Korean Job Discussion Forums

[leewchris]

I don't know how difficult the TESOL Program is in the states.
But is it worth it?

I have a B.A. in Korea and I'm planning to get a Masters in the states.
For teaching or any jobs out there, I'm thinking about working in the states later on, but would there be a lot of options with this degree in America?

Can I go to public schools in, lets say, Nevada or California and teach? or maybe in academies there? How are the competitions in America as opposed to Korea in the education sector? And yes, I'm Asian.

[greyhound]

I think you need to get your teacher's licence to teach in America. I am from the UK and I just know American schools advertise on teachers-teachers.com
If you get a master's, does that allow you to teach then in the states? Or do you need an education certificate too? You can ask the school boards of education what they need.

[PRagic]

Go into Google and run a search for 'eslcafe MA TESOL'.

Pretty sure this has been asked and answered, but the MA TESOL is not a difficult degree.

One thing that could ve found over the years is that the only regret most people have about doing their MA is that they didn't do it sooner. A lot of people spend so much time weighing their options, complaining about having to get on to qualify for some jobs, or fretting about the degree that they could have finished one already in those years that slipped by since they started thinking about entering a program to begin with.

Most US states require certification to teach, and some states require that teachers complete the MA within X number of years after certification i.e. employment begins. You're more apt to find teaching jobs associated with your BEd. If I recall, though, your Bachelor's degree has nothing to do with English or education.

[ttompatz]

[Francis-Pax]

[PRagic]

Go into the Chronicle of Higher Education's jobs portal and search for jobs teaching English as a second language. There are several teaching slots open at N. American universities, and some in other countries. Some non-university jobs as well. Depending on where you'd be teaching in the US, there may be a huge demand for ESL teachers at the primary and secondary levels, too, but those jobs won't be advertised on The Chronicle's site.

There are also tenure track jobs for which normally the PhD is required (the MA, as TTompatz inferred, will put you on that road). Then there are a few program management positions, and for most of those, the MA would suffice given a few years of requisite experience.