Hello
First post!
Right, um, don't know why i picked here, other than i'm teaching without a degree, getting on great with my students, they are enjoying their lessons, their parents are very happy and they are learning at a much faster rate than they did under their last teacher, who had a teaching degree and Celta.
I'n 5 months they have gone from making a basic grammar mistake in every sentence to actively debating. I'm hugely proud of them.
If you can engage and motivate the students and coax out a passion for learning while making the lessons fun and enjoyable, all that remains is a good knowledge of your native language.
I don't think any peice of paper should be the criteria for hiring a foreign teacher. Experience can be a bar to new teachers too, preferably I think we should be interviewed, unfortunately this just isn't practical.
There's no easy answer, but as things stand, luckily it's not impossible to get a start without a degree, and from that you can get good references and experience, and that will lead to higher paid jobs.