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TEFL Guide - Italy

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Ilaria Ceruti - May 2004

I'm Italian and I teach English in my country. At the moment I organize and run lessons in private or public companies in the Bergamo area. My courses are both individual and group. They last from 20 to 80 hours. I like to do this because I'm passionate about the English language and culture and with such different courses I never get bored. The wages are good, I receive from 20 to 30 Euros per hour.

The negative aspects are that I travel a lot by car to reach all the different companies and it's not an "employee" job... I can never be sure of how long it's going to last!!

Sandy McGrath, Rome - May 2004.

I am presently working as a "mother tongue" lecturer in two Italian high schools. I am contracted yearly for stints of 20-40 hours per class per academic year. The pay is € 25.16 per hour and I can handle 6-8 classes. I work with the class room teacher and the situation runs from very creative collaboration to total indifference.

I love my students and try to wring as much spoken English out of them as possible in the hours I have. As you can imagine one has to be an EC member to work anywhere in Italy. There is also the possibility of being hired on a permanent basis in the schools but that means taking a government test and being put on a graduated list of candidates. This is only for those of us who are permanent here.

Tutoring is another option. Many of my friends survive on the private student but I find it quite tiresome as folk cancel and I can't budget my time or my money that way. Private lessons run from €20.00 to €50,00 an hour. Private schools like Berlitz and International House are possibilities. I don't know what they pay. Rome is a pricey city to live in and I doubt that anyone could support themselves on this income alone.

Martine Aulton - May 2002

If you're thinking of 'picking-up' work in Rome, the magazine (in English) 'Wanted in Rome', which comes out twice a month usually has lots of ads for TEFL teachers.

The pay varies enormously in the northern cities from hourly rates of between 15-35 euros. You need to be looking at a take-home pay of about 1000 euros a month to be comfortable, bearing in mind that a shared rent is around 350-400 monthly, much less if you get accom. out of Rome. For private, cash-in-hand work you can get between 20-35 euros an hour.

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