TESL Canada - anyone receive their Level 1-3 certification?
Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2014 6:51 am
I spent two months gathering all of the requirements for their level 3 permanent certificate, including a WES equivalency (World education service) of my degree which is from Leicester MA applied Linguistics & TESOL (but I am from Canada), proof of 3200 hours of adult classroom teaching, 2 assessment reports from past employers, and it cost about 500 CDN all together, I was also in touch with them via email all along the process to ensure that I had all of the requirements correct.
Just received their response which was that my MA is not recognized by them and that I have to have a PLAR (prior learning assessment) done which will cost another 400 CDN. After which I may be recommended to do additional courses.
I cant even describe how I feel, utterly deflated, defeated, frustrated, and downright angry about this. At no point in the process did they indicate that a PLAR *might* be required. In fact quite the opposite, they gave every indication that I had fulfilled all of the requirements.
Most of the documents requested by PLAR are redundant, exactly the same, so it seems like just another way to generate income for them, because obviously they already know what it is that they want me to do to meet their 'requirements'.
I have already paid my fees to them, so it makes no difference to them if I go ahead with it or not, they even say, 'if you dont intend to do the PLAR please let us know and we will return your documents immediately.' Which is the same as saying, we don't if you do this anyways, we have your money already. It really does come across as a sick joke, and an insult. I have lost all confidence that this organization would add anything at all to my current profile.
Just received their response which was that my MA is not recognized by them and that I have to have a PLAR (prior learning assessment) done which will cost another 400 CDN. After which I may be recommended to do additional courses.
I cant even describe how I feel, utterly deflated, defeated, frustrated, and downright angry about this. At no point in the process did they indicate that a PLAR *might* be required. In fact quite the opposite, they gave every indication that I had fulfilled all of the requirements.
Most of the documents requested by PLAR are redundant, exactly the same, so it seems like just another way to generate income for them, because obviously they already know what it is that they want me to do to meet their 'requirements'.
I have already paid my fees to them, so it makes no difference to them if I go ahead with it or not, they even say, 'if you dont intend to do the PLAR please let us know and we will return your documents immediately.' Which is the same as saying, we don't if you do this anyways, we have your money already. It really does come across as a sick joke, and an insult. I have lost all confidence that this organization would add anything at all to my current profile.