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[rowdie3]

Check out The College of New Jersey's Global Programs. You can get your teaching certificate in two summers and a master's in three with a few online courses in the year. Program is offered in Spain, Thailand, and South Africa. I did my teaching certifcate for high school English. Both summers in Spain. Working to finish the master's now.

[NatalieIlsan]

To the OP: I was in a similar situation. I taught for a hagwon and then for GEPIK. I decided to go back to the US and finish my MA + K-12 teaching certification in TESOL. My plan was to try and teach at an international school in South Korea somewhere. I finished my MA, taught for 2 years at a public school in the US and then went to an international school recruiting fair.

I was not successful in finding employment at an international school in South Korea. (I am now teaching abroad at an international school somewhere else). The Korean international schools at the fair seemed uninterested in the fact that I really wanted to go back to Korea. The MA + Cert. + experience didn�t seem to matter.

I think they were wary of hiring someone who wanted to get back to Korea for friends or culture or whatever, I got the feeling that they wanted to hire someone who fit the school (not necessarily the country).

I am going to try again in a few years to go to another recruiting fair and maybe I�ll be more successful. I�m not sure if anyone has had a different experience, but I�d love advice if you do!

[TellyRules986]

[thebektionary]

I think it takes 2 years, possibly a little less since the credits from teacher ready transfer over. I think probably a year and a half but you can check their website.

[PatrickGHBusan]

[Argofoto]

I have a B.S. in Marine Business with Minor in Humanities. I want to go to Thailand next year for TEFL and a Master's there on the weekends that is SUNY accredited, however teacher certification in NY is ridiculously long to complete...

I just found TeacherReady, so wondering if I can go learn through them and then finish with UWF, even though my background is not at all education-related, other than a bunch of humanities courses...

I will of course ask TR, but wondering if anyone got in without an education/english/tefl related degree... It really just looks too easy to believe compared to the other options some states have.

My goal is to get the Master's, and teacher certification, so I can eventually teach at international schools. I would like however to take this training while I work at my current job which is not education oriented, because it is very stable and pays decently, plus it is located in a very low-stress environment (in the woods pretty much)....

I DO in my spare time do a small amount of tutoring and working with small groups of people for teaching English, but I don't think that would count much besides good pictures for future job applications.

I know most people doing distance MAs do it while teaching classes, but I don't think that is a requirement. I just want to get my foot in the door, but not by flying to Korea for a year at a Hagwon.....

[swashbuckler]

I'm planning on enrolling in Teacher Ready next year in order to get a state credential in middle/high school social studies and, hopefully, in a couple of critical need areas. I'm looking at K-12 TESL, K-12 Reading, and Special Ed. I already have a BA in Asian Studies and an MA in International Education with some coursework in TESOL. I had a look at some of the questions from the various subject tests on the Florida DOE website and while they seemed slightly difficult, they certainly were not impossible (esp considering that it says you only need to get 70% of the answers correct to pass). The hardest subject test for me would probably be Speical Ed, as I only have limited experience back in the states working with the disabled population. I'm not picky at all about only working at international schools - I am also open to DOD schools and schools back home. I currently work at a university in Korea and while its a decent job (mostly due to the vacation), I also don't want to live here forever nor raise my children here. Therefore,I am looking to expand my options my bit. want Can someone who is currently in the program, or anyone else, give me advice on how feasible my plan is?

[swashbuckler]

hmmm....after reading through a few other threads, the consensus seems to be that social studies teachers are a dime a dozen and its virtually impossible to get a job teaching in that field at the moment, at home and abroad..would it be better to focus solely only on TESOL/Special Ed instead then?