Doing the CELTA

CELTA caters for a wide range of people. Maybe you’ve been teaching for a few years and would like to get a qualification. Recent university graduates, people wanting to change job and try something else, travellers to Europe wanting to combine getting a teaching qualification with living in a European country. These are all people who enrol on CELTA courses.

If English isn’t your first language this doesn’t pose a problem as long as you “have an awareness of the language and a competence in both written and spoken English which will enable you to undertake the course and prepare for teaching a range of levels” (Cambridge guidelines). We have devised a test for you to check your level.

Financing your CELTA

If you live in France you can use the following funds to finance your CELTA:
☆ Your CPF credits
☆ Training funds managed by your employer – OPCAs such as AKTO, AFDAS
☆ The FIFPL if you’re an auto entrepreneur
☆ France Travail if you’re unemployed

BEFORE you contact a funder do contact us as we can help you prepare the paperwork they will ask for.

Why do your CELTA?

The reasons our candidates give us for having chosen to do their CELTA are:
☆ Upgrading their teaching skills
☆ Having access to new job possibilities with reputable language schools
☆ Being able to travel and teach abroad
☆ Launch a teaching career either in both the public and private sector in France.

Who employs CELTA graduates?

We invest a lot of effort in helping our graduates get work after their CELTA. We also track what happens to them and thanks to this community of CELTA graduates we have built up in France (who now number well over a thousand) we have a very good idea of the best avenues to take to get the kind of well paid work CELTA graduates expect to find. We are also regularly contacted by employers, both in France and internationally, who are looking to employ professionals who have gone through the rigour of a CELTA course and who can therefore be trusted to be operational very quickly in any teaching environment.

CELTA Course Content

A CELTA course involves a minimum of 120 contact hours with tutors.

These are broken down into :

– Practical seminars on methodology and language awareness.

– Supervised teaching practice

– Lesson preparation and planning

– Feedback on teaching pratice

– Observation of experienced teachers

As the leading provider of English teacher training in France, The ELT Hub can help you find employment opportunities both in France and abroad.

– We regularly receive inquiries from employers looking for CELTA graduates, both domestically and internationally. We maintain close relationships with many medium-sized and large language schools, which have complete confidence in the quality of the CELTA graduates we recommend to them.

– We are part of the network of Chambers of Commerce and Industry in France, which has the second largest number of participants in English language training programs in the country. Therefore, when you complete your CELTA course with us, we can provide a recommendation to any Chamber of Commerce in France.

– Thanks to our nationwide network and our involvement in teacher training initiatives across the country, we have a comprehensive database of language schools throughout France. We know which ones are performing well, which ones are currently recruiting, and, in many cases, we even have personal connections with their management.

– We not only help you start your business, but also assist you with any administrative issues that may arise during your first job. We are happy to help you handle the necessary paperwork with your first employer, so you can get settled in your new role.