FAO: agent wood

you know there's a teacher shortage in the UK and you'd easily get a work permit to be there, right? wouldn't you go back if you could?

Quick question: do you actually have to have a degree from college to teach in the UK?

Because if you don't, I'm on the first plane over to learn some young'uns good English skills! (and get out of this dump called the USA...yeah, I said it!)

A grad dip in education or something like it would be helpful.

I said it b4, there are countries other that the UK out there.

Yes, but are there any countries out there where she CAN ACTively pursue her career?

Besides which, I find this thread quite disturbing.

bLuE oRdEr wrote: Yes, but are there any countries out there where she CAN ACTively pursue her career?

The answer to this is a big yes.

yes, they do have a teacher shortage but i only have a temporary certificate at the moment and won't get my professional certification until june 30, 2006. wow, that's just around the corner! i'll then be certified in history and political science with an endorsement in gifted education.

believe me, i want to leave the US badly and i've looked at schools in the UK, but once i complete my education courses i will have a better chance.

very subtle, blue. very subtle.

we expect many pictures of your trip, symphonie! are you coming down to orlando for hooky's DJ show on oct. 8?

One of the guys who taught me music at college, STILL hasn't done his certificate to teach....keeps dodgin out of it cos he's a jazzman and can't be arsed with the stress.

It seems if you come into teaching from an industry, your experience counts for a lot. Hell even I've taken a few classes on synths and sampler theory and the like.

unfortunately there aren't too many openings for people with specialties in terrorism and middle eastern politics. i can teach general international relations, world history, asian history, european history or world religions as well, so if there's anything in one of those fields i would jump at the chance. american history and latin american history are my weakest spots, although i suppose i could teach american government. economics is a big no no!

AgentWood wrote: economics is a big no no!

Buy low, sell high.

Somehow, I always manage to get that one backwards, though.

AgentWood wrote: yes, they do have a teacher shortage but i only have a temporary certificate at the moment and won't get my professional certification until june 30, 2006. wow, that's just around the corner! i'll then be certified in history and political science with an endorsement in gifted education.

believe me, i want to leave the US badly and i've looked at schools in the UK, but once i complete my education courses i will have a better chance.

very subtle, blue. very subtle.

we expect many pictures of your trip, symphonie! are you coming down to orlando for hooky's DJ show on oct. 8?

well it should be a breeze for you to get a permit once you've got the certification. a friend of my mom's is a social worker and he had a permit within three months, now living happily in london.

i'll have lots of pictures soon. unfortunately i went the route of 35mm film instead of digital (ach, don't ask - i think i worried about where i would upload images)

probably not for the dj gig, my dad's due back in jax that weekend - he's been in colorado since january.

I'm thinking about going this route myself. I don't have any teaching qualifications at the moment, but I could come back to the UK next year and get a Postgraduate Diploma in Education. With my English MA I should be qualified to take the course (hopefully).

Teachers are like gold dust here. Plus Scotland has started a new scheme where if you get a degree from a Scottish university, you're allowed to work in Scotland for two years after you graduate without needing a work permit. I wouldn't mind spending the next few years in Edinburgh! Need to find out more about this.

What you have to do to become a qualified teacher in the states, how long does it normally take?

sweetness wrote: I'm thinking about going this route myself. I don't have any teaching qualifications at the moment, but I could come back to the UK next year and get a Postgraduate Diploma in Education. With my English MA I should be qualified to take the course (hopefully).

Teachers are like gold dust here. Plus Scotland has started a new scheme where if you get a degree from a Scottish university, you're allowed to work in Scotland for two years after you graduate without needing a work permit. I wouldn't mind spending the next few years in Edinburgh! Need to find out more about this.

What you have to do to become a qualified teacher in the states, how long does it normally take?

i have a postgrad degree from a scottish university. i doubt that counts, though. plus, it was several years ago. :(

as far as teaching in the states, it depends entirely on the state. for example, florida is growing so quickly we have a major teacher shortage. wyoming, on the other hand, is not. but if you're not a citizen or resident, good luck. getting a green card is next to impossible.

really? is it that hard? i was chatting with this nice russian lady in a cafe recently and she said there are somewhere around 70,000 russian legally migrated in jacksonville; there's even a website rusjax.com -

symphonie wrote: really? is it that hard? i was chatting with this nice russian lady in a cafe recently and she said there are somewhere around 70,000 russian legally migrated in jacksonville; there's even a website rusjax.com -

one has to go throught a lottery to get a green card and getting one depends on what country one is from. each country gets a quota, so to speak. russians ar not eligible for the program, so i'm not sure how they obtain green cards; education and experience, perhaps? or an agreement with the state department? unfortunately, there is also the exploitation of russian women through the mail-order bride 'service,' as well.

another way to get a green card is to sponsor a person or a family. a good friend of mine is originally from ahmedabad in india and married a man from there. in five years they will sponsor the family to come over under the green card system, once she and her husband are settled.

to give you an idea of how difficult it is to get a green card: in 1995 there were 6 million applicants, of which 100,000 were chosen by lottery to continue the temporary immigration process.

Actually, as I understand it, Sweetness is from the U.S., but is in the U.K. currently, and required to return to the U.S., and was therefore interested to know that the U.K. needs teachers.

Interesting discussion though.

Mail order brides, you say?

bLuE oRdEr wrote: Actually, as I understand it, Sweetness is from the U.S., but is in the U.K. currently, and required to return to the U.S., and was therefore interested to know that the U.K. needs teachers.

Interesting discussion though.

Mail order brides, you say?

ah, right. well, the best way to go about applying for the postgraduate education certificate in the UK is to go to the GTTR site. they have all the information there and they always accept overseas students.

p.s. mail order brides. are you going where i think you're going with this one, naughty boy?

Yep, I'm an American. Though my location and habit of using English spelling tends to give the wrong impression!

I've been here for three years studying. I want to stay! England is fantastic and the US really doesn't look very good right now. The current UK rules allow foreign nationals who graduate from university here to apply for a work permit, but I didn't act fast enough. So I'm Michigan bound

I'm going to think about doing a teaching course in the UK. Thanks for the info, Agentwood! I should have done that in the first place, being a qualified teacher can take you just about anywhere, I'd imagine.

I was surprised at how hard it is to get a green card. An English friend of mine looked into it before, and the best he could hope for was a temporary visa.

I love 1987 wrote: So wait...can a certified teacher from the States find employment in the UK???

hmmmm...

the answer is YES. go to the times educational supplement website: tes.co.uk. it will direct you to the correct site, where you can find out how to apply for a position in the UK.