Quick question, Masto:
Anyone taken any affordable TESL courses that they could recommend?
More detail:
Looks like I'm going to shoot to get into that field as a potential new career, but the costs for training through the Toronto District School Board ($4100... what?) and Humber College ($6200... WHAT?) are more than a little cost prohibitive.
A bit of research online says that there's (not surprisingly) a TON of places that'll certify people who put in their training time, even entirely online, and for $500 or less (yay!)
... BUT...
I of course want to avoid any scams and get the most widely recognize certification I can. No point in training to only be recognized in just this city or province, or whatever. If I'm gonna do it, I might as well do it in a way that could keep me employed even if we move elsewhere in the next decade or so.
I also need to weigh the merit of some training options. Like there's a 20-hour practicum that the TDSB course includes -- invaluable in-class time where you practice teaching people -- that seems to potentially carry some extra certification gravitas with it. But with an online course, that can't happen.
And how much does that matter as far as being considered a serious contender when applying for this work?
... -kinda thing.
Point being, the glut of options is going to take some time to sift through -- wheat from chaff, and all -- and I was wondering if anyone had gone through any of that to cut down that effort at all.
Any insight would be much appreciated.
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