Since 2005, Teaching Chile's mainline business has been to recruit and place native English speaking teachers into Chilean schools and universities to teach English.

The Study Spanish and Work Practicum Nine-Week Program ("Study and Work") provides accepted participants 60 hours of intensive Spanish-language courses in at Escuela Bellavista. Escuela Bellavista is Santiago's most highly reputable Spanish-language institute, located in Santiago's prized bohemian district of Bellavista

Participants will also spend over 150 hours of volunteer work service in order to obtain real-world conversational Spanish practice skills and to help young Chileans in their local Santiago school and community at large. The schools are located in the Santiago comunas of Puente Alto, Maipu, La Pintana, San Joaquin, Pudahuel and Quilicura. Work responsibilities will include creatively providing recreational activities such as arts and crafts, sports, English classes, and more.

Aside from gaining an unforgettable cross-cultural experience, participants will also receive a certificate of completion - both valuable and enriching for the participant's resume.

Housing:
The program fee includes all housing. Program participants will be lodged together. The location is very central, a safe area in the Comuna of Santiago, and near the crossing of two subway lines, the popular and famed Barrio Brasil, plus more.

Meals Provided:
The program fee includes the following meals prepaid.

Breakfast: Provided seven days per week. Includes toast with butter and marmalade, coffee and tea.

Lunch: Provided five days per week during the work practicum period by the school.

Dinner: Provided five nights per week. Includes a salad, a wide choice of delicious home-cooked Chilean meal entrees, desert, and fruit juice. (Alcoholic beverages are at the participant's cost).

Participants with strict dietary constraints or prefer a vegetarian diet will be responsible for their own meals. Program discounts are not provided for those that have special dietary constraints.

Program Fee: $2,495 USD.