Korean Job Discussion Forums

[puravida]

I am consider doing a Bachelor of Education in Australia in a few years to become a teacher. I am Canadian but from i have heard, the teacher's jobs in Canada are less and hard to get thesedays.

With the B. Ed in Australia, hoping to get a teacher's job in Australia and live there. So, wondering if any expats have done this and any insights about living, working, etc. in Australia would be good.

[crossmr]

This is for discussion of jobs in Korea. I don't know that you'd find many expats who first came to work in Korea then tried to move on to Australia (other than australians and it wouldn't be the same experience)

[probablylauren]

If you have some specific questions about Australia, or a Bachelors of Education I could possible help you.

But with such a general request for information I wouldn't know where to start. I also can't help with comparison to Canada

(I'm Australian and have completed a Bachelor of Education (Secondary) and a Bachelor of IT at Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane)

[salgichawa]

[oldtactics]

I know three people, all Canadian, who have gone to Aus or NZ for their teaching certificates. It's way more expensive than teacher's college back home, but if you can afford it, it's a great experience. They all applied through http://www.canteach.net

[omar]

I am a Canadian and this is exactly my plan too
I want to save up some money in Korea, then go to Australia to get the teaching certificate. Canada seems to be just cutting funding to schools so it doesn't look to good.
As for the money I don't think its that much more expensive, from what I hear it cost about $13k to go through a university in BC and about $20k (less due to the exchange rate) to get it in Australia.
The only question that I still have is if the benefits of being a teacher in Australia are similar to those in Canada.

[Mr. Pink]

[Big Mac]

I am in Australia right now doing what you want to do.

I spent almost five years in Korea and am now doing the one year Post Grad Diploma in Education at the University of the Sunshine Coast in Queensland.

Once you are certified to teach in Queensland it is very easy to get your license in Ontario. All you have to do is apply. I think it is the same for most other Canadian provinces, with the exception of B.C.

I'm not stuck on going back to Canada and may stay here when I am finished.

The tuition here is $16,000 plus you have to factor in living expenses and visa/flight costs. I wouldn't come here unless you save or have access to between 30-35,000 dollars Australian. I saved more than enough in Korea over a few years.

I also used Canteach, the link for which is listed above. Mike Johnson, the director of Canteach, has a deal with most universities in Australia and New Zealand to recruit Canadians to come here. There are over 100 Canadians studying in the Education program here at USC right now. So lots of people do it. I see more Canadians in my classes than Australians!

[omar]

[crazy_arcade]

I'm doing my with UBC right now. Two more weeks and practicum is done!
I've been getting headhunted heavily by both Australia and the UK to teach. Word on the street is that teachers who graduate from Canadian programs (especially BC) are preferred due to reputation and work ethic.


Everyone I know, that has done it in Australia, has actually done an Ontario license there.

[Big Mac]

Omar, good to know. My understanding from the grape vine was that you need to do another course or two in order to get your license in B.C.

Everyone who I know here at USC is from Ontario.

Crazy Arcade, I think it is impossible to get an Ontario license here in Australia. In Queensland, you get your Queensland College of Teachers registration here first and then you take that to Ontario (or whatever province you want) and use it to apply for your license there.

The program here focuses on the curriculum guidelines of the Queensland Studies Authority, but from what I've been told the curriculum in Ontario and most other jurisdictions in Commonwealth countries are very similar and are easily transferable.

[pavement burns]

Hi there,

From my time at UOW I remember a group of about 75 Canadians taking the GDE and as far as I could tell costs are slightly lower than in Canada however that was six years ago.

"The GDE is equivalent to the one year BEd program offered by Canadian universities and is recognized in Ontario for the issue of Letter of Eligibility which allows the holder to seek employment as a teacher in Ontario, similar recognition is available in all other Canadian provinces."

Contact : Dr Sharon Tindall-Ford (Director: GDE)
http://edserver1.uow.edu.au/DiveInEduc/contents/student/intro/gde.html
http://www.teach.ca/tt_universities/wollongong.php

[crazy_arcade]

http://www.canteach.net/home.htm

This is the one.

I'm surprised that there are 8 month programs around in Ontario.

The majority of the learning happens in practicum and that is 15 weeks of the 12 months with UBC.

To the person that mentioned having to pick up courses. If you have a teachable major and want secondary then you also have to have a specific number of Canadian content credits.

For the elementary program, any major is acceptable as long as you have you Canadian content credits along with a math credit.

So yeah it could be more than 12 months for those who haven't planned ahead.