying jobs through networking. The good desirable jobs are never advertised