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Which College?: New and Overwhelmed.
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SaebScholar Wrote:JET (teaching English in Japan)

Although you are just starting out on the way to teaching abroad, it might be a good idea to consider beyond programs like JET and what you are going to do after. With a degree and no teaching license you will be able to teach English in many places, but it will be in language schools/ESL setting. While this is fun to travel around and get experience, and a career can be made of it, the jobs often pay quite low and it will take dedication and a masters later to move up in a very crowded field.
There are better opportunities for rewarding careers in international schools but they require teaching licenses and often degrees in subjects, if you want to teach science or math etc. There are also many 2nd and 3rd tier schools around the world that don't have as strict recruiting policies as the big international schools but will still require experience and some education related courses/professional development.
Just something to think about as you start to build courses for your bachelors, including some education related courses and some extra English courses will look good on your transcript and will open up other options in the future if you decide to move away from ESL work.
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Which College?: New and Overwhelmed. - by socsci - 01-08-2017, 08:00 PM
Which College?: New and Overwhelmed. - by KayV - 01-08-2017, 09:10 PM
Which College?: New and Overwhelmed. - by jsd - 01-09-2017, 02:32 PM
Which College?: New and Overwhelmed. - by jsd - 01-09-2017, 03:07 PM
Which College?: New and Overwhelmed. - by jsd - 01-09-2017, 03:21 PM
Which College?: New and Overwhelmed. - by jsd - 01-09-2017, 03:35 PM
Which College?: New and Overwhelmed. - by jsd - 01-09-2017, 03:50 PM
Which College?: New and Overwhelmed. - by KayV - 01-09-2017, 03:51 PM
Which College?: New and Overwhelmed. - by azt579 - 01-09-2017, 09:03 PM

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