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[Canuckgirl07]

Hi,

I am a 30 year old female from Canada and have been teaching high school for the past 7 years (which means I hold a valid teaching certificate from BC). I have a B.Sc., a B.Ed. and am working on my masters in educational technology. I don't however have any TEFL training or such. I am open to working with elementary children (I have done a fair amount of tutoring with ESL children), high school or adults.

I have taken a year leave of absence from my job for the 2010/2011 school year and I would like to travel/work in S.E. Asia. Preferably I don't want to spend my entire year in one country, but instead split my time between two or three so that I can experience a few different cultures.


Vietnam (specifically HCMC) is high on my list of places I would love to end up. So I guess my question for you is, are there shorter (3 to 5 month) contracts available? Most of the international schools I�ve looked at seem to want one or two year contracts. I would be looking to come over in August (however, school year here ends June 30th, so really I could leave anytime after that) and be in HCMC until sometime in December. Is there such thing as working at a school for one semester or half of the school year? Are there specific schools/companies that offer shorter terms? Would I be better off looking at English language centers? and if so any suggestions?

Thanks in advance for any advice you can give me!

[H5N1]