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[jmatt]

Decently paid, full time community college ESL jobs in the US in any remotely livable city with the population to support ESL jobs are virtually impossible to come by if you don't have strong local contacts and ties--especially if you didn't get a MA or MEd at a local school. And forget it if you don't have an advanced degree. You may get a class or two, but you wouldn't be able to make a living. No way. And if you could get something without a degree, the pay is a cruel joke. You'd be better off bartending.

A city like Houston may be possible if you have Spanish fluency, but even then without a master's, good luck.

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[jmatt]

[timothypfox]

jamatt, NYC is quite competitive and contacts do really seem to help find part-time adjunct jobs. Full time jobs at community colleges in NYC? Ha ha ha! Also, MAs from the more expensive local private universities such as Columbia and NYU are preferred over affordable MAs from public universities such as the City University of NYC.

[mitsui]

Well for some places I agree. In Hawaii and Washington state, yes.
It is who you know.

Well I could teach at a high school. I have to get certified but I am looking into that for Nevada and Arizona.
Oregon certification is expensive I heard.
In Washington it is 17,000 dollars.

My wife is fluent in English and I saw jobs in Vancouver for Japanese translators so that could be a possibility. Don`t know what I would do if I lived in BC.

Solar Strength, have I met you? Is your spouse in Taiwan?

[flow]

Yes, there is age and gender discrimination in Japan. Females ALWAYS get FIRST priority (qualifications and experience not important to the Japanese employer, and the younger the better) then of course the blue-eyed under thirty guys, next are the ppl in their thirties and anyone over 45 (with or without teaching qualifications/experience - not important in Japan) well it's tough very tough......the EFL market is extremely competitive in Japan even with wages and work conditions not so attractive.

[timothypfox]

Mitsui,
You should re-post down in the North American forums if you are interested in High School. You DO NOT have to pay so much for certification IF you are willing to do an alternate certification program. There are several such as the NYC Teaching Fellows and a bigger national one called Teach For America. They give you a heavy subsidized Masters degree with certification and a job in exchange for putting in 2 or 3 years at a high needs school.

This could mean anything from special ed emotionally disabled to special ed cognitively disabled to low income to large minority community that needs to learn English, or any combination of the above.

I did nearly 5 years of teaching in NYC, but have been in Japan - this is now my 4th year at a private high school...

[2buckets]

I taught in a "high need" school for 3 years and was assaulted 5 times and sent to the emergency room in that time period. Then I bought a one way ticket on a cargo ship to Tangier, Morocco and never looked back.

Traveled overland through Asia and eventually made it to Japan and haven't been to an emergency room since.

[mitsui]

Already rejected by Teach for America. My wife refuses to live on the east coast.
I looked into Tennessee but I haven`t taken the Praxis. I think it is available at Temple University in Tokyo.
I may go to Arizona next month for a job fair and to get information. Apparently, Arizona wants to make it easier for new teachers to move there.

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[mitsui]

Yes, and I get rejected.
Probably since I never taught at an IEP in the US before.
Just got rejected from a school in Idaho, even though my resume was considered excellent. Excellent is not good enough.

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[mitsui]

Well maybe things are changing since I see postings where IEP experience is mandatory at most schools, usually just for a year.
Most places neither reject or accept my application.

So OSU demands at least two years and SIU asks for at least one year.