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IreneM
Joined: 12 Dec 2005
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Location: washington, dc
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 Posted: Mon Jul 17, 2006 4:16 am Post subject: i want to be a teacher trainer in the us - ideas?? |
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hi everyone
i want to be a teacher trainer either here (east coast, us.. (dc, nyc area)) or abroad. im certified, have a ba in education, experience teaching kids to business adults. you think this would be enough? how might i go about looking for jobs?
if anyone has recomendations let me know!
thanks
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rusmeister
Joined: 15 Jun 2006
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Location: Russia
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| Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2006 6:24 am Post subject: Re: i want to be a teacher trainer in the us - ideas?? |
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| IreneM wrote: |
hi everyone
i want to be a teacher trainer either here (east coast, us.. (dc, nyc area)) or abroad. im certified, have a ba in education, experience teaching kids to business adults. you think this would be enough? how might i go about looking for jobs?
if anyone has recomendations let me know!
thanks
irene |
I can't say for 100% sure, but I'll put this one at 97%:
If you want to offer something in purely private practice, you will probably have to obtain a license (headaches enough!), but truth is most people would want a certificate with 'real' value - ie; state or other official certification, and to give that you would need to first get it, and then almost surely work within the system. This would likely require at least a Doctorate or an MA plus a teaching certificate. Either way, you're looking at several more years of primarily indoctrinational schooling before you'd be allowed to participate in a program that certifies teachers. The public sphere has a political agenda, well hidden, and the most important thing from their standpoint is that you be appropriately indoctrinated (one of the numerous reasons for lengthy requirements is that their agenda contradicts the upbringing of many, so you have to hear the baloney long enough to become used to it, and then long enough to start spouting it yourself.
The point is, although you may well have all the talent and experience you need to train teachers now, the indefensible system of certification requirements ensures that you will either teach what they want and the way they want you to, not what you know teachers need, or you won't be allowed in the door.
I fulfilled their requirements, but the militant relativism, subjectivity and agnosticism in both the state credential program and the schools themselves so repelled me that I abandoned agnosticism and turned to Orthodox Christianity and left the US.
Sorry I can't offer you a more cheerful outlook for your dream! |
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denise
Joined: 23 Apr 2003
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Location: finally home-ish
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I got the impression that "teacher trainer" referred more towards TEFL teachers, not licensed teachers in the public school systems.
I've looked into it as a potential next step in my career, too. I believe you need either an MA or a DELTA, with several years of teaching experience to a wide range of students.
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Henry_Cowell
Joined: 27 May 2005
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Location: Berkeley
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Yes, that's the impression I got too.
To be a teacher trainer of ESL/EFL instructors, one must first have experience teaching ESL/EFL. |
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