joe
- 2006-03-25
Thanks mate! I owe you one. Will check
email right now. Many thanks Rheno.
Rheno747
- 2006-03-25
Joe, I'll email you this weekend with a recruiter contact. He's a great guy who'll fix you up. The school may not be great itself, but it'll be good.
Give him a call on Monday and you'll probably be working by next Monday.
joe
- 2006-03-24
Good info Rheno. Many thanks. I will be leaving Laos on
Monday via the Midnight train. When I get there,
can I buy you a Cold one? 
Is there an actual demand for teachers of 5 -10 y.old?
I know it's hard to answer that, I will probably have to
shop around. What is the good approach to find schools
in need of 1st - 4th grade teachers? Is the 'recruiter way'
the right way to do this? Should I look in BKK or in a suburbs?
Or outside of metropolitan BKK?
Many Thanks joe
Rheno747
- 2006-03-24
Joe, I'd advice ya to go to Bangkok, get a fake TESOL, and dive in. You may not like it here in Thailand. If you get a fake first and don't like what you see, you've not spent a ton of mullah on a TESOL. If you DO like it and want to get a real one later, do it up.
A TESOL or CELTA certificate is supposedly required in Thailand, but many people run on fakes. I have two colleagues at my school who teach on fake TESOLs and they are doing just fine. I got a real one and they make me feel like a fool.
If you like kids, have a real degree, and the determination to succeed, you won't have problems. Just make a trip to Kaoh San Road and get the fake TESOL and you'll be set. If later you want to get a real one, you'll find plenty of good programs in Thailand. Be sure to go the cheapest route possible if you do decide you want a real one later.
Good luck.
Teaching small kids in Thailand.
How hard is it? Do they pay enough to survive on?
Do I need TEFL or TESOL? Is there a need for teachers
for 6 to 10 year old students?
I was teaching a private beginner's courses in a mixed class of 14 to 47 years old in Laos.
All in one class. It was a fun and a challenge at the same time. I don't have
any certificate of any kind, and I wonder if I can land a job teaching the little
ones without a TEFL. I don't think I want to teach intermediate and up,
since I don't have the expertise and teenagers would drive me nuts. For sure.
I'd be grateful for any info you might have or willing to share.
The good, the bad and the ugly too.
I'm a Native speaker from US, and I just don't want to go back to the
'Land of No Hope and Home of the Lies'. I also have a computer background
(web design), but so does everybody else these days it seems. I don't know
if that would open some more doors, but I would guess it would.
Many Thanks. Joe