Preschool Teacher in Canada

[sushisushisushi]

Hi. I want to work in Canada as a preschool teacher. I graduated with a bachelor degree in elementary education major in preschool education, got my teaching license and currently having my first teaching year in Thailand. I am only 21y/o and graduated last 2013. I've searched up ways to apply but it made me confused on what to do first.

Am i most likely eligible to work in Canada? Or do i need more teaching experience to be able to do so?
Hoping for a helpful response. Thanks!

 

[scylla]

It's generally very difficult for foreign trained teachers to obtain jobs in Canada since there are more teachers than jobs available.

If you want to work in Canada you will have to start by finding an employer in Canada who is willing to offer you a full time job. That employer will then have to prove no Canadian could be hired for the role and obtain approved to hire you as a foreign worker. This will involve paying a $1K fee (the employer pays this) and waiting several months for the approval to be processed. If the approval is received, you can then apply for a work permit.

So the first step is to find an employer willing to hire you.

Good luck.

 

[mrbeachman]

Wow.

Teaching experience from Thailand is considered a joke. I would seriously consider removing that from your resume (especially since you will be teaching pre-schoolers) unless you are teaching at some of the few prestigious international schools, which I doubt. Do you not realize that many teachers from Canada actually move to South East Asia due to the lack of jobs in Canada? I assume you are teaching English in Thailand and you are from the Philippines.

What teaching license? Issued my the Ministry of Education in Thailand or from your own country?

 

[shesosilly]

This is not going to be a good reply. But it's the honest truth.

My husband is a licensed school teacher here. One issue you have to deal with is to be licensed in a certain province. That's one.

Another is it is soooo hard for the teachers here to find a job. I've heard stories of teachers being on the substitute teacher's list for more than a year, before getting a job as a term teacher (temporary) just for 3 months. His other friends waited years and years just to get a permanent position. One school here opened 3 positions for a job and they have HUNDREDS of applicants. Last week, we ate at Tony Roma's and two servers there went to the same teaching school as he did and are working as servers now because they couldn't even get in the substitute teacher's list.

I've heard of teachers here who have experience teaching in an international school in Thailand (so I can't entirely say that it's worthless) BUT they have a license to teach here to start with.

Look into how to get licensed here first. Then consider the market that I mentioned. Good luck!