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Which professional organisations or networking groups would you recommend potential English teachers join?

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Which professional organisations or networking groups would you recommend potential English teachers join?

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English teachers should check out where their nearest English Language Teaching Association is. These organizations provide talks, workshops and other events to their members as well as networking, of course. You’ll find English Language teacher associations (ELTAs) in: Berlin-Brandenburg (ELTAB-B) Hamburg (HELTA) Frankfurt (ELTAF) Munich (MELTA) Cologne/Dusseldorf (ELTA Rhine) Stuttgart (ELTAS) Ulm (ELTA Ulm) (See below for website URLs and contact details.) There are also several online groups for English teachers: www.tefl-germany.de www.efltu.org or http://groups.yahoo.com/group/efltu/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/germany-english What kind of career progression could an expat English teacher in Germany aim or look for? Ha! Almost none… If you have a TEFL Diploma or MA/Ph.D Linguistics plus experience, you might be promoted to the post of Director of Studies at a language school, but a good teacher with those qualifications could almost certainly earn more by teaching English as a