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nomad soul
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 Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2014 8:37 pm Post subject: |
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| JacobTM wrote: |
The real issue is, at least in NY state, to get a M.A. in TESOL you are required to do two full semesters of "student teaching", which means working a school for free for an entire academic year.
This is difficult to arrange, no doubt. The coursework is manageable and often practical. Sometimes you are reading theoretical writers who may not have a lot of practical application in your classrooms, but that's no different than lots of courses at any university.
Finding a way to live doing full-time work for free is the main issue.
I have been told that all other M.A.s in education only have 1 semester of "student teaching" so, hopefully, this may be a crazy rule of NY state only and other states may not require 1 year of unpaid work for such a degree. |
For my last semester, I continued to work my 40-hour a week job while completing a 3-credit, semester-long (135-hour) ESOL practicum as well as another course toward my MAT. It can be done but requires a lot of focus and tight organization. Plus, the place where I did my practice teaching accommodated my schedule. (I attended a private university in a state other than NY.)
I suspect that NY state requirement is relevant to teachers pursuing licensure/certification for k-12 schools as opposed to those looking to teach ESL/EFL to adults. There's generally this distinction. |
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