The new requirements from The Teachers’ Council of Thailand require that teachers from other countries than the five mentioned in the requirements have to do a TOEIC test.

Verification of a passing score on the Test of TOEIC (except those who come from 5 countries: The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, The United States of America, Commonwealth of Australia, New Zealand and Canada) or passing score on the other foreign language proficiency test.

http://www.ksp.or.th/Khurusapha/en/khurusapha_NewsPopup.php?newid=35

Moreover, it has been reported that some Labour Offices require it when applying for a work permit.

In Thailand the TOEIC tests are conducted by the Center for Professional Assessment(Thailand).

The test centers are below.

TOEIC Offices

Bangkok (Head Office)
Chiangmai (Branch Office)

Regular Test Sites

Khon Kaen
Korat
Lampang
Phuket
Pitsanulok
Songkhla

http://www.cpathailand.co.th/a5661-thailand-test-centers

A couple of years ago TEFL International and Thongsook International  introduced a 3 year part-time course which would result in a Bachelor Degree of Arts in TESOL.

Prospective applicants were skeptical about the accreditation, the curriculum,  the content and the course outline of the offered BA TESOL.

On Thailand Teaching, a discussion board for teachers in Thailand, a discussion started with questions about the BA TESOL.

Mr. Bruce Veldhuisen, Director, International Programs, Thongsook College joined the discussion to answer as many  questions as possible.

Main points until now are:

• The BA TESOL is an accredited degree by the Office of The Higher Education Commission as department of the Thai Ministry of Education
• The course has a curriculum and course outline
• The course will start in June 2012

Follow the link below and join the discussion.

http://www.thailandteaching.asia/ongoing-teacher-development/12741-thai-ba-tesol-if-you-dont-have-degree.html

To get a provisional teaching permit/ waiver from The Teachers’ Council of Thailand, applicants from other countries than the 5 specific countries mentioned in the latest requirements document, have to do a TOEIC test.

Verification of a passing score on the Test of TOEIC (except those who come from 5 countries: The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, The United States of America, Commonwealth of Australia, New Zealand and Canada) or passing score on the other foreign language proficiency test.

http://www.ksp.or.th/Khurusapha/en/khurusapha_NewsPopup.php?newid=35

The Teachers’ Council of Thailand announced the next

Thai Language, Culture and Teacher Professional Code of Ethics

for Saturday 19 May until Monday 21 May 2012.

The course will be held in Bangkok and conducted by Suan Dusit Rajabhat University.

http://education.dusit.ac.th/culture/culture.html

Teachers in Thailand, not belonging to the group of employees as stated in section 4 of the Social Security Act, have to be registered at the Social Security Fund and Workmen’s Compensation Fund.

The maximum monthly fee amounts 1,500 THB but many employers pay half of it. The benefits are stated below.

SOCIAL SECURITY FUND

• IN THE CASE OLD-AGE BENEFIT
• IN THE CASE UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT
• IN THE CHILD ALLOWANCE
• IN THE EVENT OF DEATH
• IN THE EVENT OF INJURY OR SICKNESS
• IN THE INVALIDITY BENEFIT
• IN THE MATERNITY BENEFIT

WORKMEN COMPENSATION FUND

• IN THE CASE OF SUSTAINING INJURY OR ILLNESS
• IN THE CASE OF DISABILITY RESULTED FROM WORK PERFORMANCE
• IN THE CASE OF DEATH OR DISAPPEARANCE FROM WORK
• PROCEDURE FOR SENDING EMPLOYEE TO HOSPITAL
• PRACTICAL PRINCIPLE AND DUTY OF BOTH EMPLOYER AND EMPLOYEE
• APPLICATION FOR REFUND OF MEDICAL TREATMENT EXPENS

 

http://www.sso.go.th/wpr/eng/

Join a discussion about this topic here: http://www.thailandteaching.asia/health-fitness/12277-thai-social-security-fund.html#post51450

When renewing the work permit WP.5 as a teacher in Thailand, the current rules state that a medical check is required (point 5). It’s reported that this rule has not been enforced in every province in Thailand.

Better to check it out.

Follow the discussion here: http://www.thailandteaching.asia/work-permits/12268-work-permit-renewal-application-wp-5-updated-2012-%3B-medical-check-required.html#post51406

To acquire a Provisional Teaching Permit or Waiver, applicants have to do an accreditation check of their degree.

Copy of educational background or degrees along with transcripts, including the degree certification check from the website of TCT/ TEPC/ CSC – as stated in item 2. of the requirements.

It has to be checked on the website of the Office of the Civil Servants Commission.

Since 2002, The Netherlands has a binary higher education system. The research-oriented education leads to master degrees while professional higher education leads to bachelor degrees. The educational institutions that provide the research-oriented education areuniversities while the educational institutions that provide professional higher education are Professional Higher Education Schools.

None of the Dutch Professional Higher Education Schools are in the OCSC’s database.

More information can be found here: http://www.thailandteaching.asia/teacher-licensing/11214-tct-provisional-teaching-permit-waiver-requirements-1-february-2012-a.html

The Teachers’ Council of Thailand issued new requirements in regards to applying for a provisional teaching permit, often called waiver, retroactively as of 1 February 2012.

Follow the discussion at: http://www.thailandteaching.asia/teacher-licensing/11214-tct-provisional-teaching-permit-waiver-requirements-1-february-2012-a.html