ANZSCO 249311: Teacher of English To Speakers of Other Languages
Skill Level: 1 | Assessing Authority: VETASSESS (Group: A)
Group A : Skills Assessment Criteria:
Qualification(s) assessed at Australian Bachelor degree or higher degree with a highly relevant field of study and at least one year of post qualification
highly relevant employment at an appropriate skill level in the last five years.
Requirements for Skills Assessment
This occupation requires a qualification assessed as comparable to the education level of an Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) Bachelor Degree or higher degree and in a field highly relevant to the nominated occupation.
In addition to the above, it is essential for applicants to meet the following employment criteria:
- at least one year of post-qualification employment at an appropriate skill level,
- undertaken in the last five years,
- working 20 hours or more per week, and
- highly relevant to the nominated occupation.
Please note in order to achieve a successful Skills Assessment Outcome, a positive assessment for both qualifications and employment is required.
Qualification
In order to meet the qualification requirement for this occupation, applicants must fulfil at least one of the following two (1-2) criteria:
1. AQF Bachelor degree or higher degree* in a highly relevant field of study.
*This includes qualifications assessed at AQF Bachelor, Master and Doctoral level.
Highly relevant major fields of study include:
» TESOL
» English as a Second/Additional Language Teaching
Suitable qualifications include, but are not limited to:
» Bachelor of Education in TESOL
» Master of TESOL
English as a Second Language Teaching is the study of theories, methods and practice of teaching English to those whose first language is other than English, including teaching children in school settings and teaching adults and children in other settings. Highly relevant fields of study would typically cover the following:
» Teaching Methods / Second Language Teaching Methodology
» Pedagogy for TESOL and EAL learners
» Pedagogic Grammar / Grammar for Language Teachers
» Language Curriculum and Assessment
» Inter cultural Communication in Language Classrooms
» Language Teaching in Practice
» Professional Practice (supervised teaching)
Notes
» Some wider studies in Applied Linguistics, such as Sociolinguistics, Discourse Analysis, Corpus Linguistics, and Conversation Analysis, may be considered on a case-by-case basis.
» General studies in English Language and Literature, as well as studies in Translation, will not be assessed as highly relevant.
Applicants who meet this criterion (1) will be required to hold one year of employment at an appropriate skill level within the last 5 years in the nominated occupation.
2. AQF Bachelor degree or higher degree in any field of study, PLUS an additional suitable TESOL qualification, at least at AQF Certificate IV level (or a CELTA), which contains TESOL as a method.
Examples of suitable TESOL qualifications include:
» Graduate Diploma in TESOL
» Graduate Certificate in TESOL
» Diploma in TESOL
» Certificate IV in TESOL
» Cambridge Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (CELTA)
» Other qualifications, which clearly focus on teaching English as a second/additional language, are no less than 100 contact hours (or equivalent in online/ distance education programs), and include at least six hours practice teaching in TESOL, may be assessed on a case-by-case basis.
Applicants who meet this criterion (2) will be required to hold three years of employment at an appropriate skill level within the last 5 years in the nominated occupation.
Reference: vetassess.com.au
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