Hi everyone. I am a qualified school counselor with international experience. I do not hold any teaching certification or qualification.
I hold BSc and MSc in Psychology and Counseling.

I am thinking of expanding my job search for the next year and doing teaching certificate online through American Board for Teachers Certification. I would like to do Special Education Cert through them, the international one (not state specific).

From what it says on the website I would be qualified to work as a Special Ed teacher elementary to high school, but also as elementary homeroom teacher. These would be the roles that I would like to apply to, with the strong preference in working in elementary.

I want to apply to South East Asia countries like China, Japan, Taiwan, Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines. Do you have any information if these countries accept online teaching qualification? Especially for elementary homeroom teacher and elementary Spec Ed positions? And if so, is the certificate I mentioned sufficient? TIA

(I am not American in case it's relevant re cert)

Hi everyone.
I am currently a school COUNSELOR with a degree in Psychology and Counseling (MSc) from UK and I am BACP accredited. I don't have any teaching qualification.

I have been applying to a lot of different schools around Asia (China, Japan, Korea, Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines) unfortunately no offer has been made. In a lot of interviews they have asked me if I have any teaching certificate, qualification. Which I do NOT have, and I thought this is not a requirement for my position either.

Until I have had an interview with one school in Taiwan and they told me the teaching cert is not required, however the process for obtaining visa is much easier when I have it. Hence, my question is, if I apply for counseling positions in Asia (especially the countries mentioned above), would I be more attractive candidate if I had a teaching certificate? Maybe someone from recruitment from Asia could give me any insight into this? Thank you