| Useful Tips | In Italy when everything shuts between 12.30pm to 3.30pm for siesta (except in some big cities).
There is absolutely no reason not to get paid on time. But if it happens more than once, then think about a new job! Italy is big on “Methods” eg. The Sandwich Method, which is odd, and very boring to teach, but does often work and you will get training for this within your school it takes a few days!
Most schools require you to get a "codice fiscale" (tax code) even if you are under the table--it's simply to cover their asses in case the tax police come visiting. You are, however, not eligible to get a codice fiscale without a work/student visa or EU passport. However, Italy being Italy, sometimes you can get lucky and find a clerk who will issue one anyway.
Try to teach in Turin. It will be an amazing experience. People that visit it loved all the time spent there, Italians are a great laugh, they have the same sarcastic humor as the Brits which helps making the class fun. You may start your 1st lesson at 9am for 1 hour then you will have to teach until around 1.30pm after that go home and relax till the 6 in the evening.
Then you come back to teach again until 10pm. The other teachers may have the same hours but everyone is commonly spaced out with different teaching times. Try not to mind it as you will probably live not far away to work in you mainly free flat. There may be several English teachers at the school plus teacher from Russia, France and Germany.
Their is only one problem with teaching in Italy because is it's very hard to get work during the summer months and so you have to get on a summer camp, straight after. Schools generally close for a few months in the summer May - August.
What gereral work Contracts say in Italy: Teaching hours 25 a week max, and you don't usually get paid for preparation time or meetings, if your contract states more than 25 hours a week, your boss is having a laugh with you and this is not normal!!!
If you do get offered a 1 year contract you are liable for 2 extra months pay, 1 at Christmas and the other in August for your holiday break, this pay is offered to Italians and is the working LAW of Italy, to be paid this by your company, (if they say nothing they are being illegal because all companies know this LAW. (This is also why schools offer only 8-9 month contracts so they don’t have to pay it to you).
There is always the chance that you can find private lessons then you can stay for as long as you like!
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