Tuesday, December 9, 2008

How To Apply For a Teaching Job in USA?

If you are wondering what to do inorder for you to get a job, you need to know this. This is only good for foreign people who are in USA and have a transcript of records taken from their homeland.

The first thing you need to do is have your foreign transcript evaluated for employment in United States. Like in my case, I came from the Philippines which have different educational system so I need my records to be evaluated inorder to be accepted here. The Phil educational system has 6 years in elementary , 4 years in secondary school while the US has 6 years in elementary and 6 years in high school. There are a difference of two years before a student can proceed to college. Also the grades used are different. We have numbers while they have letters. But some colleges in Philippines use letters too like the Xavier University. That is why evaluation of our TOR is important. But wait, you can't go right away to any agency that does evaluation. There are a lot in here. If you are applying as a teacher, you need to go to your school district to inquire first what are the requirements and what to do inorder to get a teaching job or any work that the district offers (clerk, management information specialist, child development center aid etc). They will then instruct you to have your records evaluated by their acceptable/certified agencies that do the evaluation. It depends to the district where they would recommend the applicants to have the evaluation. They have the list of agency where to go. Then do your part. My high school transcript and diploma was accepted by the district here in our county. I had it translated first befor I submitted it. In the equivalency evaluation result that I had, it was stated there that the university I was in was accepted or credited by their system. The school where you studied is important along with the courses too.
The results also vary for a different situation. I have a friend who took the certification of educational equivalency for her Phil HS diploma because it was needed for a job she was planning to apply but she was asked to take additional units to obtain the equivalency. She joined the adult school to take classes and received her US HS diploma successfully. So it depends on the school. (If you are looking forward to enroll in college, you can have your High School credits evaluated at World Educational Services.)

By the way, I just passed the requirements as a Teacher Aid and started to work. The principal has recommended me to teach in vocational schools or middle schools because my qualifications fit well to be a teacher. I just need to take the licensing exam first. So to those who plan to apply for a job, prepare your transcript of records to be evaluated now. When you have your, SSN, Green Card/ resident permanent card or your EAD (Employment Authorization Documents), you are good to go. Below is an iformation regarding EAD.

[quote name='MrkGrismer' date='Nov 25 2008, 04:15 PM' post='182279']
The law says that a K-1 entrant is authorized to work as part of the K-1 visa. However the K-1 entrant is also required to obtain documentation from USCIS. USCIS considers that documentation to be the Employment Authorization Documents (EAD). However, a K-1 entrant that is working without the EAD is not in violation of the law (the K-1 is, by law, allowed to work). However the employer could be fined for not having the proper documentation on file. Although such a thing seems unlikely to happen as it is not generally worth it for immigration to make an issue of it. "

Goodluck to all applicants!

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