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[Kelly]

Thanks! I guess I was unclear in my post. I'm not asking if I should take a TEFL class or if I should continue to pursue a job with a certain school who says they can't hire me without it. I'm asking if there really is a new Mexican law that you must have a TEFL certficate to teach in Mexico and if:
An advanced degree in ESL (plus a college degree)
Latin American teaching experience with kids and adults
US certification
fluent Spanish (and experience teaching Spanish)
experience teaching ESL in the United States
plus being a native speaker of English
can't be used to waive this requirement. That is what an employer told me. Does anyone have any information about this?
Thanks!
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Kelly

[unionjack]

Kelly

I don't have any information on the law of Mexico but it is obvious that this employer is stupid and through his stupidity he is trying to pick holes in your qualifications, which are more than adequate for teaching ESL. Maybe, he was just envious of your achievements and this was the only way he could get back at you.

I would forget about him and move on.

UJ

[Guy Courchesne]

There is no such Mexican law. It sounds like you are being sold on a course. Pass on it. Please, again, PM me with the name of the school. I am in Mexico and would like to investigate this a bit.
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[Kelly]

Thanks! Let me state that I didn't post the messages to brag about how I'm a great candidate for any job . I don't mean to say "this a$$hole refuses to hire a person who is obvisously the best candidate for this job..", either.

The reason I want to know if this law exists is that if it does I'll stop wasting time looking for work in Mexico and look elsewhere.. or at least I'll be aware that it might be hard for me to get legally hired in Mexico due to this law. I don't want to print this company's name because I don't have any reason to believe they are being malicious (plus I doubt the moderator could print it anyway) but it is not a tiny "mom and pop" school. I can't be sure, but it looked like a fairly large school-- and my gut was telling me it was reputable. They seemed to want to hire me, and most of the internet postings I found about it were very positive-- people who worked there seemed satisified.
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Kelly

[Scooby *Scott* Doo]

That sounds like a terrible experience down in good old "Mehico" - so did you leave the country or what? Where are you now, where are you working. I'd like to hear how the saga wound out

[Guy Courchesne]

I would have liked to see it printed, but admin at ESL Employment doesn't want to be a site where posts about schools (and about teachers) could be considered libelious. It's always nice to have two sides of a story.

The PM feature is the best way to get more information from a poster and that's why the post and thread stay up, but the name of the school does not.
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[mwaliser]

My understandin is that you need a SEP certificate to "legally" work in Mexico. Also, schools that hire you illegally and pay you under-the-table are questionable. I belive that Mexico SEP has gotten more strict about this, but I am not a lawyer. This is info I gathered from schools and teachers in Mexico on my last trip. I will say that it would be difficult to save any money wuth the salaries I saw there, and several of the schools I heard about were fly-by-night businesses that never delivered on their promises. But also, there are many very good schools there. I taught in a school in GDL that had great potential. But, the school was more interested in $ than providing education and enrollments were declining. The good jobs go very quickly in Mexico. I suppose it is the easiest destination for Americans and Canadiens.