Hi Helena
Were you asked to have you qualifications from China
to be recognised by NARIC?
Thanks
Jane
--- helena sun <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> Dear Jane,
> I graduated from Hunan Normal (Teachers) University,
> worked as an English Lecturer at a university before
> I came to UK. I applied for QTS in 2005 by
> Assessment Route Only through OTTP. It only took me
> less than half a year to be awarded QTS (Three exams
> needed: Numeracy, Literacy and ICT).
> You need to find a local school which does teaching
> trining courses with a university. The director of
> the training programme at the school will be able to
> direct you to the right direction. Of course, you
> need to have a certain amount of weekly teaching
> hours.
> I gained mine through St Peter's High School in
> Gloucester which works together with UNiversity of
> Gloucestershire.
> Hope this helps.
> Helena> Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2008 05:03:43 -0700> From:
> [log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: qualifications> To:
> [log in to unmask]> > Thanks
> ever so much for your advice and for sharing> your
> experiences, Ruiying and Betty. I'm very new to>
> this field and it'll take me a little while to take>
> all the information in!> > I was indeed trained as a
> Chinese teacher in a normal> college in China. I've
> just looked at the Overseas> Trained Teachers
> Programme as suggested and it looks> very
> interesting. > > If anyone are on the OTTP with an
> employment based> initial teacher training provider
> (EBITT), or have got> a QTS via this route, I'd be
> really interested to hear> what it's like!> > Best
> wishes,> > Jane Wang> > > --- ruiying du
> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:> > >
> ---------------------------------> > Hi there,> > >
> > PGCE will be better, otherwise you have to do
> another> course to get QTS.> > > > If you don't mind
> me asking, were you trained as a> teacher in a
> normal university in China? Because, as> long as you
> have been trained as a teacher, you can> actually
> work in the UK for up to four years without> gaining
> QTS, as long as you can get a job, which is> not
> normally that easy, unless you do some supply>
> teaching first or if you just want to teach
> Chinese,> some voluntary work in a Chinese teaching
> school.> > > > Basically, you don;t have to do
> another PGCE, if you> already got a Chinese
> teaching> qualification--degree/diploma from a
> normal university> or college. Voluntary work will
> give a insight of what> you want to do and it does
> not have to be that long.> It will give references,
> which really helps. If you> choose to do voluntary
> work, you have to actually> teach one or two lesson
> and try to do what the teacher> does towards the
> end, so the reference will be good> for future job
> hunting. Voluntary work might lead to> somewhere
> anyway. Knowing the right people is> important. > >
> > > If you choose to teach without doing any course
> as I> have said, you will need to get QTS withing
> four years> of your teaching, which is not that hard
> at all. You> just need to hand in some evidences,
> and be observed.> > > > The downside of this is that
> you might not be paid a> lot before you qualified as
> a teacher. PGCE is the> most straight forward way.
> From my understanding, the> SOAS course does not
> offer you a opportunity toward> QTS, which is
> essential if you want to teach in UK> maintained
> schools. If you want to teach in College> level or
> Private schools, you don't need to worry> about QTS
> and you will be paid more. So if there are> suitable
> private schools close to where you live,> doing some
> voluntary work there is the best start, I>
> personally think this. > > > > I have just ranted on
> for so long. If you have any> other questions,
> please email me. I am currently> teaching in London
> as a primary teacher, but not> teaching Chinese. I
> have explored ways of gaining QTS,> but not so
> familiar with the Chinese teaching side of> it. The
> above is just my own opinion. I hope I did not>
> mislead you.> > > > Best wishes with your career.> >
> > > Regards,> > > > Ruiying> > --- On Thu, 10/4/08,
> WJH <[log in to unmask]> wrote:> > From: WJH
> <[log in to unmask]>> Subject: qualifications> To:
> [log in to unmask]> Date:
> Thursday, 10 April, 2008, 5:41 AM> > > Dear
> All,IĄŻve just signed up for this forum and> thought
> that Iwould try and send this around. Hope> youĄŻll
> be ableto help me find the best way to become> a
> qualifiedChinese teacher. Very glad to join you!I>
> worked as a Chinese Teacher in a secondary school>
> inChina for two years after obtaining a BA in>
> ChineseLanguage and Literature Education. Although
> I> havebeen in UK for some 7 years, itĄŻs only
> recently> thatI thought seriously about entering the
> profession> ofTCFL. My 4-year-old son, who is in
> pre-school, is> speakingmore and more English
> despite our constant> effort ofspeaking only in
> Mandarin at home. We are so> concernedabout this
> that IĄŻve decided to give up my> currentjob so that
> I can teach him and another> child(daughter of our
> friends) Chinese after school> fromSeptember when
> heĄŻll go to the local school. Then> Ithought
> perhaps I could teach Chinese in a> schoolsetting
> one day?Having read through the> informative web
> pages aboutChinese professional> development on SAAT
> website, Istill have some> questions. IĄŻve browsed
> online theGoldsmiths PGCE> Secondary (flexible
> programme) andSOAS CTCFL course,> which are the two
> closest to Oxfordwhere I live. It> looks that for
> the PGCE course, one would> needlanguages skills in
> a third language (preferably> oneof the main
> European languages) in addition to> Englishand
> Chinese. Another drawback is that it>
> involves24-week school placement, with which I
> wonĄŻt> have anyproblems in two yearsĄŻ time as long
> as I> could beassigned to a local school. But at the
> moment> I alsohave a 2-year-old toddler to look
> after. Because> ofour ĄŽfailureĄŻ in making his
> elder brother a> nativeMandarin speaker, I would
> very much like to> withdrawhis nursery place from
> September. Hopefully in> thecrucial period of his
> language development, heĄŻll> getmore exposure of
> Chinese and therefore develop> Chineseas mother
> tongue.I know PGCE would be the best> way of gaining
> a QTS butthe requirement of a European> language
> puts my off. IĄŻm not confident that IĄŻll be> able
> to master Frenchin just two years, even if I> start
> now. Is itessential to meet this requirement?> As
> for the CTCFL course, it would suit me well interms>
> of time commitment because classes are onSaturdays.>
> However, itĄŻs more like an initialintroduction.
> Will> it serve as a good qualificationfor the
> purpose of> seeking employment? Or maybe it canhelp
> one find an> employer who agrees to sponsor theGPT?
> Sorry for the> length of this message. I would be
> verygrateful for> any information/advice/comments
> you mightbe able to> give me.Many thanksJane Wang>
>
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