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nawlinsgurl
Joined: 01 May 2004
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Location: Kanagawa and feeling Ok....
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 Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2004 8:02 am Post subject: Teaching in the States |
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| Does anyone know if it is hard to get a job teaching English to students in the States? I'm thinking of places where there are a lot of Japanese or other Asian ethnicity around, like Hawaii... |
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denise
Joined: 23 Apr 2003
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Location: finally home-ish
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| Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2004 8:36 am Post subject: |
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It's difficult. Most jobs are part-time, so no benefits and no job security. The good jobs--full-time, salaried, benefits, holidays, etc.--are highly competitive, with an MA being, I believe, a minimum requirement.
Student enrollment is another factor--if there aren't enough students to fill a class, there's no class.
Can anyone add to/confirm/refute this info? The only teaching I've done in the States was part-time, and the reason I'm here is because the job market back there seemed so bleak.
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taikibansei
Joined: 14 Sep 2004
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Location: Japan
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| Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2004 8:26 pm Post subject: |
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| denise wrote: |
It's difficult. Most jobs are part-time, so no benefits and no job security. The good jobs--full-time, salaried, benefits, holidays, etc.--are highly competitive, with an MA being, I believe, a minimum requirement.
Can anyone add to/confirm/refute this info? The only teaching I've done in the States was part-time, and the reason I'm here is because the job market back there seemed so bleak.
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Depends on where you want to teach. At most 4-year universities, an MA gets you only part-time work (or if you're lucky a one-year contract); a Ph.D. (with publications) would be necessary to qualify for most multi-year (let alone tenure-track) full-time positions...even in ESL.
However, if you're willing to teach at a community college (which pay well in many states but have workloads which are much more demanding), an MA with experience is often more than sufficient.
Hope this helps. |
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