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[golly]

I was wondering, for the schools that require a teacher's license in your home country, how do they go about verifying you have one? In my state in the US, employers look it up on a statewide database, but I don't know that international schools would have access to that. I have the actual paper license, but I was still wondering what your experiences have been regarding this.

[tttompatz]

[golly]

Thanks. I had just been thinking about how simple it would be for someone to arrive in a foreign country and claim that they are certified in their homeland. The theory being that an administrator might never ask for verification, simply assuming no one would have the audacity to make such a false claim!

[tttompatz]

The wallet cards that I have seen (all of our staff are certified teachers in their home countries) from different states, provinces, countries, etc all have had security devices built into them (like drivers licenses) or micro print (certificates) that is hard to scan/copy.

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[golly]

Wow, I've never even heard of this. My state has never issued me a wallet-sized teacher cert. I just have the full-size diploma-type certificate.

[DebMer]

I just renewed my teaching credential and the webpage said that California no longer issues a certificate. Now I have a website and a number to give to a potential employer, and s/he gets to look it up. Pretty cheap, I think, but since my state is bankrupt, I guess corners must be cut.

[ayisha881]

I would personally scan it and then keep it someplace on your desktop (for example I made a "work" folder on my computer) and then just upload it when you are recruited or apply for a job.

[DebMer]

Yes, I've done that, but it doesn't look "official," or anything like my original credential certificate. Oh well.