Does anyone know of a teaching assistant cert that can be obtained online in 12 months?

My wife as a Colombian high school diploma and two years in a junior college for hotel and tourism also in Colombia.

I don't want my wife to be trailing and think it would be helpful if she has some sort of cert but we have been searching and seaching and found nothing. I will have a TC, Master in Math and Science Ed and 7 years experience at the end of the year.

Any help would be much appreciated!!

Thanks!

PsyGuy wrote:
> @STEMteacher
>
> Just the PRAXIS exam for ESOL (5361), however SC does not allow you to add
> endorsement areas to a certificate solely by examination, you would need to
> complete some 30 hours of coursework and pass the PRAXIS exam to add ESOL
> in SC. Obtaining a HI (or DC) credential allows you to add the ESOL
> endorsement solely by completing the PRAXIS exam.

Great info. I will look into DC and CT first like you said. Thanks soooooo much!! I really really appreciate and I mean what I said about the free room.

PsyGuy wrote:
> @STEMteacher
>
> Sounds like a work study program, it allows you to fund your studies while
> you are there.
>
> No, HI requires you complete an EPP/ITT program/have a valid certification
> and you arent done yet. This is where CT facilitates your application. You
> apply in CT for an initial license based on the two years experience and
> the exam scores then after you have three years experience you apply for
> the HI standard certificate, add ESOL and then when the Masters is done
> apply for the CA CLEAR credential. If you wanted to stick it out in SC, you
> could add ESOL in SC and then when the Masters is completed apply directly
> to CA for the CLEAR credential. You would of course have to stay in SC. I
> love Charleston, but I wouldnt want to stay in SC for any significant
> length of time.
>
> @Dredge
>
> Im thinking the first ever ISR beach . weekend in Puerto Colombia.


Bring the weekend on!

ESOL certification? This would be another course I would have to take or just a test?

Thanks!

Dredge wrote:
> I am really not trying to be a Debbie Downer, but I would advise against
> opening a hostel in Barranquilla. I lived there for two years and in that
> time saw many businesses close within the same month that they opened. It
> is not a well-travelled city for tourism and most people skip it when
> travelling between Parque Tayrona and Cartagena. Actually, when I tell
> people I lived in Barranquilla, they usually say this "ohhhh, we
> travelled through there from Cartagena to Tayrona, but it didn't seem worth
> stopping." For the most part, they are 100% correct. Carnival is a
> lot of fun, but that's only once a year. You said you had a hostel in
> Medellin, which you should know has a way better print on the tourist path.
> Most people who actually visit Barranquilla on purpose are there for
> carnival, for business, or stay with friends who live there.

Thank you so much for the advice but we are doing more than a hostel there. We will have a restaurant/bar as well.

Also, it's not exactly in Barranquilla but in Puerto Colombia which is on the coast just outside. That and it's right on the beach. We know what we're doing, it's been a huge multi-year project. Come visit us!

PsyGuy wrote:

> CT; is easier and carries fewer risks but requires more resources. You
> apply for the CT initial certificate, use the CT certificate and your
> verification of experience to apply for the HI standard certificate. Take
> the PRAXIS exams in PTL and ESOL and add those certificates to the Hawaii
> certificate. Then when you complete your Masters apply for a CA CLEAR
> credential.

Wow, a lot of good information! Thanks! The SC program already comes with an initial certification that lasts one year until the next phase of the program then you get an additional year and so one until the 3 year program is complete. It's crazy this process but I am doing it just so I am allowed teach in SC while I finish my Master's. I have completed the PRAXIS for middle school math and will have the PRAXIS PTL finished this summer as part of the SC program. The Master's will be done in the Spring of next year but will have been interviewing at all the job fairs in Dec and Jan.

The certification included the work experience (written on the actual certification). Could I just submitt all of this to HI as is? Then once I get my Master's apply for CA CLEAR?

Thanks sooo much!! If you're ever looking for a free place to stay in Barranquilla let me know, I am opening a hostel there.

Jay_Jay wrote:
> Whats the meaning of life?

There is none. I hope this helps. =)

Ask me anything and I'll do the best I can to help you.

The Master's is with a 4.0 gpa btw and a Kappa Delta Phi Educatonal Honors Fraternity membership.

OK, this will be an interesting story (for some maybe).

I have an engineering degree from Clemson University. I started my teaching career in Medellin, Colombia while opening a hostel. I only started teaching without a cert to make extra money while in Medellin. Fast forward 7 years, the hostel is sold and I am in the states working on my Master's of Education and working as a middle school math teacher in the states in an alternative licensure program. This year will be my 7th year teaching high school and middle school math (high school in China and the states for one year certless) and middle school now.

This alt lic program is three years but issues an intital license after you pass the Praxis II test and pass the initial course while you finish rest of the requirements. My Masters in Math and Science Education will be completed in the spring of 2017 but not my full alernative licensure program in South Carolina because it requires me to teach a third year in SC even though I have finished all if it's requirements.

The problem is that I want to finish my Master's and start teaching internationally where I can save money in 2016/2017. You can't save anything teaching in SC. If I leave the alternative licensure program before three years then I lose my license.

I have extensive knowledge of physics and math from my masters and my engineering degree.

What do I do? I want to teach Physics, science, or even high school math internationally after I finish my masters. I am signed up with ASSAA and Search for the 2016/2017 school year.

Is there a way to get a US certification in a different state and quit the SC alt cert program before the 3 years are up to land a good teaching job internationally?

Thanks in advance for the advice!!!

shadowjack wrote:
> STEMteacher,
>
> having your wife go as a teaching assistant it one way. However, if she
> already has a degree, going as a primary teacher will be more remunerative
> and give you both a better foundation in the long run for savings.

Thanks for the advice but it's complicated. She finished a two-year course work in hotel management but is still lacking the 6 month "internship" where she works for free folding sheets at a hotel. It's ridiculas.

PsyGuy wrote:
> @STEMteacher
>
> There arent really any Teacher Assistant online training programs that
> award a certificate of any meaningful type. There arent many F2F programs
> either. Most of them are institution programs that combine some degree of
> coursework to meet local authority guidelines. Many regional authorities
> delegate credentialing to the local authority (school district), you most
> be employed by the local authority to be eligible for a credential.
>
> CA offers child development permits directly. This is one of the easiest
> credentials to qualify for requiring only 6 course credits of academic
> preparation. Its a 5 year permit and is renewable.
>
> NY offers a paraprofessional certificate. The level 1 certificate requires
> three workshops and a licensing exam. . The exam is available online at
> Pearson test centers globally. The workshops can also be completed online
> through various providers. The Level 3 certificate requires 18 course
> credits.
>
> The CA program is more appropriate if you already have the appropriate
> coursework or would prefer to do a couple courses online though a college
> or UNI (you could obtain the 6 hours through an online community college at
> a very inexpensive cost), the CA program disadvantage is focused on EC and
> primary.
> The NY program is more appropriate if you dont have coursework and want a
> more efficient online route. Its disadvantage is that it would be very
> difficult to maintain.
>
> Another option within the IB (Teaching Assistants are called Learning
> Consultant Specialists) is to take an appropriate workshop and use that
> certificate. These are available F2F and online. The disadvantage is that
> the workshop certificate would be of more limited value.


Thank you soooo much for the information! That goes for everyone!! I hope I am able to return the favor!!! Thanks again!!

shadowjack wrote:
> STEMteacher - if she is going for teaching assistant - why not go for early
> primary instead. With your background, it appears that there would be
> schools who would offer your spouse a contract as well if she were
> certified. AND...she would make a lot more money and take a lot less crap.
>
> Just saying...

Thanks for the advice. Do you know where to look for online Teaching Assistant Certification? I have been googling the heck out of and only find 2 year degree options and we are leaving in a year.

shadowjack wrote:
> One way to save a ton, STEMteacher, is to get your wife certified and get
> two incomes coming in at a good school :-)

So true Shadow but she is 2 years into a hotel admin degree but in Colombia. Since she is bilingual, so I am thinking teaching asst. cert. if there is one....

> There are some Swiss boarding ISs in the middle of nowhere that there isnt
> much to spend coin on, and youll find high 5 figure salaries and some 6
> figure salaries high on the scale.

Hi PS...I would be curious too. Which schools would you be looking?

I worked in Shenzhen and it wasn't so bad and I saved a bit. These Swiss schools bording ISs in the middle of nowhere sound better though.

What are the top 3 BJ schools? Thanks...I am really new here.

I just want to work a few years and save as much as I can. I have a trailing wife, and a Master's of Ed in Math and Science for Teachers plus an engineering degree, certificate, and 7 years experience...

Where should I be looking?

Thanks!!