Posted on: 10-12-04 07:06:55
Dear all
Chandresh,vj,rajcanada,maxim
thank you
I have go good info from you that before i did not know all this thisngs
Chandresh has given me good suggestion that " Gathered work exp. at some unfamilier places and i will have to wear western dresses"
So Now I am trying to do the above things.
But I am too shy and I m not looking so attractive,moreover my hight is only 5 feet and single body.
As Maxim suggest me I decided to choose teaching profession as this job i can get easily ..
Am i right?
and I also try to improve my english speaking and writing skill.
If I shall get $1,000 to 1250 per month is it good for me?? Pl. tell me.
Waiting for your reply
yours truly
While I appreciate the efforts of Maxim to give you his input, but as soon as I read it, I knew it would create problem. That is what has happened - you have been believed to think that getting into teaching is easy in Canada.
Well let me clarify that it is one of the toughest professions to get in, as well as remain there, and that is why, this profession is in reasonably good demand all over North America.
First of all, to get into teaching, you have to be a certified teacher. This is done either by transferring your overseas credentials (like BEd), or by studying in the university here and doing the course. Though you have not written it, it is very clear you do not possess B Ed, or you would have said that you are a qualified teacher. That means that you have to first study in Canada to get your B Ed.
To be able to get an admission in B Ed in Canada is not that easy. From my experience, let me tell you that when my wife applied for the university, there were 6000 applicants of which they sent an interview letter only to 700 applicants. It was an interview by 3 persons bench and obviously they expect you to speck good English. Out of the 700 interviewed, only 75 were selected to be admitted!! My wife had a Masters from India, and though had no teaching experience per se, she had ten years of experience as supply teacher (substitute teacher), a private tutor, teacher in tuition centres and lots of voluntary experience in Canadian schools. Even then she got rejected in one university - and mind you, she is gold medalist in MA (psychology!).
Even if you get in, the course itself is not easy. Firstly, it is entirely different from B Ed in India. It is more practical and based on personal presentations, which have to be very attractive. And it is quite taxing too - my wife used to leave home at 7 in the morning, return at 5, and then study till almost midnight everyday (that is the time I had to learn to cook!). I still tell her that doing CA or MBA would have been much easier.
Apart from that, a teacher in Canada has to have a good command over English language - and should not be at all shy! She has to face so many children, so many parents, and ofcourse her co-teachers and principal. There are regular courses one has to attend every year or so to maintain your teaching certificate, and always keep upgrading yourself since there are regular assessments from Principal every few years. This is one profession I have heard where people have nervous breakdowns, specially during report card season (twice a year). The report cards have to have comments for each individual student, and whatever teacher writes there, he/she should be able to back it up with examples. There are strict guidelines as to how report cards should be made and each report card is personally read by the Principal, who edits/approves it before it is given to the student!
The only good thing in this profession in Canada is that you get two months holidays in Summer and two weeks in winter.
And I will be absolutely blunt with you - having read your posts, I am sure this profession in Canada is not for you. Others might have different opinion- but I speak from experience and the maturity and understanding that is brought by age!
Chandresh
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4. In case you do not dress in western clothes, try getting into some western outfits and not be conscious about it. You will need to wear such clothes once you are here.
Chandresh
For Factory job, girls wear Indian dress too. Mean you do not have to follow western dress too much... and for office kind of job, sometime it is not easy to practice western dress in India so don't worry you can practice this thing here in Canada...so you can ignore this # 4 for now.
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While I appreciate the efforts of Maxim to give you his input, but as soon as I read it, I knew it would create problem. That is what has happened - you have been believed to think that getting into teaching is easy in Canada.
Well let me clarify that it is one of the toughest professions to get in, as well as remain there, and that is why, this profession is in reasonably good demand all over North America.
Chandresh
What about job as Early Childhood Education Assistant Job ?
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While I appreciate the efforts of Maxim to give you his input, but as soon as I read it, I knew it would create problem. That is what has happened - you have been believed to think that getting into teaching is easy in Canada.
Well let me clarify that it is one of the toughest professions to get in, as well as remain there, and that is why, this profession is in reasonably good demand all over North America.
Chandresh
What about job as Early Childhood Education Assistant Job ?
That is also not an easy process. First it is a support job to an ECE or room teacher. Plus you are required to know cooking too as lunch is to be cooked by ECA if instructed by supervisor. Their preference is for those candidate who possess certificate from Canada. If you are lucky to get a job as ECA without volunteer service hold on to it and not venture for better prospects.
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Hi Archana,
I am also from a Gujarati medium school in Mumbai. I never knew that I would nbe settling in India, but somehow I had this passion to learn and speak English. As Chandreshji mentioned, I kept on reading stuff in English that was of interest to me. That improved my vocabulary a lot. Secondly, I kept speaking in English with few of my friends who used to be from english medium schools. I also did watch some good English TV programmes. I also did take classes in Public Speaking (that helped a lot to improve my pronouciations and confidence to speak in public)
Bottomline is that no matter what medium you did your schooling or education, you can still coomunicate in English fluently. Just have faith in yourself and keep on practising and reading.
chow
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Chandresh provided very usefull info.....but
I think Western style dresses are not necessary for an indian woman,except if you r planning to do some labour job,weight lifting,cleaning,restaurants etc.
for other jobs Indian dresses are much better and comfortable, last month i visited york university,& i see that some seniour Indian lady professors wearing sarees.
so i think western dress will not help for being successful in canada.
Chandresh
I do not want to start a discussion on this topic, but now we have IHPatel who says Indian dresses are ok if you are working in a factory (which I agree to) and on the other hand Maxim saying, western dresses are necessary if you are working in a factory .................
And I do not deny someone might have seen Indian ladies wearing Sarees in York university last month - my wife did that along with a lot of her South Asian colleagues (and even made her Jewish principal wear that!!!) - since it was the month of Diwali and ID!
Chandresh
And let me also tell you - York is the university which has more Asians than any other Canadian University. You will infact hear a lot of students speaking in Hindi and Punjabi and Gujarati on the campus of York!
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Chandresh
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