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Coolguy123 · Joined: 10 Apr 2013 Posts: 132

I'm wondering how worthwhile it is to get a state teaching certification or a substitute teaching certification.

From what I understand, some countries may accept a substitute teaching certification in lieu of a state teaching certification. How useful though are either of these?

From what I understand a regular teaching cert can take some time to get, but might allow you to teach in public schools in some countries.

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

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

...but most international school positions are not ESL jobs. If you want to go down that route, you'd be better off getting certified in a content subject.

Coolguy123 · Joined: 10 Apr 2013 Posts: 132

Guess I'm asking because in Taiwan, it looks like you can teach at public schools doing ESL. I'm not sure if these jobs are any better, but they seem to make you look better also to employers, at least here.

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

HLJHLJ is correct; most licensed k-12 teachers teach the content/subject area (non-ESOL) relative to their degree major whether in schools home or abroad. Those working with a multilingual student population might also hold a bilingual/ESL endorsement. Take a look at Teach Away's site for an idea of where licensed teachers can work.