Hello everyone. I am a preschool teacher back in The Philippines and also taught special children. I wanted to travel yhe world so i tried working as a youth counselor in a cruise ship. This is where I met him. To cut the long story, i want to know my options if i want to work in the UK after getting married. We're planning to stay in the Philippines to save and then migrate to the UK eventually. But I want to prepare myself like further my studies if needed. Thank you in advance.
I'm sure you will do well here in the U.K ! As a teacher, there's demand for that particular job here.
Welcome to the forum. If I was you I would be perusing the internet researching UK job opportunities in your chosen field and also establishing whether or not you will need specific qualifications for the work you are intending to pursue.
First, in the UK we don't use the term "special children" or "special child", we refer to mentally handicapped children, so you need to be clear on the terminology. Two answers: First the good news, then the less good news: 1. The good news: Yes, you certainly can work in the UK after you get married and settle here 2. The less good news: You will probably have to re-qualify. UK teaching certification is not compatible with Philippines teaching certification. BUT - good news - there is a real shortage of special needs teachers, and there is a constant demand for teaching assistants. It is possible to qualify as a teacher whilst working as a teaching assistant, under various schemes. Your experience with mental handicap means that you are likely to get hired as a teaching assistant quite quickly.
Tha k Thank you for clarifying the terminologies. I will have to search for the qualifications i need to be able to get a job in your country. I greatly appreciate the reply. Have a good day!
One other thing I should have mentioned - try really hard to lose any Filipino accent that you may have in speaking English - try to get as close as you can to the way English is spoken in the English language programmes of the BBC World Service. For some occupations, a Pinay accent is seen as "cute", and can even be useful, but for teaching, this is definitely NOT the case! Your employment prospects may depend on this as you will be needing to make yourself understood by children from backgrounds where they seldom hear a foreign accent ... ... and its also true that the British are not racially prejudiced but we are very class prejudiced and we judge people by their accents far more than we do by their looks (Google "Sir Trevor MacDonald")
To be honest Andrew I think it is nigh on impossible for a Filipino to lose their Filipino/English accent, I have never met one yet.
I have, though. I am just saying that so far as possible Elek should try to minimise it, given her career. (Incidentally, you should hear my eldest son, 22 years old ship's officer, half Filipino, born in Manila, lived there till he was four, speaking Tagalog with a broad English accent!)
Different matter for someone who has lived here for most of their lives. I adore the Filipino/English accent I really do, compared with lets say Thai/English accent
My wife is over here now in the uk as she was a teacher in the phils and now employed by a teaching agency i would suggest that you go on the uk naric website and get your qualifications translated to the uk equivalent also before you get any job teaching you will need to get a dbs certificate which costs £44 ,it is basically a criminal record check
Thank you John. Does your wife have a masters degree? Because I want to know if the chances of gettig a job is better if I take MA. Thank you again and hoping for your positive response.
Fully aware what employment the OP is looking for.Please dont patronize me because I had the audacity to a)disagree with you and b)have an opinion of my own. Thank you so much. I wont be responding further
I'd just throw in that one of the things I love about Jasmin is her accent and way of speaking, makes me smile even now without fail. I like it when you call a utility company etc and end up with a Filipino call centre, you can tell by the "musically American" accent as I call it Obviously this has no bearing on teaching in the UK - back on topic
