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BocaNY · Joined: 24 Mar 2009 Posts: 131

Thanks tttompatz. I was referring to like catholic schools & prep schools. But would they take teaching at a language academy? It would be interesting to know.

bdbarnett1 · Posted: Sat Jan 15, 2011 12:46 am Post subject:

There are plenty of schools that will hire with no experience. May not be a top notch institution, but you'll be able to get started.

Try interamericano.edu.gt

BocaNY · Joined: 24 Mar 2009 Posts: 131

bdbarnett1 · Posted: Sat Jan 15, 2011 2:41 am Post subject:

Just depends what you're certified in. What is that?

BocaNY · Joined: 24 Mar 2009 Posts: 131

Trebek · Joined: 30 Oct 2003 Posts: 401 Location: China

Boca: If you have a degree in photo you can get certified as a Fine Arts teacher. Many of the international schools are looking for Art teachers. Its still going to be difficult getting hired without the two years experience .

BocaNY · Joined: 24 Mar 2009 Posts: 131

fladude · Joined: 02 Feb 2009 Posts: 432

By the way, NY requires 30 credit hours in a subject to be qualified, and not a degree. The difference may not sound huge, but it is important. You could go back and take 10 classes in a subject to become qualified. Most graduate schools will also let you slide with 15 to 18 credit hours in the subject area. Meaning you could take 5 or 6 classes in the subject and then apply to grad school to get a Masters in it (which would certainly make you highly qualified in NY and anywhere else in America). Although you still have to become certified to teach the program. I don't know if NY has alternative certification or not. I just found out about NY's requirements a couple years ago when I was looking around for jobs outside of Florida. NY would have accepted my Social Studies qualification but I had to take some classes if I wanted to be certified to teach English there.

You could probably take 6 or 7 science classes and then get into a grad school for science (assuming you took the normal 100 and 200 level sciences classes already that most people have to take in college). for example, take 6 classes in biology and then apply for grad school in biology. Many schools will let you do that. Its not like having a full degree grants you some magic authority in a subject. You just have to have the requisite number of classes.

BocaNY · Joined: 24 Mar 2009 Posts: 131

Fladude: I know all that. I actually have about 15+ credits in biology from my undergrad. I have gone to the city grad schools and they won't take me unless I have a degree in liberal arts/30 credits in a core subject. They even told me to go back and get a 2nd BA. Even with the private universities I have a slim chance. I have applied for one of the alt programs. Won't find out until next month if I got in.

It's just all a little disheartening and all. The fact that my gpa isn't a 3.0 doesn't help.