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[Seabass]

After my contract finishes at my hogwon job, I'm considering doing my CELTA. Basically I'm just wondering what kinds of jobs and pay I can expect if I have the CELTA with one year teaching experience. I would like to avoid working in a hogwon again for my next job.

Also, I'd like to hear more people's experiences teaching adults. I work with children now and I'm just tired of dealing with behavior issues on a daily basis. I feel like a babysitter more than a teacher. What are the main challenges teaching adults?

Thanks

[simone]

Even if you only plan to teach another year, I��d recommend a CELTA. Unless you��re the one exceptional case where you get a lousy teacher, poor experience, etc. (which I��ve never heard happening) it��ll be very worth it.

I did one, my husband did one two years later, I��d say 75% of my friends have done them, even after they already had MA��s in TESOL. It teaches you skills for communication that are useful outside the classroom. In biz school I applied the principles I learned to my in-class presentations.

Basically, if you plan to work with people in the future, particularly people with whom you do not share the same first language, it��s a good thing.

Now, did it help me get a better job? No. I already had a better job, (at a uni) but wasn��t making the most of it, with giant class sizes.

Did it get me a raise? No. The school was a bit impressed that I cared enough to get certified, but in the end it made no difference with them.

Did it help with my sanity? Absolutely. After one year of teaching I��d had a pile of lessons that were pure gold, some that were so-so, and some which always flopped. It seemed random to me.. I just didn��t get why some worked and others didn��t.

After my CELTA, I could take the gold I had, break it down, and make more gold. I knew I could always be an effective teacher. I never again lay away at night the night before wondering what I'd be teaching at 7am the next morning.

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