Korean Job Discussion Forums

[smurfetta]

Teaching EFL and teaching in a K-12 classroom are very different. I start out teaching EFL in Korea and then went home to get get my B.Ed. I think having a MA in applied linguistics or TESOL would better prepare someone to teach in an EFL classroom. The OP would be better off teaching in an international school if he wants to teach overseas and be surrounded by only licenced teachers. Just my opinion though...

[Kuros]

[FMPJ]

[naturegirl321]

OP, if you're a licensed teacher, then get a job at an intl school. Problem solved. There are intl school teachers and TEFL teachers. They teach different things.

[Munniko]

I guess I can kind of understand the OPs distress about all of us teaching with out certification, I felt it when I heard my drunken ex-sorority sister who majored in History and German was going to be teaching Special Education...it was a rather panicked moment for me.

I would like to disagree that a teaching certificate might be needed because not all education programs that will license you are really doing a great job. For instance my college which is supposed to be really up there in colleges to go to for a teaching certificate doesn't put you in the classroom till your about 5 semesters into your education course and when I asked my entry level teacher how to write a lesson plan she told me to "Google it." and proceeded to give me a D on that assignment. So...would you want a bunch of people who graduated from schools with this experience flooding the market? The only thing they learned really is how to "buck" the system?

I would hope not, the most useful education course I took after nearly completing a degree in education was the psychology course for young children, because it has actually helped me stop situations and understand where the children are coming from.