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by wilcoman
Thu Feb 25, 2016 8:40 am
Forum: Forum 1. From Questions About ISS & Search to Anything and Everything About International Teaching
Topic: ESL help or hinder? Praxis?
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ESL help or hinder? Praxis?

My goal for next year is to move to Hsinchu, Taiwan to live/work near my brother. After a year or two there, I'm open to going most anywhere in the world for International Teaching in the field of LA/English. I have a few questions:

1. Would it help or hurt my chances for an IT position if I go teach ESL for a year or two and leave the public school that I'm teaching at in the United States. The subject that I want to teach Internationally is English/Language Arts(which I taught for two years, but the last three I taught Technology Education: Project Lead the Way at the Middle School level). I have already applied to a few IT schools in Hsinchu and haven't heard back, so I figure I'll have to go the ESL route for now, if I do move there...


2. Will multiple certifications through passing Praxis tests in the US help me at all? Thought I remember reading from PsyGuy that they don't help at all, but don't remember exactly...I would also be open to teaching Psychology Internationally, but don't know if the same requirements hold true internationally that I'd have to pass the High School Social Studies Praxis(which I haven't taken)?

I have a BA in Psychology and Post-Bachelor's Teaching Certificate for Secondary English.
In the US, I'm also qualified to teach 6-12 Technology Education, Project Lead the Way(a new specialized TE class), Middle School Social Studies, Science, and Math because of passing these tests.

3. I know that LA/English is a pretty saturated market, so I figure my initial IT school would probably be a Tier 1 or maybe 2, would that be correct?

Any input would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.