I want to do an online teaching Certification Course?
I have an MA Tesol from San Jose State and have been teaching university in Korea for over 5 years. I want certified in secondary or adult education. Any idea if this can be done online and if they will accept my years of teaching experieince to satisfy the student teaching requirement
They will almost certainly not accept your teaching experience as student teaching. First, it needs to have been supervised by a teacher who was grading you and helping you develop as a teacher, and second, it needs to have been with K-12 students. It's more of a state certification requirement than individual universities' decision.
In a lot of states, you don't need adult ed certification to teach adults (though in some you do). You might want to check around and see if for the job you want, the certification is a requirement. I had several jobs teaching adult ESL in two different states with no adult ed certification.
Here's a recommendation. Teach in a state that has a big shortage of ESL teachers. I came to VA with just my MA in TESOL (no certification) and had an easy time finding a job. Here, you can just start teaching and only need to finish any course requirements within 3 years. I began teaching, took the one psych course the ed dept said I needed, and had my full K-12 ESL certification after just one year. Very easy and much cheaper than going back to college.
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