Which If Any Of These Documents Important, Critical Or Unwanted For Teaching?

[bangkokburning]

Public school Bangkok 7-12

Private language school Bangkok

Resume of general work experience with separate box highlighting brief ESL teaching jobs 94,97

University diploma (copy hopefully OK)

Univ transcripts (copies or original)

Emergency teaching lics. from California (5+ years), now long expired.

Marriage certificate (Thai) or NonO copy

Copy of 16 hour ESL course taken nearly 20 years ago (I scanned it, original is LONG gone).

Police OK from local authorities in US (state)

Letter/email from persons I had taught with and still remain in contact (2)

Is a teaching certificate MANDATORY for employment?

Is that stupid cultural course mandatory for (married people!) employment?

Thanks

Edited July 11, 2012 by bangkokburning

[aidenai]

Is a teaching certificate MANDATORY for employment?

Is that stupid cultural course mandatory for (married people!) employment?

Non-formal education and higher education: University degree.

K12: Degree in education or any university degree + professional knowledge tests + culture course.

[bangkokburning]

Thanks, out of curiosity could anyone elaborate - specifics, costs and issues

professional knowledge tests

culture course.

[aidenai]

Thanks, out of curiosity could anyone elaborate - specifics, costs and issues

professional knowledge tests

culture course.

4 Sections, 1,000 THB per Section. Test 10 will take place in September 2012. I estimate 800 4-Sections-test takers since the first test in 2007. Until now, not more than 10 test takers passed all 4 sections and were granted the TCT Teacher License.

http://www.ksp.or.th...wledge Test.pdf

Currently, the Culture Course is provided by one organisation only. 5,000 THB.

http://www.ksp.or.th/Khurusapha/en/: Foreign Teacher > List of Institutes.

[bangkokburning]

Thanks.

So if no one is passing the test, how is it that public schools are getting teachers?

I know that all sorts of "volunteer" programs place teachers upcountry as well as TEFl mills that give students first year jobs 50hrs/B25K.

I wonder which govt offical own the comapny that has the monopoly on the culture course - oh, such a cynic.

Edited July 12, 2012 by bangkokburning

[aidenai]

Thanks.

You're welcome.

So if no one is passing the test, how is it that public schools are getting teachers?

Life cycle of the foreign teaching profession in Thailand.

Two years and move on or after two years, do the tests or the culture course and get another provisional teaching permit for two years and then move one.

[sirchai]

Thanks, out of curiosity could anyone elaborate - specifics, costs and issues

professional knowledge tests

culture course.

4 Sections, 1,000 THB per Section. Test 10 will take place in September 2012. I estimate 800 4-Sections-test takers since the first test in 2007. Until now, not more than 10 test takers passed all 4 sections and were granted the TCT Teacher License.

http://www.ksp.or.th...wledge Test.pdf

Currently, the Culture Course is provided by one organisation only. 5,000 THB.

http://www.ksp.or.th/Khurusapha/en/: Foreign Teacher > List of Institutes.

I prefer to drink one more Archa now...hicks......

[bangkokburning]

Thanks.