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Wed 29-Mar-06, 11:03 PM
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| Junior Member  Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: 
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 | Adult teaching positions Just wondering how difficult it is to obtain and adult teaching position. There seems to be a lot of positions for teaching younger children even kindergarden. Are their positions at Universities, if so how difficult are they to get? Is there any differences in pay structure between teaching children as opposed to adults. |
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Thu 30-Mar-06, 01:59 PM
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| Wannabe Guru   Join Date: Oct 2005 Occupation: Teacher Location: 
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| Adult students Jobs teaching adults are no more difficult to find than jobs teaching children. The difficulty lies in the type of school and benefits offered. Obviously, the higher the salary, the more a school expects of a teacher. To get a job teaching in a university will require extra qualifications. If you take a look at the university jobs on offer, you will notice that they require so much more from the teacher. That is:
Once again, the pay depends on the type of school you are teaching at, not the age of the students. |
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Fri 31-Mar-06, 12:41 AM
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| ESL Addict   Join Date: Aug 2005 Nationality: American Occupation: General Manager www.MilestoneGC.com Location: 
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| Quals the big thing I'd basically agree with Billy on just about everything in his post (I assume he's writing on behalf of Japanese institutions) when it comes to China as well. No University or other job teaching adults in China will look at you without a Bachelor's Degree - minimum. Anyone who does probably isn't offering much or plans to stiff you in some way later. TEFL Certification, and two years teaching experience as other qualifications is very routine for Unis and other jobs teaching adults. However, I haven't seen the insistence on a Master's Degree in China as very prevalent, but that doesn't mean it isn' coming. Certainly anyone with one would be prefered over someone who does not.
__________________ Hypiereon's Maxim: "The best teacher cannot help a student who absolutely refuses to learn; the worst teacher cannot refuse the one who will not be denied."  |
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Fri 31-Mar-06, 07:45 AM
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| Senior Guru   Join Date: Jun 2005 Nationality: Australian Occupation: English Teacher Location:
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| Adult teaching From an employers perspective, they see you holding a BA (but not in education), and a few years experience (but again not in education). Hence, wont put you in a prominant position. You will need to get some qualifications as a teacher / TEFL etc. to get some sort of prominant position. |
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Fri 31-Mar-06, 09:37 PM
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| ESL Addict Join Date: Aug 2005 Nationality: American Occupation: General Manager www.MilestoneGC.com Location:
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| Dead On Once again I'll hjave to second someone. Margy has it dead on especially for China. What's really going to make you "Prominant" is getting a TEFL Certificate. It's comparatively low cost, easy to do if you remember your English classes through 6th grade, convenient because you can do the whole thing online as long as you have a proper mailing address for them to send stuff to you, and there's some helpful information in TEFL Certification classes as well. My advice, get the TEFL Certification and start sending out resumes - shouldn't take you long to find a decent job anywhere in the world they're hiring.
__________________ Hypiereon's Maxim: "The best teacher cannot help a student who absolutely refuses to learn; the worst teacher cannot refuse the one who will not be denied." |
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