Letter from our Director of Studies

My name is Andrea, and I’m the Director of Studies at TtMadrid. Together with the rest of the TtMadrid TEFL team, I’ll guide you through all the necessary steps to ensure that you’re a well-rounded, confident TEFL teacher by the end of our intensive four-week course!

Our course is pretty full on, so it’s normal that you’ll find some days more challenging than others, but we’ll always compensate the stressful days with lots of fun, high energy and laughter!

As a TEFL trainee, you’ll get full support during the course and afterwards for as long as you need it. Your six teaching practices will be invaluable in allowing you to practice, reflect and grow as a teacher, ensuring that when you finish the course you feel confident and prepared. You will also receive unlimited support as we tackle the grammar sessions head-on and get a good grasp on the present and perfect tenses, as well as other grammatical terminology.

Apart from the academic challenge; the change of career, culture, and country all add to the experience that you’ll get during and after the course. This is, for many of us, a life-changing experience, one that can test you, challenge you, but above all enlighten you, whether you’re an experienced teacher or entirely new to the world of ESL teaching in Madrid.

The whole TtMadrid TEFL team looks forward to meeting you on the course and watching you develop into a great teacher.

Andrea de Lusignan
Director of Studies

Andrea is from Bedfordshire, England.  After working as a Management and Leadership Trainer for large corporate businesses for more than 10 years, she decided to leave the rat-race and head over to Spain to start a new life. After 3 months of travelling and enjoying Spanish life and culture, she settled on teaching English as a foreign language as her next career move, and has stayed in Madrid ever since. Andrea has been a freelance teacher throughout most of her time in Madrid, working on various projects, but more recently has been working as an academic coordinator, and now as Director of Studies for TtMadrid.  She has plenty of advice from her experience working in the TELF industry to share!

Andrea LOVES to challenge herself so feel free to ask her about half marathons, the Camino de Santiago and Spanish life in general!

Carlos, born and raised in Mexico City, moved to Madrid in 2004 after getting his degree in Journalism and Political Science in the USA. He worked in journalism and communications until 2017 when he decided to make use of his bilingual level of English and completed the TtMadrid TEFL training course. Since then, he’s worked for different academies teaching in-company classes, as well as in schools with children and teenagers.

Apart from spending time with his family, Carlos enjoys reading, writing, and outdoor life, especially trekking and running in the countryside. If you ever find yourself looking for some active outdoor things to do in Madrid (and there are a lot!) hit him up for some tips!