Hi everyone,

I'm looking for some advice about certifications. I'm currently teaching elementary in an IS, but don't have certification. In order to renew my contract I've been told I need to get a state certification. I've looked into all of the online options - Teacherready, Teachnow, etc. and they would work for me, but cost is a major factor at the moment. My home state offers an alternative teaching certificate that could be done for about 1/3 of the cost of Teachnow *but* it would only give me a Beginning Educator Certificate. It is renewable every 3 years, but could not be upgraded the Experienced Educator unless I returned to teach in that state for three years.

I realize that with without the full license, I'm unlikely to find work at a top tier school. However, I'm wondering whether low to mid level international schools would tend to think of any state license as good enough for consideration?

Any advice, especially anyone with personal experience of this kind of situation would be really helpful!

Thanks.

I know of 2 middle school Montessori programs in Beijing: Daystar Academy and the Montessori School of Beijing. I'm sure there are many more around, but you'd probably have to do a country by country search of internationals schools to find them. Good luck!