Teacher Ready - a few questions
Posted: Sat May 21, 2016 8:38 am
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.
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.