Entries related to TAPIF (Teaching Assistantship Program in France), teaching, students, classroom activities, or anything of that nature.
The topic of resumes/job searching is an important one to many people these days, especially with the term "Resume builder" being used so readily as a qualifier to many positions/internships.…
Alright you mysterious search engine TAPIF folk, I notice you often search for information regarding putting your TAPIF experience on your resume. However, I do not have any entries on…
Expectations VS Retrospect October 1st marked one year since the first day as a teaching assistant in France. During my year (8 months) as a TA in France, I experienced…
So a few weeks ago I made a post opening the blog to questions from TAPIF (Teaching Assistantship Program in France) questions. I received a comment asking about the initial email to the school. What is appropriate, etc.
So here is a little about the message I sent to my school.
Yes, I wrote in French. I started out by introducing myself as the new assistant and saying that I got their address on my “arrêté”. I just discussed a little about myself and my background (i.e. where I’m from, where I studied, what I studied, and a little about my summer plans before my arrival).
After this, I posed some questions:
These are all good questions to ask. My professeur référent did not provide me right away with the contact information for the other assistants, however she did provide me with the email address of the former English assistant. Eventually she gave me the email addresses of the other two assistants (German and Spanish) and the email address of a landlord that had rented to the previous year’s assistants. So, I got lucky with the lodging and it all fell into place.
Those are all the questions I asked at the very beginning and I think are a good place to start. Of course you can ask any questions you want to know about – but do not necessarily expect answers right away.
Click “continue reading” to read (in French) the email I sent
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