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[saint57]

I'm not a promoter or a recruiter of any kind. I just know a lot of people want to step up to better paying jobs at international schools. A woman I know did this course. She was working in Kyrzigstan/Mexico while she did this through distance/on-site in the summers. I thought it was an interesting alternative to going home for a year. Research it for yourself. As I've commented before, I'm not sure how likely you are to get a job at a public school in America with this certification. The woman I knew got a B.Ed and M.Ed through this school.

http://www.tcnj.edu/%7Egraduate/global/

[VanKen]

[paulmanser]

Its a one off offer from saint07, give him a break.


Ask dave?

hell will freeze over before I asked a yank permission.

[saint57]

I am known for cluttering many a forum with written diarrhea. However, I posted this because I've seen a few people ask about such a program. Also, a woman at my current internship was hired an an emergecy teacher because of her French language skills. She can't get into the Ontario College of Teachers without a B.Ed. She can't afford to go back to school for a year so I went back to find this site. I figured I'd post it for others check it for themselves. If the MODS think it's spam they can delete it for all I care.

[khmerhit]

thanks fer posting--cld b useful

[ls650]

Doesn't read like spam to me: it reads like a poster putting up information that may be useful to others.

[Henry_Cowell]

The College of New Jersey is actually a very reputable university. It was most recently known as "Trenton State College" and began its life as a "normal" college. It has specialized in teacher training for over 150 years.

That's info that I got from its Web site. Here's something else:

"The College of New Jersey has been recognized nationally for its excellence in Money magazine, U.S. News and World Report, The Fiske Guide to Colleges, Barron's Profiles of American Colleges and Peterson's Competitive Colleges."

If the school's distance "global" education is on par with the rest of the college, I bet it's pretty good -- and definitely reputable and recognized.

[The_Hanged_Man]

While the degree itself may be from a reputable univeristy, obtaining the degree alone without some sort of k-12 student teaching or internship will not qualify you for a teaching certification in pretty much any state. In addition, most states require a certain number of college credits in a teaching major. So again, a B.Ed. would be useless if you majored in the Philosophy of Bellybutton Lint.

Most international schools pretty much only care whether or not you are certified, and having an actual B.Ed. or M.Ed. is secondary. So, the value of earning a degree in education without earning a state teaching certification is rather dubious.

Personally, I've never taken a single education course at a university (although I did complete an alternative cert program and have 2 years of experience), and I recently landed a high school math position at a reputable international school.

[naturegirl321]

If you want qualified teacher status, the department of New Jersey has a good deal going for it. ONce you get all your docs in, it takes about 3 months to get the cert.




http://www.state.nj.us/njded/educators/license/3steps.htm