Where do you guys recommend getting your TEFL certification from? I'm in
NYC. Thanks again.

"mr.sumo snr." <mr_sumo@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> > Ok, thanks to both of you for the info. If I quickly grab a TEFL
> > certification here in NY (open to recommendations as to where it's
best),
> is
> > that going to put me in any better a position in terms of canvassing NYC
> for
> > an english teaching job in Japan with optimal pay, time off, choice of
> > location, etc.? or putting me in a program that is, i guess, at least a
> > little more respected among English teachers abroad than the eikeiwa
> > programs? Would such a program allow me the aforementioned lifestyle i'm
> > seeking in japan that you say would in fact be afforded me by eikaiwa?
> > Or, more simply put (and I'm asking both of you this) - if you were me -
> > what would you do?
> > I get the idea from other postings that eikaiwa are at least a way to
get
> a
> > foot in the door of the world in which you guys work. Thanks again.
> >
>
> I guess because  I have one I'm in the same camp as Ryan, in that having
> some sort of TEFL qualification is probably better than nothing - and I'll
> add - ESPECIALLY - if your after work at any private eikaiwa schools (not
> the big chain schools) and the owner/manager/manager's wife has a notion
as
> to what a TEFL certificate is.  Furthermore, if you plan to take your
> English teaching experience in Japan and then head off to more
cosmopolitan
> lands, such as in Europe, then a TEFL is essential.
>
> Though it's only a very small straw poll - at the 5 schools of which I
> personally know the owner - you could only get work at one of them without
a
> TEFL (bearing in mind that the teachers at that particular establishment
> don't even have work visas I think it should be excluded from the poll!)
>
> jonathan
>
>