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srtab
Joined: 16 Oct 2005
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Location: Arizona
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 Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 4:04 am Post subject: At ITTO now... the job hunt? |
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Hi all! I'm currently in the ITTO course and will be getting my TEFL certification by the end of June. I also have a Bachelors degree in Secondary Education (Spanish concentration).. w/ apostille. I have a current teaching certificate for Arizona, but I didn't bring it with me because I thought it wouldn't matter in MX. Is this true?
ITTO is going to help with the job search, but I want to look on my own also. I have found some postings on websites. Should I also send my resume to language schools even if they are not advertising positions?
Thanks for any advice! It's great to finally be here trying to make this dream a reality!  |
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geaaronson
Joined: 19 Apr 2005
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Location: Mexico City
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| Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2007 2:52 pm Post subject: |
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| You need an apostilled copy of your college degree. You will not be able to get your FM3 with a stipulation allowing for the teaching of English without it. |
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Samantha
Joined: 25 Oct 2003
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Location: Mexican Riviera
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| Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2007 3:47 pm Post subject: |
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Each Immigration office handles work permissions differently, but I think the ITTO certificate, because it is issued in Mexico will suffice in place of anything else. Not everyone has a college degree or teaching certificate.
The folks at ITTO should know more about this as they deal in placing their grads regularly. Check that out first. It's after the fact now, but yes, you should have had at least your teaching credential apostilled, since it's directly related. |
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Clear the Air
Joined: 09 Jun 2007
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| Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2007 1:01 am Post subject: applying for jobs |
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| Should I also send my resume to language schools even if they are not advertising positions? |
You can send your resume wherever you`d like. It can`t hurt, but it will probably just be a waste of time. You`ll really need to go in person to a school if they`re not advertising for an open position on the internet. Even after doing that, the school might be getting so many applicants that you don`t hear back from them. That would mean taking the initiative once again and going in person to follow-up. If you do hear back from them, that`s great, but it probably wouldn`t be an immediate response.
Good luck. |
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J Sevigny
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At the Guadalajara immigration office, your ITTO certificate will suffice. I've used it to get FM3s four times including renewals, once in Saltillo, Coahuila and three times here in GDL.
Regarding ITTO's placement services, don't expect too much. ICI, which on-site business classes in Guadalajara, is usually about the best they can offer. |
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Prof.Gringo
Joined: 07 Nov 2006
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Location: Dang Cong San Viet Nam Quang Vinh Muon Nam!
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| I got my FM-3 based on the offer of employment letter and a certificate made up by the school which said that I completed a training course. I also included my TEFL cert. from Dunham Institute, but I don't think it was a requierment to even have it. Just about any official looking diploma, cert. or whatever which says you took an English teachers course (in Mexico) seems to suffice for INM in Mexico City. No degree of any kind is requiered. Of course a different INM office might see things differently. But once again, the DF INM office seems pretty open when it comes to this part of the process. |
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Samantha
Joined: 25 Oct 2003
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| Of course a different INM office might see things differently. |
Glad you qualified your post with that sentence because indeed the INAMI offices do see things differently depending where you are in the country and what day of the week it is. Many teachers are required to have both degrees and teaching certificates in addition to the offer letter, or no go. In some locations they even pull inspections on the schools to see if the teacher is actually completing the "lucrative activity" stated in the application. (I know someone who was deported after one of these "fact-finding" visits by Immigration because they found he was actually doing translation work for the school owner and not teaching English in a classroom). |
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