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HLJHLJ · Joined: 06 Oct 2009 Posts: 1218 Location: Ecuador

All the information is here
http://www.gttr.ac.uk/

The availability of funding/bursaries changes pretty much every year, as it's based on shortfalls in teacher numbers in specific subjects. Plus every successive government and education minister likes to tinker with it. For 2012/13 there were bursaries for some subject combinations that depended on degree clasification. A far as I know they haven't announced what funding (if any) will be available for 2013/14 yet. Going on past decisions, there is no reason to assume it will be the same or even similar to the current offer.

The requirement for a newly qualified teacher (NQT) induction period has been around since about 2000. It's a minimum of 1 school year, and is only compulsory for state school teaching, though in practice most private schools will insist on it as well. There's a lot of rules and regulations on where and how you can do NQT induction.

Basically, you get QTS by sumbitting a portfolio and passing the skills test. Most people do that through a PGCE or B.Ed, but there are other routes. (You can pass your PGCE and fail QTS and vice versa). After you have QTS, if you want to work in a state school, you have to do 1 year as an NQT (or the equivalent if you work part time). NQT's should have a reduced workload (80-90%), a supervisor and additional on the job training.

VietCanada · Joined: 30 Nov 2010 Posts: 590

I should have read this thread first but I would point out that teaching has many transferable skills. Sales is the most common link to teaching abroad. Some government work may appreciate years of experience in a foreign country.

If possible getting a foothold in a career at home before doing this job is probably best. Just be attentive to transferable skills and experiences. Possibly pick up a cred or two online related to your interest while doing this work.

Stay connected on both the job qualifications and networking front if you have some things in mind.

Apply for that job while vacationing at home. Phone an HR department on a Friday afternoon and have a talk about the job and it's relation to your teaching career. Keep your resume updated. Maybe two or more. Keep your eye on the ball.

Look for programs that involve changing careers.

watfordfan · Joined: 24 Aug 2012 Posts: 8 Location: Vietnam

Starting to think I'm one of the few that had a different career then changed to TEFL....

I know of a few people here in Vietnam that have started down the TEFL route, then branched out into Corporate Training in fields they are familiar with (mostly hospitality, as that is the major growth industry here). These are people that have the gift of the gab, and talk their way into jobs.

A lot depends on which country you end up in. Some countries would offer local salaries, which are way beneath what you'd earn TEFLing - so that's another thing to take into consideration.

scot47 · Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Posts: 15343

VERY difficult to get into another line after TEFLing around. I tried. I returned to TEFLing after unsuccessful attempts to change career path.

Al-hamdulillah I am now retired and able to dedicate myself to the sybaritic pleasures of life.

thatsforsure · Joined: 11 Sep 2012 Posts: 146

i do internet activity, theres a ton of things you can do to earn online while sitting at home (or where ever) that make more than TELF and more than most whitecollar careers in a western country . dont play a suckers game

Teacher Jack · Joined: 22 Aug 2012 Posts: 63 Location: China

nomad soul · Joined: 31 Jan 2010 Posts: 11454 Location: The real world

Henry_Cowell · Joined: 27 May 2005 Posts: 3352 Location: Berkeley

naturegirl321 · Joined: 04 May 2003 Posts: 9041 Location: home sweet home

spanglish · Joined: 21 May 2009 Posts: 742 Location: working on that

I've never met somebody who's been able to do this. Perhaps I'll be the first.

EFLeducator · Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2012 3:19 am Post subject: Re: Careers after teaching abroad

TwinCentre · Joined: 22 Mar 2007 Posts: 273 Location: Mokotow

A few years back, whilst bored one day in the staff room out in North Africa somewhere, I set myself the task of looking at people's resumes/CV's online to try to discern the most popular non-teaching/training career populated by ex-TEFLers,

I actually found it....

Hypnotherapist.

If you look at their CV's, a great deal of past TEFL activity there!

Maybe it's the NLP connection between the two fields?

nomad soul · Joined: 31 Jan 2010 Posts: 11454 Location: The real world

johnslat · Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2012 7:05 pm Post subject:

In the US, the availability of ESL jobs can also depend a lot on location. Border states such as Texan, New Mexico, Arizona (well, not so much anymore, thanks to the "immigration policies" of the state government there) and (especially southern) California, coastal states such as Washington, Florida, and Massachusetts tend to have more potential students and therefore more jobs available.

However, ESL at the community college level in the US is, to the best of my knowledge, fairly exclusively in an "adjunct" position. In other words, only part-time with low pay (maybe 20 -30 dollars an hour) and NO benefits.

Still, in the border states, if one speaks Spanish, there are often opportunities, either to move into the administrative ranks or to teach ESL full-time at the elementary / middle school / high school levels (provided one gets a state certification/teaching license.)

Regards,
John