British Council Language Assistants 2017/18

Received allocation of schools today for France. Been placed in Marseille which is great! Anyone nearby?

Did you receive an email from the school itself? Or was it just from the British Council telling you the region you'll be going to?

Just wondering as, although I'm going to Spain, it seems as if we find out a few days after France but I suppose now it's all in the hands of individual schools so we can't really guess a time!

Well for me who's going to France I got an email from the British council at the end of May telling me I had been allocated to the region of Marseille, then just a few days ago or so I got an email in french basically from the contact in France to tell me the town I'm going to be teaching in. I think after they allocate you, the British council takes a step back and you move on to just mainly communicating with the contact/tutor that's been assigned to you in the country you're going to, if that makes any sense 🙄

Anyone going to Spain this year, there's a Facebook page called British Council Language Assistants Spain 2017 - 2018. It looks like people are finding out their schools & trying to find other language assistants who are going to be nearby 😊


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I hope there's one created for France soon as well, hoping to find other assistants in the same region as me 🙁

Just got the details of the school a few days ago - exciting. But still nothing about the ICPC?

Just got the details of the school a few days ago - exciting. But still nothing about the ICPC?

what is the deadline for the ICPC check?

Hey I've been allocated Guadeloupe, anyone else there or in the Caribbean?

Haha after thinking about it for ages I decided to create it myself!! It's called British Council Language Assistants France 2017-2018 for anyone who's interested! Would be great if people could join!

What to do when the principal of my school + the district won't reply to my emails or follow up emails?

Is there no way of getting a NIE without having accommodation, does anyone know?

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As far as I know, no. The NIE is generated when you register to get your Certificado de registro de ciudadano de la Union, and that shows your address.

If you have a temporary address then maybe that would work, but you'd probably have to go back and change it later which would be more hassle.

I wouldn't worry too much - once you have the details it's issued the same day. But it might be worth checking the appointments and making one now. Some areas have long waits for appointments, especially at this time of year, so could be a good idea to get booked in in advance on the assumption that you'll have the accommodation sorted by the time you go.