{"id":14404,"date":"2017-01-18T16:50:47","date_gmt":"2017-01-18T15:50:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.uchceu.es\/magisterio\/?p=14404"},"modified":"2022-02-16T08:57:28","modified_gmt":"2022-02-16T07:57:28","slug":"how-my-erasmus-experience-led-to-a-job-offer-in-the-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uchceu.es\/magisterio\/en\/how-my-erasmus-experience-led-to-a-job-offer-in-the-uk\/","title":{"rendered":"How my Erasmus+ experience led to a job offer in the UK"},"content":{"rendered":"

Judit Belastegui is a\u00a0regular in our blogs<\/a>: enthusiastic and always on the go, this student of Education<\/a> has shared with the rest of us her wanderings in the UK since she got there under the Erasmus+ scheme<\/strong>. The last episode of her international adventure could not have been more exciting: a job offer<\/strong> in the school where she was doing her internship.<\/p>\n

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An excellent start to\u00a0the new year, Judit. Congratulations!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Hello Judit, tell us more about your current life in London! How did you end up working there?<\/strong><\/p>\n

To be honest, it was a last-minute decision.<\/p>\n

In the last year of my degree, students need to do a 4-month internship<\/strong> before obtaining the diploma, and it was my plan at first to do it in a school here in Valencia.<\/p>\n

\"Judit,
Judit, jumping into a new life in London!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

However one day I thought that, given that I was specializing in English, why not take advantage of the international opportunities my university offered me under the Erasmus+ scheme<\/a>? It would be a great opportunity to improve my English skills and experience something new\u00a0at the same time. And so I applied without a second thought…maybe I was lucky!<\/p>\n

A couple of months later I got an e-mail telling me that my application had been accepted and that Underhill School and Children’s Centre<\/a> was the school assigned to me for my internship.<\/p>\n

I started looking for accommodation that very same day and on September 12th I was already settled in London, full of beans\u00a0and ready to squeeze\u00a0every second\u00a0of this experience.<\/p>\n

How did your internship turn into a job offer? What kind of duties and responsibilities do you have?<\/strong><\/p>\n

One day, during\u00a0my second month in London, it finally dawned on me: I was really happy here and I didn’t want to go back. One day in class I mentioned to my supervisor that I\u00a0wished I could find a job there and stay a bit longer but I knew it would be difficult, given that I had not yet finished my degree.<\/p>\n

After a couple of weeks, the\u00a0Principal called me. He said that they were all really happy with\u00a0my work\u00a0there and that all the references and reports about me were excellent<\/strong>. It was then that he told me that he knew I wanted to stay and he informed me about a job vacancy as Assistant Teacher.<\/p>\n

It was a good opportunity so I applied without questioning<\/strong>.\u00a0They spent the whole week carrying out interviews and I was the last candidate to pass it, the very last day.<\/p>\n

I was really nervous, both because the interview took really long and because I had to express myself in formal English. I was asked questions related to my capabilities, my skills or my thoughts about the British\u00a0Education System (and how different it was to the Spanish model).<\/p>\n

The next day I went to the Principal’s Office to bring some papers and they told me that the job was mine if I wanted it.<\/p>\n

I couldn’t believe that just after two months I was already signing a contract allowing me to continue working in London.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

About the job, I’m working as Assistant Teacher in the Underhill School and Children’s Centre<\/strong>, which is located in the\u00a0London Borough of Barnet. My main responsibility is to assist and help the Class Teacher. I also provide personal support\u00a0to the children who struggle with reading. One by one, I bring them out of the class and we read together so they learn how to pronounce the phonemes correctly.<\/p>\n

My other duties include:<\/p>\n