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enigma61
Joined: 29 Apr 2013
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Location: New Zealand
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 Posted: Thu May 02, 2013 3:10 am Post subject: Short term teaching (3 - 4 months) |
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Hi,
I have a bachelor of teaching and experience teaching 5 - 10 year olds. I do not have a TESOL qualification. I am 51 years old (but am often told that I look much younger) and it seems that the few short term teaching jobs I have found advertised have had an age restriction of around 40.
So what would be my best bet for a contract for around 4 months?
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tttompatz
Joined: 06 Mar 2010
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Location: Talibon, Bohol, Philippines
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| Posted: Thu May 02, 2013 5:30 am Post subject: Re: Short term teaching (3 - 4 months) |
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| enigma61 wrote: |
Hi,
I have a bachelor of teaching and experience teaching 5 - 10 year olds. I do not have a TESOL qualification. I am 51 years old (but am often told that I look much younger) and it seems that the few short term teaching jobs I have found advertised have had an age restriction of around 40.
So what would be my best bet for a contract for around 4 months?
Any suggestions please? |
New Zealand or Australia.
The problem is not so much your age as it is your portability and willingness to work on the edges.
For the vast majority of employers it is not worth the time, trouble and expense of dealing with the visa issues for someone who will only be there for 90 days (it often takes longer just to process the paperwork). Add to that the simple fact that most "older" folk are less likely to "bend the rules" when it comes to visa issues.
If you are willing to fly at your expense and show up on their doorstep (and are not too fussy about the paperwork) then there are lots of options (even for us older types) for short term work.
If you are looking from your armchair in NZ then good luck. There are always lots of folks here trying to extend their stay in the tropics in exchange for short term work.
China often has 1-term positions (5 months). You pay your way in and they pay your way home. These jobs are often not on a proper "Z" visa but often on a "F" (business) visa.
If you are looking for someplace to buy you a ticket and then pay you a salary for your short term "vacation in the classroom) - the good luck. You're going to need lots of it.
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enigma61
Joined: 29 Apr 2013
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| Posted: Thu May 02, 2013 9:05 pm Post subject: Hi |
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| No I did not expect to have my ticket paid for. I realise that would be too much to expect for such a short time. So do you think that I would be better off turning up there and looking in person rather than trying to get a job from here? |
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tttompatz
Joined: 06 Mar 2010
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Location: Talibon, Bohol, Philippines
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| Posted: Thu May 02, 2013 10:51 pm Post subject: Re: Hi |
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| enigma61 wrote: |
| No I did not expect to have my ticket paid for. I realise that would be too much to expect for such a short time. So do you think that I would be better off turning up there and looking in person rather than trying to get a job from here? |
Even full time work (1 year contracts) are usually filled by people who are "in country".
Your chances of finding short term work while sitting abroad are close to "0".
Thailand is a boots-on-the-ground country unless you are something special that someone wants (Micheline Starred Chef doing a short term job at a culinary arts school, etc) then they may import you).
As a "real teacher", if you were here next week you would have a job (school starts in about 2 weeks).
There are often lots of piecework/hourly positions at language centers or fill-in work for agencies (year round) as long as you don't mind working in/around BKK.
All that said, if you are over 60 then there ARE age issues to contend with: eg: Government jobs and public universities have a mandatory retirement at 60 (including teachers - but there are ways around it).
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