Is Teacher Ready equivalent, in employers' minds, to a traditional certification route---- i.e. bachelor's of education or an alternative master's certification route with in-class instruction rather than the online courses offered by Teacher Ready.

Thanks for the reply. I'm basically interested in anywhere that is not the Middle East. I'd love to know what sort of offers you got from other regions. Culturally I'm open, romantically I'm married, and financially I'd be ok with getting experience in a decent international school as long as the pay isn't extremely low or similar in scale to what I was making as an ESL teacher.

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I'm currently in the process of getting a certification and don't really want to teach in my home country. What sort of offers were you getting, and in what regions specifically were available to you? Of course feel free to omit any info that you think is too personal and whatnot. I just want to get a feel for what's out there when I'm finished with my cert. I know ME is considered a hardship region, are any others (like Central Asia,for example)? Thanks.

Thanks for the response. I know that's the case here in the states (the purposes and uses of the two degrees), but just wasn't sure if the same applied abroad. And, no, I wouldn't mention any of this in an interview :)

Hi everyone,

I've just returned back to the states after many years abroad teaching ESL to pursue a Masters in the Arts of Teaching, an alternative masters route to certification for those of us who don't have a B.A. in Education. My specialization is English Literature for high school grades 9-12.

My goal is to work at international schools abroad (I'm flexible as to where, aside from ME) as an English Literature teacher at the high school level and eventually transition to working as a Lit. teacher at the university level at some point in the future.

In a recent discussion with a department head, I was told an M.A. in English would be much more desirable for employers at the university level (and that I could still get my certification with a few tests Praxis, etc.). I'm not sure how true that would be internationally or if my MAT certification (curriculum mostly consisting of pedagogy) is the way to go. Would love to hear some input. Thanks.