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    A Brutally Honest Review of Our Year with TAPIF

    If you’re a long-time follower of our blog, you’ve already read our many articles about the Teaching Assistant Program in France (TAPIF). We’ve detailed the application process, talked about our placement and visa difficulties, written about how we packed for…

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    Inside Look at a Typical Work Schedule with TAPIF

    Experiences with the Teaching Assistant Program in France (TAPIF) differ immensely from assistant to assistant. Variables including the age of our students, the location of our placements, the number of schools in which we are employed, and the time we…

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    How To Change Your TAPIF Placement

    Though Jalen and I had a wonderful time participating in the Teaching Assistant Program in France (TAPIF), the process wasn’t all fun and games. We encountered our first TAPIF roadblock in the summer of 2019 when we received our original…