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Would an online masters degree in education or efl be enough to get a job in an international school or is QTS the only option? For the top schools I would imagine you need QTS, but for lesser schools?

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No, a masters degree in education means nothing without proper qualifications. If the masters program you took did not lead to qualification, then I'm afraid to say that you got a bum deal.

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No, a masters degree in education means nothing without proper qualifications. If the masters program you took did not lead to qualification, then I'm afraid to say that you got a bum deal.

I haven't taken the Masters yet, it is something I'm looking into. I know an online Masters is seen as a lower qualification, but I am looking at doing a reputable one from Bath university. I just curious as to what benefits, if any, it would have for teaching in Thailand.

Edit. What do you mean by proper qualifications?

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No, a masters degree in education means nothing without proper qualifications. If the masters program you took did not lead to qualification, then I'm afraid to say that you got a bum deal.

I haven't taken the Masters yet, it is something I'm looking into. I know an online Masters is seen as a lower qualification, but I am looking at doing a reputable one from Bath university. I just curious as to what benefits, if any, it would have for teaching in Thailand.

Edit. What do you mean by proper qualifications?

By proper qualifications I mean having the right documents to teach in your home country. I would assume that if you did it through the Uni. of Bath then that should lead to a proper PGCE (not a PGCEi). For Americans it is state by state.

The good schools don't care about masters degrees (although it might bump you up a bit on the salary scale) all they care about is if you are qualified to teach where you are from. Also, without that qualification, I don't think you can get a work permit either for an int. school.

Make sure that the program you enter leads to PROPER qualification; this is paramount.

Good luck!

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