North American Language and Culture Assistantships in Spain

Location:
Multiple Locations,
Spain
Term: Academic Year

Provides college students with paid teaching assistantships in public elementary, middle and secondary schools throughout Spain

The North American Language and Culture Assistants program—coordinated by the Spanish Ministry of Education in collaboration with the Spanish Comunidades Autónomas and Spanish Embassies in the U.S. and Canada—provides North American college students with paid teaching assistantships in public elementary, middle, and secondary schools throughout Spain. Assistants work for at least twelve to sixteen hours per week during the regular school year, helping English and French teachers in various aspects of their language and culture classes.

Language and Culture Assistants receive stipends of at least €700 per month from October through May, as well as medical insurance. The program also provides an orientation course at the beginning of the school year and a certificate upon completion.

Candidates must be current juniors or seniors, or recent graduates, and hold either U.S. or Canadian passports at the time of application. Candidates are expected to be native speakers of either English or French, and must also have at least intermediate-level proficiency in spoken Spanish.

Recipients are selected by the Spanish Ministry of Education and the Comunidades Autónomas. Provided that candidates meet eligibility requirements and supply all required documentation with their applications, positions are assigned on a first-come first-served basis.

Fact Sheet

Discipline:
Arts and Architecture, Foreign Language Learning, Humanities
Eligibility:
Columbia Alumna/us, Columbia College, Columbia Engineering, Columbia General Studies, Junior, Not U.S. Citizen or Permanent Resident, Senior, U.S. Citizen
Fellowship Type:
Study Abroad/Foreign Language
Location:
Multiple Locations,
Spain
Region:
Europe
Term:
Academic Year

Dates & Deadlines

Academic Year
2022
Application Deadline: 
Thursday, March 30, 2023
Notes: 
Deadline is at 2 PM CET (Madrid, Spain local time), application opens on January 25th, 2023.