In 2025, the French government, searching for solutions to overcome a teaching recruitment crisis, made yet another reform to the concours system. As we get nearer to a presidential election year, different ministers have seized on issues in the public education system to make their mark, issuing numerous reforms in the school programmes and the … More ANOTHER Reform ?!!
Up until now, it may seem like studying and passing the concours is the hardest part of joining the Education Nationale as a fully certified teacher. Although the concours is strenuous, and the pass rate seems nerve-wrackingly low (somewhere around 20-30% for the CAFEP), I’m sorry to tell you that it’s only after passing the … More After the storm : student teaching, school placements, and more post-concours logistics
Now that you know what awaits you in the various CAPES épreuves, you might be wondering….but how in the world will I learn to do all of that ?! It certainly seems like an insurmountable amount of information to assimilate, but it’s doable with a little organization and strategy. Read on for a few tips, … More Road to the Concours ! – Study Tips and Advice
If you are interested in becoming a fully certified teacher in France, you will inevitably come across mentions of THE CONCOURS. The CAPES. The CAFEP. The Capes-cafep… Whatever it’s called, passing it is the key to a coveted permanent teaching job within the Education Nationale. While I have touched on my own experience taking the … More Everything you’ve ever wanted to know about the CAPES/CAFEP concours
Since Fall 2018 (roughly around the time I stopped writing regularly on this blog…), I’ve been venturing into the complicated, sometimes arduous journey of becoming a qualified English teacher in French secondary schools. In the handful of Facebook groups I participate in, I field a lot of questions about this, because many former teaching assistants … More How I became an English teacher in a French high school
It seems like all of my posts recently have begun in the same way: “Wow, I can’t believe it’s been such a long time since the last time I wrote! Oof, it’s been a crazy couple of months – hard to find time to write! Yikes, it’s been a while, hasn’t it?!” So anyway…. it’s … More Six months gone by…
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