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Matt_22
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 Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 5:54 am Post subject: what should i look for? |
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| i have BA (English minor), TEFL cert, one year exp teaching in Seoul, and another year of exp as an assistant in public schools in the USA. i'd like to find a decent gig with low hours in shanghai if possible, but i'm really not sure where i'm even qualified to teach. i did a bunch of searches but can't seem to find the info i'm looking for. |
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Shan-Shan
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| Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 8:39 am Post subject: |
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| but i'm really not sure where i'm even qualified to teach. |
If you are qualified to teach in South Korea, there's nowhere in China you shouldn't be able to work. Foreigners without degrees and whose third language is English can "teach" English in China! |
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Matt_22
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| Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 12:21 pm Post subject: |
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| what about international schools and certain universities. would i need a BA in ed. or a masters in tesol to work there? |
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Shan-Shan
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| Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 12:41 pm Post subject: |
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| Check out the wages at Chinese universities. From that you should be able to derive the type of education most places require of their FTs. |
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SnoopBot
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| what about international schools and certain universities. would i need a BA in ed. or a masters in tesol to work there? |
Top pay universities will require a master's degree and often the pay isn't much higher than a 4-year degree holder. However, those top universities can be more selective and get the master degree holders or higher.
International School will not touch you unless you have a HOME country teaching certification from the public school system. For America this means a State Teaching Licenses.
You could have 30 years teaching experience and a doctorate degree in education and still not meet this requirement.
Korea is a little tighter in the rules but they pay much higher than China does. It's easier to get a job in China, but more difficult to get a high paying one too. Exact opposite for Korea.
International schools must meet international certification standards which require this small piece of paper for their teachers.
Each country has different standards, with the USA being one of the worst places to get a Public School teaching license. Expect to work in an inner-city school for at least 3-years before you will get a full license. It's a mess now.
What you will often find with your stated experience and qualifications is a 5000-6000 RMB a (for 20 hours a week) month job teaching a variance of Oral English in the Beijing area. For Shanghai the wage is a little higher.
BTW: International Schools almost never hire locally they deal directly with "favorite schools or job fairs" from abroad. |
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