New China Foreign ESL & TEFL Teacher Requirements For 2015

Surprise!  As of today October 15th there are no new changes despite all the hoopla made over the China Daily “announcement” made on September 16th, 2014 that talked about “new requirements” that “may” be imposed on China’s foreign teachers. NONE of the new proposals have gone into effect yet.  Granted, we know that perhaps as many as 30% of China’s foreign teachers never taught a single lesson to anyone before they arrived in China. BUT lying to new teacher applicants about “China’s new teacher requirements” just to sell some TEFL, TESOL, or CELTA courses is underhanded and unethical at best, and a scam at worst.  The below link talks about just one of the many TEFL hustlers in the world that prey upon us  foreign teachers. They are typical of the other 19 companies that want into your wallet.

I agree that a real TEFL training program would make anyone a better teacher, but without a real classroom setting that allows for interactive dialogue and role play, you are not going to learn how to teach reading text or watching videos on your laptop. Ditto for the software-based programs. And although this company below is huge, their lies have been just as big, but their tefl certificates are not.  In fact if you have one of their certificates here is where it will be recognized and accepted…

Angola  – Bolivia – Chile – Croatia – Estonia – Ethiopia – Ghana – Guatemala – Haiti – Honduras – Latvia – Libya – Lithuania – Malawi – Mali – Oman – Nambia – Serbia – Somalia – Sudan – Tajikistan – Uzbekistan – Yemen.

Yet they claim their TEFL certificate is “internationally recognized and accepted”!  Read for yourself – all the way down to the last update so you know the score in the never-ending war game between China job agents (aka “Recruiters”) and their prey (you and me!)

http://www.scam.com/showthread.php?t=616386

If you still have any doubts about what the current China Foreign Teacher Requirements are they are listed here for you, but please note that the police certificate is only required for Beijing at this time:

http://open.salon.com/blog/china_business_central/2014/09/07/new_china_foreign_employee_teacher_requirements_now_strict

Here are some other threads you may want to read:

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20140913101623AAWvOdx

http://www.scam.com/showthread.php?t=617489

http://chinascamwatch.wordpress.com/

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What Really Happens When A China Foreign ESL, TEFL, OR English Teacher Gets Caught Working In China Without A Z Visa Or With A Fake University Diploma Or TEFL Certificate?

Well, if you believe the “friendly & helpful” China job recruiter who brought you to China illegally on a F, L, M, or X visa, or sold you the fake diploma or TEFL certificate, it is no big deal and “they will probably fine you”.  If however, you want to know the truth just ask P***** Sullivan from Worcester, Massachusetts whose GF just spent nine days in a Chinese jail before being deported after paying an $1,800 fine even though she just won a Fulbright scholarship to study in one of China’s top three universities. We will call her “Sandy” (not her real name).  All she did was follow the advice of her job agent who she found at eslteachercafe.com.  Now thanks to this very friendly agent Sandy not only had to leave China, but is not allowed to return to China for at least 3 years, (even as a tourist) and is blacklisted with China’s Ministry of Education, but she lost her scholarship as well.  Her crime?  She was caught working on an “L” visa (tourist visa) and was using a diploma from a non-existent university claiming she had a degree in “early education” which the recruiter assured her was “okay because the principal was desperate for a young American teacher”.

Sandy is a typical victim of China recruiter fraud and there may be 20-50 similar victims like Sandy every month in China. There would be a lot more except the Chinese authorities only catch about 20% of the illegal employees teaching in China today. But come October 1st this will change drastically as the Minister of Education has now directed all public schools and universities to verify the the diplomas, degrees, and certificates presented by teacher applicants.  See: http://www.ChinaForeignTeachersUnion.com for more details or this link http://eslwatch.info/china-2/news-98/603-china-newsflash/12179-beware-of-china-job-recruiters-selling-fake-tef-tesol-celta-certificates-you-will-be-arrested-and-deported-if-caught.html

So, you can believe the Chinese law and the Chinese authorities (and P****** Sullivan) or you can believe that really nice China job recruiter who probably did not even give you her/his real name.  Your choice.  Safe travels. On the loooong flight to China, you may want to visit these web sites and catch up on reality…

http://www.scam.com/showthread.php?t=620155

http://www.ChinaScamBusters.com

http://ChinaScamPatrol.wordpress.com

http://www.ChinaForeignTeachersUnion.com

http://ESLwatch.info (Look for the China Section)