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HankBrick · Joined: 16 Jul 2009 Posts: 3 Location: Texas

Does anybody know how much demand there is for special education teachers in Asian international schools?
I have taught English in Japan with the JET program and now I'm considering getting my teaching credentials with a special ed. emphasis here in Texas.
I'd like to teach for a year or two here first and then move somewhere to Asia and teach special ed.
Any information on the topic would be appreciated.
Thanks.

Chancellor

HankBrick · Joined: 16 Jul 2009 Posts: 3 Location: Texas

Chancellor,
Thanks for the link. I found some good information there.
I keep seeing that special needs is an area of growing interest among the schools, but I'm not finding any openings for teachers.
Many schools are offering Special Education Needs (SEN) workshops for their teachers and staff, but few are advertising for qualified SEN teachers.
I think I'll just contact the schools individually and see what I find out.

Chancellor · Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2009 12:41 pm Post subject:

ESL Hobo · Joined: 23 Oct 2008 Posts: 262

From all that I have read about the subject there are needs for special ed in Egypt called "shadow teachers" (kind of like ESL Nanny) but they are not on the usual places that post jobs for efl teachers.
On a side note, I worked with special ed students in Texas as a Mental Health Technician. If you are really interested in that field getting a job as an Mental Health Tech might be a good place to start , as it doesn't require a load of credentials, if you want to see what it's like. I have special place in my heart for working with special ed students but after 2 years I just couldn't take the heartache of it all.

Chancellor · Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2009 6:14 pm Post subject:

HankBrick · Joined: 16 Jul 2009 Posts: 3 Location: Texas

I never saw myself entering into the Special Ed field until recently.
After 10 years working as a journalist, I was laid off from my newspaper and took a job substitute teaching.
I volunteered to do a special ed class and that was it. I loved it.
I have had an opportunity through substitute teaching to get class time in both mild and severe special needs students, ranging from 1st through 12th grade.
I especially enjoy the deaf ed classes, but my signing skills aren't the greatest.
Anyway, I'll keep sniffing around and let y'all know what I find out.
Thanks.

ESL Hobo · Joined: 23 Oct 2008 Posts: 262

No kidding Chancellor,

My ancestors lit in west virginny as well. My grandad worked in the rubber mills, in 1916, when they had no place to lay their head at night, They would go to the bar and fight, just like in, "Far and Away". It turned him onto to boxing. After that he joined the Allied Expeditionary Forces and starting his boxing career in France during WW1, and became the world heavy weight champion of the Allied Expeditionary Forces. Boxed 210 fights and never knocked out. Beat Gene Tunney 13 times out of 14, but missed his chance to fight Jack Dempsey for the Heavy weight Champion of the world title in the states.

I haven't been to West virginia since my grandma's funeral many years ago.
I sure do miss it sometimes.

The special eds I worked with were mentally/emotionally disturbed children, mostly psychotics. Have you ever seen a 5 year old carrying a knife to the in-hospital school threatening to kill his mother when she visited?

I could tell some wild stories about that job.

Chancellor · Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2009 12:43 pm Post subject:

ESL Hobo · Joined: 23 Oct 2008 Posts: 262

naturegirl321 · Joined: 04 May 2003 Posts: 9041 Location: home sweet home

I can't speak for all intl schools, but here in Peru, I don't know of any intl schools that have special ed. Sure they have ADD kids and ADHD kids, but never seen any special ed kids, which is a shame. I just think that it's such a small niche, at least here in Peru, there's no need for teachers. Expats must either homeschool them or not come to Peru

Chancellor · Posted: Thu Jul 23, 2009 6:26 pm Post subject: