Job Discussion Forums

ecl · Joined: 19 Dec 2004 Posts: 27

Provided one has the right to work in Canada, will junior or community colleges consdier you for a part-time teaching positions if one has:

a B.A.
and RSA Cert. TEFLA (not diploma) from a recognized teacher training institute in the UK
and an MA in TESL from an American univerity?

I've heard bandied about a "Canadian recognized post-graduate teaching qualification." Again, is this necessary for securing part-time work at community or junior colleges of language schools?

Thank you.

Gordon · Joined: 28 Jan 2003 Posts: 5309 Location: Japan

ecl,
You certainly qualify for f/t work in a college or university language program. Don't think it matters where you got your MA, provided it is reputable and from an English-speaking country.

GambateBingBangBOOM · Joined: 04 Nov 2003 Posts: 2021 Location: Japan

ETG · Joined: 28 Apr 2005 Posts: 67

Anyone have any experience with the ESL scene in Halifax?

GambateBingBangBOOM · Joined: 04 Nov 2003 Posts: 2021 Location: Japan

You could start at the provincial TESL body for Nova Scotia (TESL Nova Scotia):

http://www.teslns.ca/index.html

ETG · Joined: 28 Apr 2005 Posts: 67

Thanks, I have checked into that site and know about the LINC sites as well as the various language schools - at least remotely. Am going to Hf in a couple of weeks just wondering if anyone has any experience on the ground there. Have an undergrad degree, TESL cert (TESL Ontario cert as well)

valley_girl · Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2005 10:45 am Post subject:

ETG · Joined: 28 Apr 2005 Posts: 67

Thanks, I do have that kind of info, want to know if anyone has been, or is, on the ground there teaching and what the turnover rate is etc.. I will be there later next month and will visit each of the schools but thought I would see head if anyone has any impressions of the various sites.

valley_girl · Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2005 12:24 pm Post subject:

fraup · Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2005 10:51 pm Post subject:

Just a question--I spent the summer in NS (near Chester) and in talking with a TEFL-certified teacher from Ontario, I got the impression that there is a preference for hiring within the province, i.e. non-NS people have a harder time finding a job. I know the unemployment rate is rather high there.

GambateBingBangBOOM · Joined: 04 Nov 2003 Posts: 2021 Location: Japan

That could probably be said as generally true for every province. Employers in education related areas like to know exactly which school an employee went to and may not have heard of every university in every province or territory.