What is my best option? Advice for education/teaching career in HK

[bryant.english]

true, i don't have any tefl cert of any kind...

.........but you have nearly twenty years of teaching experience if my memory serves me correctly? I would employ you in front of any new graduate clutching any TEFL qualification...

[carang]

getting close to 20 years under my belt, not to mention 2 successful centres that i've started.

back to the OP, passport can make a difference, but to some employers not as much difference as your ethnicity. sadly, many locals will not accept a chinese face teaching english... no matter if that chinese person cannot speak a word of english.

[incubus509]

getting close to 20 years under my belt, not to mention 2 successful centres that i've started.

back to the OP, passport can make a difference, but to some employers not as much difference as your ethnicity. sadly, many locals will not accept a chinese face teaching english... no matter if that chinese person cannot speak a word of english.

Yeah, I'm understand this unfortunate reality quite well. Anyways, do you have any recommendations for obtaining a TEFL certificate? How does the online certificates compare to certificates with in-classroom observed hours? Thanks a lot.

[justjoe86]

for the tefl you can have a look at this website:

TEFL Courses :: TEFL Certification :: Cactus TEFL

gives you loads of info. I booked my course through them and i don't think it cost extra (I guess they get some commission from the tefl company or something)