Thank you for the help PsyGuy.

A few more questions for @PsyGuy or others.

For my BA I took mostly history courses. I think I had 3 Psych courses: Into, Abnormal, and Psych of Language where I tutored at a local elementary school to study language acquisition. Would 9 credits be enough to teach Psych? I never took any economics, geography classes, sadly.

I'm still a bit up in the air about whether to try the Teach Now program. I honestly need more than 5 days practice teaching, but it might be a hard sell to the school.

Is it an advantage for me to get a spot doing observations and student teaching at a school that I won't need a visa, salary, etc? I will already be living in Guangzhou, with a roof over my head and a lot of free time each week to be at their school. I can follow PsyGuy's recommendation in another post by looking at the schools website, seeing which activities they offer, selling myself as someone who can help them with those activities/classes. I can also sell myself as a TA to whoever needs the help. Eventually I will need a classroom though: a week for Teacher Ready or much better for me, 200 hours which is 4 hours a day for 10 weeks, or other configurations.

Also, would it be a good idea to take the Praxis World &US History and Psychology tests to show that I can teach these subjects. There is a testing center in the city so it shouldn't be an issue. I may very well do the Teach Now program as it seems much better than going to Florida, though I do go back to the US most summers.

cookies4u wrote:
> edmunder:
>
> Hey, just read through your post. It sounds like you definitely have a bit
> more experience than me. Out of curiosity, do you mind me asking how you
> ended up teaching Literature and History at a university? I've always been
> under the impression that anything at a university required an MA or PhD,
> and usually non-ESL subjects require domestic certification. Feel free to
> send me an e-mail at chaconne87 (at) gmail dot com if you don't want to
> post here. I'm not sure how Teacher Ready handles international schools,
> but I'd probably just give them a call and ask.
>


I don't teach Lit or History at the uni, I tutor those subjects to students from the best public high school in my city. They all go to Hong Kong to take AP tests, which happened just recently.

I teach Academic writing, Reading (novels, newspapers, etc), Speaking, Phonetics (fancy name for pronunciation).

I looked at the Teach Now website and they say the same thing: They will help the teacher to find a placement to do their student teaching. I'm not sure I believe them but it would be worth a try no doubt.

My issue is that I already have a contract signed for the following academic year, Sept 2016 to July 2017. Though my course load will only be 12 hours/6 courses a week. I will have a lot of free time that I usually fill with tutoring for AP/TOEFL/IELTS.

I think since I won't need a visa, will not need any money, I will cold call/email all the international schools and do as PsyGUY has said, explain my situation and see if we can't work something out. It would be great for me and if the International School gets a free teacher that is dedicated to helping out, hopefully they see it as great for them too.

Hey Cookies4u, it seems we are in a similar boat. That's why I was looking at Teacher Ready and not Teach Now. 5 days is a lot easier to do that 12 weeks when I'm not sure how to find a cooperating classroom.

One thing I noticed on the Teacher Ready website is that they say they will contact schools in your area to find a place for you to do the student teaching and get the evaluation. Im not sure I believe they can help people who are abroad but they say they can do it in the USA.

I actually asked a question about this in my Topic.

I have recently read through the first 5 pages of posts in this forum and I'm so thankful for all the great information. It was like a class in International Schools.

There is a post below about the differences between Teach Now and Teacher Ready. That I learned a lot from. Actually at least a dozen different topics.
http://internationalschoolsreview.com/v ... f=1&t=5990

I'm interested in Teacher Ready because I have already signed on for work this September at a great university in Guangzhou. So I will be employed until late June 2017. I would like to transition to teaching at a high school level in the future.

Me:
Early 30's, American
BA History, no minor sadly.
More than a decade in Asia, mostly China.
Worked at universities the entire time.

I have been tutoring AP Literature and History for the past few years and really enjoyed the time with students more than Academic writing and Intensive reading courses at the university.

I can do Teacher Ready because there are several International Schools in Guangzhou. I think I could get 5 days in one of them. There is a US State Department Website that lists International Schools in Guangzhou.

http://www.state.gov/m/a/os/155608.htm

American International School Guangzhou (PS-12) http://www.aisgz.org/
The British School of Guangzhou (PK-YR13) http://www.nordangliaeducation.com/our- ... /guangzhou
Utahloy International School (K-12) http://www.utahloy.com


There is also another list here of different schools.

http://www.expatarrivals.com/china/guan ... -guangzhou

Guangzhou Nanfang International School http://www.gnischina.org/
广州南方国际学校

My Question:

Teacher Ready has said on its website that they will help students find a placement to do their student teaching. They will call/contact local International Schools to help arrange the 5 day teaching. There also are monthly/weekly class visits necessary to do the coursework.

If it was inside the US I believe them. Outside the US I'm not so sure. What do you think? There do appear to be many international schools, though some are British or Canadian, which must have different school systems.

I would like to do the Secondary Social Studies Teaching Certificate. I would like to teach History, though I know that market is probably a bit saturated. I would also consider getting a Masters in another teachable science. I took many science classes in university for fun: would an MA in biology be helpful so that I could also teach that subject? That would be several years down the line though. Now I need to focus on the task ahead. I have 12 months free time until June 2017 and its a 9 month program.

Thank you for taking a look at this.