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Zed
Joined: 20 Jan 2003
Location: Shakedown Street
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 Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2003 9:37 am Post subject: teaching ESL back home |
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| Has anyone found any profitable gigs teaching ESL back in their home country? I'm wondering about Vancouver, Montreal or Toronto. I would think the cost of living there would defeat any benefits but I'm curious to hear if anyone else has found this lucrative. |
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canuckistan
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Location: Training future GS competitors.....
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| Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2003 5:20 pm Post subject: |
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Quebec has a great ESL industry going. Lots of corporate work (70$ an hour) but it's getting very competitive in Montreal and Quebec City. Being able to speak French would be a great asset to negotiate contracts with companies. If you are willing to put in the time (2 yrs) to develop contacts/a network, you can certainly make a go of it. The nether regions of Quebec always need English teachers.
Living in Montreal and Quebec City is cheap and a lot of fun, the downside is the income taxes. |
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Zed
Joined: 20 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2003 7:25 pm Post subject: |
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| canuckistan wrote: |
| The nether regions of Quebec always need English teachers. |
I would assume they would still be looking for someone with a teaching degree. Public schools, do you mean? |
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canuckistan
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| Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2003 11:38 pm Post subject: |
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| Not public education in the nether regions. There are private companies all over Quebec, and no you don't specifically need a teaching degree to teach English in the private sector, but experience is a must if you want to get the good stuff. Otherwise, there's always the usual slew of schools that farm you out for 15$ an hour. Go get your own contracts. |
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Kwangjuchicken
Joined: 01 Sep 2003
Location: I was abducted by aliens on my way to Korea and forced to be an EFL teacher on this crazy planet.
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| Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2003 5:26 pm Post subject: |
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| canuckistan wrote: |
Quebec has a great ESL industry going. Lots of corporate work (70$ an hour) but it's getting very competitive in Montreal and Quebec City. Being able to speak French would be a great asset to negotiate contracts with companies. If you are willing to put in the time (2 yrs) to develop contacts/a network, you can certainly make a go of it. The nether regions of Quebec always need English teachers.
Living in Montreal and Quebec City is cheap and a lot of fun, the downside is the income taxes. |
Let's not forget that whereas Canadians are allowed work in the USA, Americans are not allowed to work in Canada   . Once again, damn visa laws . Looks like I will be stuck in Korea for life  . Can't teach in France because I am American , can't teach in Quebec because I am American , can't basically teach anyplace I would want to because I am American . The biggest slap in the face  was when 3 top Universities in France told me that my qualifications would put me first on the list for a job thay had advertised  ; HOWEVER  , they can't hire Americans . Two universities in Canada told me the same thing . So, now I am into year five in Korea
Interesting place to visit, but I never planned to die here. |
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anae
Joined: 13 May 2003
Location: cowtown
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| Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2003 5:39 pm Post subject: |
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| Let's not forget that whereas Canadians are allowed work in the USA, Americans are not allowed to work in Canada . |
Not entirely true. I had two American profs in the last year. One from New York and one from Spokane. One was on a student/ work visa and the other was a landed immigrant. Immigration is based on a points system that is easily accessed on the web.
As well, I have plenty of Canadian friends who live in the US but are not permitted to work. Most of them are married to Canadians who do have visas because their professions are on the list of those where their are not enough Americans who hold the proper qualifications (e.g pharmacists, geographical computer programmers or something to that effect, and military engineers). The spouses are left to volunteer or be stay-at-home moms or dads year after year after year. |
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Zed
Joined: 20 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2003 7:01 pm Post subject: |
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| I had many American profs in my university days. I don't know what their status was but plenty of Americans and other foreigners. |
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