Join this group on Facebook and ask for a job: https://www.facebook.com/groups/182151908548864/. I see late season openings come up here from time to time

I agree with others that this offer isn't great but can be used as a stepping stone. I worry about what exactly you're teaching, though. If it's a BS curriculum and you're making as much as an ESL teacher, well guess what you might just be an ESL teacher. And that isn't a great use of two years.

I wonder how long you've been looking overseas? I have to think you could find a better offer in China. I don't like how this one is relatively low paying, works you like a dog, and probably isn't great experience to boot.

Try as you might obfuscating the issue won't address the point I made. You're right I'm not a noob, I've seen this song and dance enough to know to when to bow out.

Making up vocabulary doesn't make you right, in the United States a certificate is commonly what is issued to allow one to teach for public schools and is what is referred to when talking about a 'certified teacher.' As you were responding to me it is relevant what I was actually saying, that is, what you were responding to.

To return to the main point, there is no checkbox similar to 'have you ever been convicted of a crime,' that says 'have you ever taken an online master's degree' which would disqualify a certified teacher from working in a country that didn't otherwise require a master's degree.

That's all I have to say about this, anyone confused by your replies may check the relevant information themselves and make a decision about which program is right for them.

We're talking about certified teachers. Certification comes from the governing body for education, not the online master's program. And again this is a different issue than saying an online master's degree itself will disqualify you. A country may require a master's degree, and that must be from a brick and mortar institution, but that isn't what I was clarifying.

It can't disqualify you. If it could the school would simply not submit the master's diploma to the government. A master's degree might not count but it doesn't make you a leper to have one.

That's not quite correct. Those countries will not recognize an online master's degree. Having an online master's degree will not itself disqualify you from working in those countries. Quite a big difference between those two things. Also those countries are in the minority, I don't see anything suggesting it will be a growing trend. If you are a certified teacher you should still have a job market and since you aren't leaning on your online master's to get a visa in the vast majority of cases, it shouldn't matter (most countries would want to see your bachelor's degree and maybe your teaching certification).

I mean if we make a list it's something like some middle east countries and Taiwan. And then out of those countries, which ones find a certification alone acceptable. What you're left with is the cost of an online masters - not working in Oman? Or something. Just a guess on that.

Do they speak Chinese?

That's for non-U.S. citizen. For Americans you do not need to be a resident of Florida or have a job at a school

marieh nothing has changed TeacherReady has cohorts.

Rather than try to debate this topic I'll just state the facts as someone who has actually done the program vs. just read about it on a website. Anyone interested can ask me more questions and I'll address them directly. I just want to correct the misinformation so often found here.

TeacherReady has 150 hours of student teaching with an additional 35 hours which are formally assessed. Much of the field work during the 150 hours is required to be instructional time, but in reality most of it will be instructional time as your mentor teacher knows this is student teaching and is going to have you teaching the class. That goes for the hours as well, most people go beyond 150 hours that's really the bare minimum, you can do however much you'd like with your mentor. There is no practical difference between what is being described by some as "ACTUAL teaching" vs. something else, the only difference during those last 5 days is that the mentor is filling out an evaluation form (which is really based on the entirety of your placement).

Anyone can try to minimize it and say it's only 19 days at 8 hours. good luck teaching 19 days in a row. Might as well say its only 6 days because 6 x 24 ~150 hours.

TeacherReady does not require only 5 days of teaching. There is a final 5 day teaching practicum. However the course requires 150 hours of student teaching in addition to those required 5 days. The student teaching may be conducted in your own classroom if you already work in a K12 school and have a qualified mentor.

In terms of comparison it is apples and oranges. You should be comparing iPGCE and Florida Professional Certification, which in my opinion the latter is more valuable as many schools are most concerned with ticking a box. Florida Professional Certification also gets you a QTS, which is we're talking about it like exchange rates proves that TeacherReady is better.

Sorry I could have been more clear - I'm living in a foreign country at the moment, and wondering if I should pick one up before I go (I've been here nearly 3 years). It sounds like it's not worth the hassle. The next country I'm going to doesn't require it so by the time anyone wants to see it, it will be some years old.

How common is it to have to produce a background check of countries you've lived in, and how likely is it to be worthless if obtained before you actually left the country? Or if it is more than a year old?

I'm debating whether or not to go through the bureaucratic process of getting it done before I move, in the off chance I need it in the future. To get it from overseas in the future will require some money and granting someone power of attorney, it seems, so very difficult. At the same time I see requirements like Canada where the check cannot be more than three months old, so it would be useless to have one done now.

@Thames Pirate to your point, I met the bare minimum requirements to sign up for Search in a very competitive subject. I sent out 100 applications and got 3-4 requests to interview, to give you an idea. I got an invite to BKK. In late December. I don't think it's as prestigious to get into as some of other members suggest or as maybe it used to be. I decided not to attend for exactly the reason to said, which is I was not competitive with those schools attending.

I'm just squaring this to what I've seen on this board saying you need to get an invite early, you need to hope you get invited, etc. . it didn't seem to me to be very difficult.

@Nutella I saw an international school in Uruguay (if I got the name right) had a social studies open on TIE online recently

FYI if you found it via Search your verbal agreement is binding, you pretty much have to go

Thanks all that's about what I expected, just felt weird to not hear anything. But they don't have enough foreign teachers to warrant a welcome packet etc. I asked an unrelated question to a fellow teacher there so once I hear back I'll assume everything is fine. Also feels weird to quit my job based on a PDF file, but there it is.