Could anyone help me out with a bit of clarification around CELTA and work permits?? I am a TEFL teacher with no degree, and i want to work legally in thailand.

1, would a TEFL and CELTA qualify me for a work permit?

2, Does anyone know what the standard of the 4 week CELTA run at International House in BKK is? I have attached a link, it looks credable, but am unsure and would appreciate any advice you can give me.

http://www.ihbangkok.com/page/39-internati...k_celta_th.html

If the link doesnt work this company pops up on a google search!

Thanks

Celta is well respected..

But, you won't want to read or listen to this.

return home do a degree 3 years. then PGCE (from UK) 1 year you are then a qualified teacher...come back here 80k per month easy....for abut 15 contact hours per week...no evening/weekends etc...running around to make your money up...

upto you...i know what i would do...

Tefl is cheaper than Celta and to be honest without a degree i don't think having a Celta will be of any more help in gaining employment.

if you want to teach here just do a Tefl...if you want this is a career do a degree / celta...

IMHO

Thanks for the advice,but i already have a TEFL and a teaching young persons TEFL. Also i am already living in BKK and with an agency. If i had done this 10 years ago i would have got a degree, but that type of longterm commitment is too much at this stage for me, plus i couldnt afford it anyway!!! Would a CELTA apply in relation to a WP, or is it strictly BA degree only??

Thanks again for advice

Thanks for the advice,but i already have a TEFL and a teaching young persons TEFL. Also i am already living in BKK and with an agency. If i had done this 10 years ago i would have got a degree, but that type of longterm commitment is too much at this stage for me, plus i couldnt afford it anyway!!! Would a CELTA apply in relation to a WP, or is it strictly BA degree only??

Thanks again for advice

As far as I remember it a degree is a must if you want a WP to do it by the letter of the law

10-15 years ago, TEFL teaching in Thailand was as easy as turing up in a sharp suit and a flash of your pearly whites. TEFL certifications however, slowly became more popular. Schools started to demand these as regulations became more stringent which has now encompassed a degree to show further compitance in a related subject; fair enough really!

If you care to project 5-10 years into the future you will find that having a degree is a mandatory requirement and those without this will find it almost impossible to plan their future teaching English in Thailand without one.

One poster mentioned you return to your studies - this is the advice you need to be taking - otherwise you, like so many others, will find jobs harder to acquire.

Put the effort in now and reap the benefits later if I were you.

Thanks for the advice,but i already have a TEFL and a teaching young persons TEFL. Also i am already living in BKK and with an agency. If i had done this 10 years ago i would have got a degree, but that type of longterm commitment is too much at this stage for me, plus i couldnt afford it anyway!!! Would a CELTA apply in relation to a WP, or is it strictly BA degree only??

Thanks again for advice

As far as I remember it a degree is a must if you want a WP to do it by the letter of the law

I have not checked lately, but - from what I was told - a few years ago a TEFL became acceptable - even with no degree.

However, it is possible with the arrests of some very strange teachers that they have gone back to only giving work permits to applicants with a degree.

demanding a degree.

Thanks to everyone for the advice- the reason i am reluctant to return to the UK is i have no job, house or anything else left there, a degree would take 3 years and at 36 i honestly feel its a bit to late (should've done it years ago). However if i can get work i would study for a degree whilst working probably online. Anyway everything you have said has been taken on board.

Again thanks