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BeijingBill · Joined: 10 Jan 2013 Posts: 59

Im not talking about the 6 month TESL/TESOL course that you can get

dakelei · Joined: 17 May 2009 Posts: 351 Location: USA

I'm a certified secondary school "Social Studies" (history, geography type stuff) teacher at home in the USA. I taught high school history for about 13 years, mostly in my home state of New Jersey.

mambawamba · Joined: 12 Jun 2012 Posts: 311

Could you clarify please? What do you mean by 'an actual teaching certificate' ?

Also your poll question appears to have a heavy North American bias, maybe expand your parameters, not everyone fits into the very small boxes you've created.

NoBillyNO · Joined: 11 Jun 2012 Posts: 1762

the state usually issues one

BeijingBill · Joined: 10 Jan 2013 Posts: 59

mambawamba · Joined: 12 Jun 2012 Posts: 311

[quote="BeijingBill"][quote]Could you clarify please? What do you mean by 'an actual teaching certificate' ?

Also your poll question appears to have a heavy North American bias, maybe expand your parameters, not everyone fits into the very small boxes you've created[/quote].

You can Google "actual" as well as "teaching certificate"....Then you can even Google "region." I hope this helps[/quote]

Oh wow thanks for the help there Beijing Bill, my life is suddenly filled with light, there's a search engine? Called Google? And you put words in and search for stuff?

That's genius mate!

BeijingBill · Joined: 10 Jan 2013 Posts: 59

If it was so obvious then why did you ask?

mambawamba · Joined: 12 Jun 2012 Posts: 311

roadwalker · Joined: 24 Aug 2005 Posts: 1750 Location: Ch

I'm certified: that is, I got a TEFL certificate after doing a month-long program. I usually think of "real teachers" as teachers who are licensed by a governmental or quasi-governmental entity to teach the general public, especially primary and secondary school children.

Shroob · Joined: 02 Aug 2010 Posts: 1339

What 6 month TESOL/TEFL are you talking about?

ecubyrd · Joined: 09 May 2009 Posts: 172

I'm licensed, but what the hell is the point of your thread, op?

dean_a_jones · Joined: 03 Jul 2009 Posts: 1151 Location: Wuhan, China

Yeah I voted, then read the responses, then wished I could take my vote back. What a waste of time and an utterly idiotic set of responses to what was a legitimate question.

mambawamba · Joined: 12 Jun 2012 Posts: 311

[quote="dean_a_jones"]Yeah I voted, then read the responses, then wished I could take my vote back. What a waste of time and an utterly idiotic set of responses to what was a legitimate question.[/quote]

Must mean me, I often respond idiotically by asking genuine questions but I always respond idiotically when people are patronising, ill mannered and rude.

dean_a_jones · Joined: 03 Jul 2009 Posts: 1151 Location: Wuhan, China

I thought your responses were spot on.

sistercream · Joined: 18 Dec 2010 Posts: 497 Location: Pearl River Delta

My assumption was that the question was simply shorthand for asking who holds a BEd (or more), plus QTS, registration, blue/ yellow/ green cards or whatever "real" classroom teachers are required to have in one's home jurisdiction.

Of course, if any teacher in a place where British English is standard is certified, they will no longer be permitted to teach, but be put into the care of the Mental Health Authority there...

Some decades ago, I was a registered music teacher in Australia; later qualified for registration as a primary teacher in Hong Kong and also in Macau.