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Mr_Bacon · Joined: 25 Jun 2009

Hi,

I was looking at the pay/promotion structures for EPIK and SMOE last night. They both list things like:

"In addition to one of the requirements for Level G, ONE (1) full year of English teaching experience at accredited institutions."
or
"Meet the Level G qualification with at least TWO (2) full years of English teaching experience at accredited institutions."
or
"Bachelor�s degree in anything + 1 year full time teaching experience"

I'd like some clarification.
In those first 2 examples, what exactly is "English teaching experience"? Does that mean being an English teacher, or being any kind of teacher in an English-speaking school?

Second, what kinds of jobs can be counted as "teaching experience"? Is it specifically limited to primary or secondary teaching? Or, can it include things like pre-school teaching, being a university Teaching Assistant that runs the smaller group sessions, being the instructor of a post-secondary course, etc.?

Thanks a lot for your help.

ChilgokBlackHole · Joined: 21 Nov 2009

If you have to ask...

moosehead · Joined: 05 May 2007

it needs to be verifiable -

PatrickGHBusan · Posted: Sun Jun 20, 2010 4:00 am Post subject:

Mr Bacon, I will assume your hope of including other work experience as teaching experience in order to bump your potential pay led you to post this thread... Laughing

Simply put: teaching experience is...well TEACHING experience. This means actual teaching experience that can be proven through references.

Being a TA would typically not count. Working at a pre-school (daycare) would also typically not count.

Teaching history in a High School would count however but possibly not as effectively as actual experience teaching English.

Good luck.