A Career in Teaching

There are different institutions which offer teachingproper qualification. Of course a prospective teacher
jobs. The industry can be divided into three differentshould always be prepared for his teaching job, as
segments. Maybe the biggest and most diversethe work will be much easier and interesting if one is
employer are colleges and universities, either State orprepared.
Private Institutions.A third possiblity is to work for a charity organisation.
To apply for a teaching job at a university or aThese kind of institutions offer learners of low
college, prospective teacher need to have at least aincome families a possiblity to gain knowledge and
College degree and in many cases a teachingdevelop personally. Many organisation offer after
certificate. Most colleges and universities have jobschool programs to Inner City Kids or teach adults
listings on their websites. These kind of institutionswhich had no formal schooling. Some of these
offer either contract positions or tenure positions.organizations operate in third world countries in
Tenure positions require high qualifications and areAfrica, South America or Asia. Most charity
most of the time not available to unexperiencedorganization do not pay their teacher but offer free
teaching personel.housing if they are situated overseas or a small
Beginners are offered positions mostly for 1 year, ifcompensation for gas and food. A decision to take a
the candidate is qualified a possible tenure positionteaching job in a charity organisation can be very
can be offered but these positions are very rare.rewarding and be an interesting experience. Most
Another sector for teaching jobs is the privateteachers in charity organizations are typically college
sector, either private schools for adult eduction or forand university graduates who want to give
example language schools. As these institutions in thesomething back to society.
most cases are not issuing official diplomas, manyWorking as a teacher, paid or unpaid, is not only a
schools can accept teachers without degrees orjob, but always comes with responsibility, as the
teaching certificates. Especially language schools arelearners depend on the quality and knowledge of the
quite flexible when it comes to qualifications andteacher. It can also be a very rewarding career.
experience of teachers. If the teacher is a nativeThere are several Job boards and Jobsites available
speaker of an exotic language which is popular toon the internet that specialise in teaching jobs.
learn, it can very easy to get a position even without