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Q: Can I teach English without a degree?
I am from Australia and I am 56 years old. I do not have a degree or a TESOL qualification. I have a certificate 4 in adult training and assessment and have worked as a trainer for many years in a large government transport organisation. I would be intersted in part time English teaching and am wondering if my work experiece would be treated as a degree equivalent.
12 years 36 weeks ago in Teaching & Learning - China
yes say you have one but you you lost it, because of your age and experience they will hire you , stay away from recruiters who offer to counterfeit one for you
Private schools are not so interested in whether or not you have a degree, just your ability to be white, have a standard accent and most important make the students happy.
Be careful. You might end up in the middle of no where teaching 50 hours a week for $100 a month.
Private schools will employ you but not with a work visa (as they will need your Diploma)
You can also give private lessons from home if you have a visa. I found Chinese parents want to be sure the teacher will be around for a long time.
you can work some universities in china just do as i said, before i know to old guys who got jobs once in hohhot and once in zhengzhou
Hey Woody, I am currently recruiting for my school. Interested then drop me a line. From me you will at least get all the info you want and what you need to do and BS.
I'm Aussie too and I teach here.
Cheers
Woody as long as you are not Aboriginal, you should be fine! Most of these small minded places only hire caucasians anyway!
No degree, No experience, No problem.
Your options will be more limited, but in China you will be ok. I would recommend doing a TESOL certificate online though. It is quick and easy, I did one through linguaedge, and it was great, but it did take me longer than the 50 hours though.
I know someone who is not a native speaker, has no exp, no TESOL, and they have obtained the Z visa through a school.
Woody,
You can and you'll likely be amongst the majority out here. It all depends on how sure of things you want to be.
If you work at teaching out here without a degree, (and 10s of thousands do), you will always be breaking the law, in that if you get a work visa, it will have been obtained surreptitiously or not at all.
If you are married to a Chinese national you can get a residency / marriage visa so you can legally stay, but if not your entire legal status is dependent on your work and it has been known that some employers will use that fact to blackmail you into some quite outrageous work conditions.
Personally, I would recommend you get a degree, even a fake photoshop job or one from one of the many sites offering 'life experience' degrees. You will still be illegal but you will be less liable to be preyed upon by the less scrupulous employers. I know of one person who got a good scan of a friends genuine degree and PSd it to put in his own name, still works for him.
