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BBrian · Tue 18-Sep-07, 10:54 AM

Oh, you have three things going against you in your job search:

Age
No teaching experience
No university degree

There's a healthy supply of English teachers with better qualifications I'm sorry to say. This is the reality. Unless you head out to a rural school or college where fewer teachers are willing to go.

TESL really doesn't hold that much weighting either. Better to do a Cambridge course which I think is 8 weeks intensive.

Volunteering is also a difficult thing. Schools have budgets to afford teachers. The better quality teacher's a school uses, the better a reputation they get. So even offering to be a volunteer teacher would be difficult to get.

Sorry for the grim news.

Tue 18-Sep-07, 10:54 AM	#2 (permalink)
BBrian Wannabe Guru Join Date: Oct 2006 Occupation: Sales Location: Posts: 45	Re: Employment in U.S. without a degree? Oh, you have three things going against you in your job search: Age No teaching experience No university degree There's a healthy supply of English teachers with better qualifications I'm sorry to say. This is the reality. Unless you head out to a rural school or college where fewer teachers are willing to go. TESL really doesn't hold that much weighting either. Better to do a Cambridge course which I think is 8 weeks intensive. Volunteering is also a difficult thing. Schools have budgets to afford teachers. The better quality teacher's a school uses, the better a reputation they get. So even offering to be a volunteer teacher would be difficult to get. Sorry for the grim news.