Teaching in Canada: how to get certified
Is it possible to find work as a teacher in Canada? Naturally, I asked myself that question, and here’s what I found out.
The teaching profession in Canada is certified. This means that each province evaluates a teacher differently before giving him the right to teach.
To undergo this procedure in Ontario, for example, you need:
- Submit an application to the so-called college of teachers - Ordre des enseignants et des enseignantes de l’Ontario.
- Somehow organize so that the Russian ped. the university sent a confirmation letter to Canada about the legality of the diploma, the number of hours and subjects completed.
- Confirm that your permission to teach in Russia has not been revoked. I like this point the most. I was not aware that something like this even existed here.
- Pass IELTS, TOEFL or TESTCan, depending on what language you plan to teach.
- Collect and translate a lot of other little things. This is what I mean by documents such as a passport, the diploma itself, etc., which are already in hand.
I filled out a form on the official website to assess whether my education matches the Canadian one and soberly assess my chances. There is a discrepancy in educational practice: the diploma is 8 weeks, but a minimum of 400 hours is required.
This is not so scary, because if something is missing, this does not mean that everything is lost. They will give you a certificate, but on the condition that you will “achieve” until you are fully compliant: take special courses, undergo an internship, and then you will start with the position teacher-on-call.So-so prospect.
The cost of the process is $370 US minimum. This does not take into account exams, additional retraining and transfers. All procedures last at least a year for sure.
But that's okay. There are quite a few examples of people who successfully went through all this. I was more confused by the fact that not all of this number stay at school. Teachers quit their jobs due to severe burnout, some cannot cope with the disrespect of students.
I will find out whether this is really so. As well as the question of whether there really are no subject teachers in Canadian schools and whether the same person, a Swede and a reaper, and a pipe player, teaches physics and mathematics and physical education. Could you do that? I probably gave up.