Say it ain't so...(gulp)
Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2011 8:47 am
Well, I have no idea what to think about my international teaching chances now. I don't know...maybe somebody can help shed some light on this.
If you have read some of my previous posts, you would have seen that I am fluent in 4 languages and have been teaching French in Canada for the past 3 years. My 2 Bachelors are in English Litterature (yeah, back then I had no idea I was going to go into teaching languages) and Education, and I have taken a few AQ courses (additional qualification) courses in order to be able to teach French.
I just recently tried registering with Teachanywhere.com and my application got rejected. I had explained to them that I was looking at teaching languages internationally (preferably Europe, because all my family lives there and I have a German passport). Here is what they told me:
[i]Teachanywhere has a very strict criteria applicable to applicants in order to fulfill the requirements of our International schools/clients and not everyone who applies to teach through us is successful. [/i]
[i]Unfortunately our clients require your Education degree, first degree and teaching experience must match. This is related to various ministries across the world issuing visa's and the criteria unfortunately is often very strict.[/i]
[i]In order to teach French - you would need to have a Secondary school teaching qualification and your original degree would also need to be in French (For secondary school teaching all degrees must match in subject area)[/i]
[i]With the teaching experience you have - it is unlikely we would be able to assist you with the schools whom we are partnered with - hence we let you know we would be unable to assist you and suggested alternative routes to achieve an international posting. [/i]
[i]I hope this makes things a little clearer for you. Wishing you all the best for the future.[/i]
Ok...so am I screwed? I would love to teach languages in Europe, but it looks to me like I need to have a Bachelor's in French or another language...I am open to teaching languages in Elementary as well. Can't my AQ courses help me, somehow? Should I take the Langue B Category 1 IB courses to help me?
I'm just at a loss as to what to do. They accepted my application at Search, but am wondering if this was a waste of money now...
What do you guys think? This is not a nice way to start the day, when you get an email like that :(
If you have read some of my previous posts, you would have seen that I am fluent in 4 languages and have been teaching French in Canada for the past 3 years. My 2 Bachelors are in English Litterature (yeah, back then I had no idea I was going to go into teaching languages) and Education, and I have taken a few AQ courses (additional qualification) courses in order to be able to teach French.
I just recently tried registering with Teachanywhere.com and my application got rejected. I had explained to them that I was looking at teaching languages internationally (preferably Europe, because all my family lives there and I have a German passport). Here is what they told me:
[i]Teachanywhere has a very strict criteria applicable to applicants in order to fulfill the requirements of our International schools/clients and not everyone who applies to teach through us is successful. [/i]
[i]Unfortunately our clients require your Education degree, first degree and teaching experience must match. This is related to various ministries across the world issuing visa's and the criteria unfortunately is often very strict.[/i]
[i]In order to teach French - you would need to have a Secondary school teaching qualification and your original degree would also need to be in French (For secondary school teaching all degrees must match in subject area)[/i]
[i]With the teaching experience you have - it is unlikely we would be able to assist you with the schools whom we are partnered with - hence we let you know we would be unable to assist you and suggested alternative routes to achieve an international posting. [/i]
[i]I hope this makes things a little clearer for you. Wishing you all the best for the future.[/i]
Ok...so am I screwed? I would love to teach languages in Europe, but it looks to me like I need to have a Bachelor's in French or another language...I am open to teaching languages in Elementary as well. Can't my AQ courses help me, somehow? Should I take the Langue B Category 1 IB courses to help me?
I'm just at a loss as to what to do. They accepted my application at Search, but am wondering if this was a waste of money now...
What do you guys think? This is not a nice way to start the day, when you get an email like that :(