Training and Professional Affiliations

If you are in Lima, there are many congresses and conferences for you to attend. If you are in the provinces, there are opportunities to go to conferences, just not as many as in Lima. You could also attend short courses in Lima offered by Camelot Training Centre or Británico.

Peruvians stress training sessions, so your school may offer these free to their employees. If not, try to attend a conference, as it allows you to do some networking. Try to have a section on your CV that lists a few of the recent conferences that you have attended. Information about the latest training information can be found at Peru Job Bulletin.

If you're looking for month long courses, take a look at the following.

Arequipa: Peru Pass (3 months)

Cusco: Maximo Nivel, English Abroad, Cactus TEFL, Bridge Linguatec, INTESOL International, Language Corps, or EBC.

Lima: Britanico offers a part-time CELTA course for its teachers.

Trujillo: Vive Trujillo

Conferences and Training are held through out the year.

Varies: Universidad de Cesar Vallejo, APPI, Macmillan, Longman, Británico, andCamelot.

June: Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola

July: ICPNA and APPI

August: TESOL-Perú, Camelot Training Centre, and ADECOPA

October: Pontifica Universidad Católica del Perú

November: ANPI, San Marcos, Santillana, and Camelot.

Professional Affiliations links

There are quite a number of professional affiliations that you can join. Some offer discounts for conferences and others publish newsletters. IATEFL, Peru Teacher Network, Asociacion Peruana de Profesores de Ingles, The British Council's ELTeCS, Sociedad de Profesores de Ingles del Peru
Perú-TESOL, Asociacion Nacional de Profesores de Idiomas (ANPI), and The British Council's ELTeCS yahoo group.

Sharon de Hinojosa (naturegirl321) has lived and worked (mainly teaching English) in the US, Scotland, Spain, the Czech Republic, China, Korea, and Peru. As well as teaching short-term in Venezuela and Taiwan.

She has created The LA Job List http://www.thelajoblist.blogspot.com which lists schools, institutes and universities in 19 Latin American countries which offer English teaching positions.

Since living in Peru since August 2006, she wrote The Ultimate Peru List http://www.theultimateperulist.blogspot.com - With 60 pages it's a comprehensive guide for those living in or moving to Peru.