Go online and register to take the Praxis. You will have to take the tests at their sites. You can pass the test in a specific area and at that point you would of passed the educational certification. Call them and ask them questions. I believe this is a fast way and the Praxis is a recognized test.

That is a good question. I have asked a friend who works at the American School Foundation in Mexico City and her response was this.

" Most of the Spanish teacher positions are filled by local mexicans who hold onto these jobs for an eternity. Being the American School and having a high pay ( for Mexico not high pay in general by other country standards) makes this job very competitive and if anything scarce. Do they hire only locals? In this school, I have yet to see a teacher from outside Mexico come and teach Spanish but that doesn't mean they wouldn't especially if they have IB experience. The school will usually post openings around Oct/Nov/December on the website. There is also a local hiring fair that is advertised on the website, contact the Human Capital department for dates on this. Reach out to the Human Capital department at ASF and have her speak to someone by the name of Elisa Penela who is the head or Karla Campos who is an assistant. They would certainly be able to answer any questions that this person may have. Good Luck"

There you have it.

I think everyone is spot on. I do want to add really a critical component which I led to earlier. If you are getting your degree you really must establish which level you want to work with. I am working as a Middle School Counselor now but am moving up to become a High School Counselor. The way my school works is the Counselor moves up with the students and looping back down.. for example: starts off in 6th grade and will move up 7th and 8th with the generation.... and then loops back down... I can do 7th and 8th grade but 6th grade for me is too young and it feels that I would be a glorified babysitter... So if you get into the field and someone offers you a Elementary position but its not the career path you want.. you may or may not have a choice..... I was able to deal because I came in replacing the Counselor after 6th grade. ...

Last thing you want to do is be an elementary school counselor who wants to work in a high school setting doing college counseling or that type of deal.. in your first post you may have to suck it up depending on whats out there and the offers of course...

Cheers!

It's pretty easy to explain. Go to a local university( state colleges are cheaper) enter into a School Counselor program or over seas they aren't strictly hiring individuals with M.E.d - School Counselor. At the country I work in the school has hired individuals with Psychology degrees due to the country not having a school counseling program. Thus schools with hire Social Workers/Mental Health Counselors that type of deal...

My suggestion is if you want to be a school counselor... get it in that field....It will probably take two years... 1 year of classes... 1 year of internship ( this is for the M.E.d in School Counselor certification)...

Try to get certified K-12 ... your primary certification will consist of say a full year of interning at a high school and you can get a sort an additional certification if you pull in some hours at a Middle School/Elementary level and that way you walk knowing not only which grade level you prefer to work with..... Some states certifcations are split between grades 1-5 and 6-12. So some people are also certified to be a Counselor in grades 6-12 and not 1-5. My suggestion is find out the requirements to get certified in both. It will probably mean that you will have to tack on an additional 150-250 hours on to your internship but it's worth it...it also gives you the experience on the resume for when you apply for jobs abroad.... jobs abroad really don't ask what your certification is for in terms of K-12 ... just as long as you are a certified school counselor...

In my opinion it's very easy to become certified and can talk to you about this more if you want... drop your email and well talk.

Any other questions?

Hello,

So many opinions about Kuwait. It seems that if a person is geared towards night life and alcohol Kuwait probably isn't a good fit... yet for others they live a comfortable and fun life in Kuwait.

How do these people do it? if anyone has worked in Kuwait and has been happy. How have you done this? How did you create a social network? How did you start becoming involved in activities? If you were single how was your dating life?

How does one stay happy and content living Kuwait. I understand making money and travel is one of them but we've already addressed that in the previous forums. On the day-to-day life in Kuwait is the focus of this post.