a:2:{s:11:"layout_html";s:25767:"<div class="module m_column m_column_2_3 ui-draggable ui-draggable-handle ui-resizable ui-droppable ui-sortable first" style="display: inline-block; z-index: 1; opacity: 1;" data-name="2_3" data-placeholder="2/3 Column"><span class="module_name column_name">2/3 Column</span> <span class="delete_column delete" style="display: block;"></span><div class="module m_text_block ui-draggable ui-draggable-handle" style="width: 100%; margin-right: 0px; display: inline-block; z-index: 1; opacity: 1;" data-name="text_block" data-placeholder="WP Editor"><span class="module_name">Content</span><span class="move" style="display: block;"></span><span class="delete" style="display: block;"></span><span class="settings_arrow"></span><div class="module_settings"><div data-option_name="title" class="title module_setting">Content</div><div data-option_name="text_block_content" class="text_block_content module_setting v_module_content"><h1 class="pageTitle" style="text-align: center;">Welcome to The International Board of Teaching Standards&nbsp;TESOL Canada</h1><h2 class="pageTitle" style="text-align: center;">Training Beyond the Standard</h2><p style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://agrement-formateurs.gouv.qc.ca/Repertoire/Formateur/0059212"><u>International Board of Teaching Standards TESOL Canada is a non-profit organization,&nbsp;registered &nbsp;in Quebec-Canada &nbsp;since 2009, &nbsp;TESOL Canada is a membership-based TESOL &amp; ESL Standards Accreditation Organization by the Partner Commission of the Labour Market -Quebec (<strong>la Commission des partenaires du marché du travail )</strong></u></a></p><p>TESOL CANADA is the leading provider of TESOL/TESL/TEFL certificate courses all across Canada and international <br><br><i id="icon7392" class="fa fa-map"></i> Quebec, Canada<br><i id="icon62" class="fa fa-phone"></i> 514-449-9402<br><i id="icon4803" class="fa fa-envelope"></i> info@tesoll.com</p><p>[heading]What is TESOL [/heading]</p><h3 class="sfContentBlock">Frequently Asked Questions about Starting a Career in TESOL</h3><div class="breadcrumb">&nbsp;</div><div class="sfContentBlock"><p>This FAQ provides information about academic requirements for ESL/EFL teachers, an overview of teacher education programs, suggestions on how to search for jobs, and details about the career services that TESOL provides.&nbsp;<br><br>If you are new to the profession, reading this section first will make the more detailed career information available on TESOL's website easier to understand.</p><h3>What are the differences between TESL, TEFL, and&nbsp;TESOL?</h3><p><strong>TESL</strong> refers to teaching English as a second language:&nbsp;programs in English-speaking countries for students whose&nbsp;first language is other than English.<br><br><strong>TEFL</strong> refers to teaching English as a foreign language:&nbsp;programs in countries where English is not the primary&nbsp;language and is not a lingua franca. <br><br><strong>TESOL,</strong> which stands&nbsp;for teaching English to speakers of other languages, is a&nbsp;general name for the field of teaching that includes both&nbsp;TESL and TEFL. It's important not to confuse all occurrences of the acronym <strong>TESOL</strong> with <strong>TESOL International Association</strong>. For example, not every TESOL Certificate Program is offered by TESOL International Association. It may be offered by a university or even a private company.</p><h3>What type of certification do I need to teach ESL/EFL?</h3><p>No single degree, certificate, or license authorizes an&nbsp;individual to teach ESL/EFL in all fields or in all parts&nbsp;of the world. Job requirements are specific to the job&nbsp;and the employer and may vary a great deal from one&nbsp;job to another. Depending on the place one is teaching,&nbsp;generally speaking, the minimum qualification to teach&nbsp;English in private language schools throughout the world&nbsp;is a bachelor’s degree and some type of TESL or TEFL&nbsp;certificate.<br><br>In the United States, you must obtain a field-specific teaching license&nbsp;from the state where you wish to work. You may want&nbsp;to contact the department or ministry of education in the&nbsp;country where you plan to work for more information&nbsp;about that country’s educational system and academic&nbsp;requirements for teachers.</p><h3>If my degree is in a field other than TESOL, do I need&nbsp;another degree?</h3><p>Most TESL/TEFL jobs require at least some academic&nbsp;background in TESOL or a related field. The potential&nbsp;employer decides what is related, but examples may&nbsp;include education, English, and linguistics. If you have&nbsp;a degree in an unrelated field, you might consider&nbsp;supplementing it with a TESL, TEFL, or TESOL certificate.</p><h3>What is a TESL, TEFL, or TESOL certificate?</h3><p>Certificate programs provide an introduction to teaching English as a second or foreign language. Generally speaking, there are two types of certificate programs: graduate certificates and independent&nbsp;certificates. Both usually require applicants to have a&nbsp;bachelor’s degree, but only the individual institutions&nbsp;offering certificates can answer questions about their&nbsp;prerequisites. <br><br>Graduate certificates are usually taught at the university level and&nbsp;usually take two to four semesters to complete. The credits are&nbsp;often applicable to a master’s degree. Independent certificates&nbsp;are usually much shorter-term programs (from two to six weeks)&nbsp;that focus on practical training and different methods for&nbsp;teaching language. To ensure that you get a solid grounding the essentials of English language teaching, TESOL strongly encourages you to review our&nbsp;Standards for Short-Term TEFL/TESL Certificate Programs. <strong><br></strong></p><h3>How do I find a teacher education program in my area?</h3><p>TESOL maintains a list of institutions that offer these&nbsp;types of programs. The Directory of Degree and Certificate&nbsp;Programs (DDCP) is an online resource featuring&nbsp;approximately 450 university-level academic and training&nbsp;programs in English as a second language (ESL) and related&nbsp;fields in the United States and Canada.<br><br>The directory of universities and colleges is organized&nbsp;for browsing by major (TESOL/TESL/TEFL, English,&nbsp;linguistics, education, other), degree (doctoral, master’s,&nbsp;post-bachelor’s, bachelor’s, certificate), location (state or&nbsp;province), and program type (state/province credential or&nbsp;distance learning). Each program listing includes profile data&nbsp;on admission requirements, faculty, curriculum, tuition, and&nbsp;financial aid. If you&nbsp;are interested in learning about other education programs&nbsp;outside the United States and Canada contact your local TESOL affiliate.</p><h3>Can TESOL recommend a teacher education program for me?</h3><p>TESOL International Association does not evaluate teacher education programs and&nbsp;cannot comment on individual institutions. As an association,&nbsp;TESOL must be impartial and cannot direct potential students&nbsp;to any program or type of program. Only the individual&nbsp;institutions can answer questions about the types of degrees or&nbsp;certificates they offer.</p><h3>I do not have a degree or a certificate in TEFL, but I’d like&nbsp;to teach ESL or EFL. What job opportunities exist?</h3><p>Numerous volunteer opportunities are available worldwide.&nbsp;Local literacy programs often include an ESL component, and&nbsp;aid agencies place volunteer teachers throughout the world. If&nbsp;you are untrained and plan to search for a paid position, you&nbsp;will most likely find low pay, no benefits, and long hours. These&nbsp;entry-level positions are usually easiest to obtain by applying&nbsp;on-site.<br><br>With that being said, TESOL strongly urges you to obtain some kind of credential. The TESOL Core Certificate Program is an entry-level certificate that will give you the skills you need to enter into the ELT workforce.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><h3>Can I teach ESL/EFL if English is not my first language?</h3><p>Certainly! Some ESL/EFL employers may prefer someone&nbsp;who is proficient in both the students’ native language&nbsp;and in English or someone who has had the experience of&nbsp;learning English as a second language. TESOL does not tolerate discrimination that affects our members, including&nbsp;discrimination based on language background.&nbsp;</p><h3>Do I need to speak a language other than English to teach&nbsp;ESL/EFL? Do I need to speak the language of the country in&nbsp;which I plan to teach?</h3><p>Speaking a second language is not necessarily required to&nbsp;enter the field of TESOL, but it is beneficial, in general, to have&nbsp;learned another language and to know another culture. If you&nbsp;are living and working in a non–English-speaking country, you&nbsp;may not be required to speak the host country’s language, but<br>you will likely find your stay more comfortable and rewarding&nbsp;if you learn the local language.&nbsp;</p><h3>What is the typical salary range for teachers in the United&nbsp;States? Outside the United States?</h3><p>Because so many kinds of ESL/EFL teaching jobs are available&nbsp;worldwide, this question is difficult to answer. In the United&nbsp;States, ESL/EFL jobs may be full or part-time and may be paid&nbsp;an annual salary, an hourly wage, or a fee per class. For jobs&nbsp;outside the United States, the answer is even more complicated.&nbsp;Because no single body governs all the ESL jobs worldwide,&nbsp;there is no central source for salary and benefits information.&nbsp;You will have to search for information on a specific country.&nbsp;</p><h3>What country has the most jobs available?</h3><p>Because no single body governs all ESL jobs worldwide, no&nbsp;statistics exist for which countries have the most jobs. Please&nbsp;visit TESOL’s Online Career Center for job listings.&nbsp;</p><h3>Can TESOL find a job for me?</h3><p>TESOL does not offer placement services for teachers or&nbsp;recruitment services for employers. But TESOL Career Services&nbsp;does have many other resources available to job seekers.</p><h3>Does TESOL have an office where I live?</h3><p>TESOL International Association headquarters is located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. TESOL also has more than 10 affiliates worldwide,&nbsp;but these affiliates are autonomous organizations with&nbsp;independent memberships and activities. Although TESOL&nbsp;shares a special relationship with its affiliates, membership in&nbsp;TESOL does not constitute membership in any of its affiliates or vice versa.</p><h3>I still have questions. What should I do?</h3><p>TESOL members may contact TESOL Career Services. Although TESOL Career Services do not&nbsp;include academic or career counselling, legal assistance, or&nbsp;legal advice, TESOL will try to help you find answers to your&nbsp;questions.&nbsp;TESOL Career Services is a member benefit; assisting more than&nbsp;12,000 members worldwide.&nbsp;TESOL membership is open to anyone with an interest in the&nbsp;field.<br><br>For information on how to join and details about additional&nbsp;member benefits, please visit the TESOL membership webpage.</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p></div><div data-option_name="animation_effect" class="animation_effect module_setting"></div><div data-option_name="css_class" class="css_class module_setting"></div><div data-option_name="container_css" class="container_css module_setting"></div><div data-option_name="custom_css" class="custom_css module_setting"></div></div></div><div class="ui-resizable-handle ui-resizable-e" style="z-index: 90;"></div></div><div class="module m_column m_column_1_3 ui-draggable ui-draggable-handle ui-resizable ui-droppable ui-sortable" style="display: inline-block; z-index: 1; opacity: 1;" data-name="1_3" data-placeholder="1/3 Column"><span class="module_name column_name">1/3 Column</span> <span class="delete_column delete" style="display: block;"></span><div class="module m_text_block ui-draggable ui-draggable-handle" style="width: 100%; margin-right: 0px; display: inline-block; z-index: 1; opacity: 1;" data-name="text_block" data-placeholder="WP Editor"><span class="module_name">Content</span><span class="move" style="display: block;"></span><span class="delete" style="display: block;"></span><span class="settings_arrow"></span><div class="module_settings"><div data-option_name="title" class="title module_setting">Content</div><div data-option_name="text_block_content" class="text_block_content module_setting v_module_content"><p>[heading]History[/heading]<br>[iframevideo] &nbsp;[/iframevideo]</p></div><div data-option_name="animation_effect" class="animation_effect module_setting"></div><div data-option_name="css_class" class="css_class module_setting"></div><div data-option_name="container_css" class="container_css module_setting"></div><div data-option_name="custom_css" class="custom_css module_setting"></div></div></div><div class="ui-resizable-handle ui-resizable-e" style="z-index: 90;"></div></div>				<div class="module m_column m_column_resizable ui-draggable ui-draggable-handle ui-resizable ui-droppable ui-sortable first" style="width: 672px; display: inline-block; z-index: 1; opacity: 1;" data-name="resizable" data-placeholder="Full-Width Resizable Column"><span class="module_name column_name">Full-Width Resizable Column</span> <span class="delete_column delete" style="display: block;"></span><div class="module m_text_block ui-draggable ui-draggable-handle" style="width: 100%; margin-right: 0px; display: inline-block; z-index: 1; opacity: 1;" data-name="text_block" data-placeholder="WP Editor"><span class="module_name">Content</span><span class="move" style="display: block;"></span><span class="delete" style="display: block;"></span><span class="settings_arrow"></span><div class="module_settings"><div data-option_name="title" class="title module_setting">Content</div><div data-option_name="text_block_content" class="text_block_content module_setting v_module_content"><h1 style="text-align: center;">Why choose The IBTS TESOL Canada ?</h1><p>&nbsp;</p><h3 style="text-align: center;">We might not be the oldest, but we're definitely the best!</h3><p style="text-align: center;"><br>The IBTS TESOL Canada specialises in accredited TESOL&nbsp; courses and nothing else. All or our trainers are EFL professionals. They have all qualified as TEFL-TESOL teachers themselves, gained years of actual teaching experience and are now passing on their working knowledge to our TEFL-TESOL course students. We offer a highly personable service and a support network while you study. We understand the importance of teaching others as well as experiencing and seeing the world. 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display: inline-block; z-index: 1; opacity: 1;" data-name="1_2" data-placeholder="1/2 Column"><span class="module_name column_name">1/2 Column<span class="module_width"> (298%)</span></span> <span class="delete_column delete" style="display: block;"></span><div class="module m_text_block ui-draggable ui-draggable-handle" style="width: 100%; margin-right: 0px; display: inline-block; z-index: 1; opacity: 1;" data-name="text_block" data-placeholder="WP Editor"><span class="module_name">Content</span><span class="move" style="display: block;"></span><span class="delete" style="display: block;"></span><span class="settings_arrow"></span><div class="module_settings"><div data-option_name="title" class="title module_setting">Content</div><div data-option_name="text_block_content" class="text_block_content module_setting v_module_content"><p>[heading]Why Choose Us[/heading]</p><p>IBTS TESOL CANADA is the leading provider of TESOL/TESL/TEFL certificate courses all across Canada and international <br><br><i id="icon7392" class="fa fa-map"></i> Quebec,Canada<br><i id="icon62" class="fa fa-phone"></i> 514-449-9402<br><i id="icon4803" class="fa fa-envelope"></i> info@tesoll.com</p></div><div data-option_name="animation_effect" class="animation_effect module_setting"></div><div data-option_name="css_class" class="css_class module_setting"></div><div data-option_name="container_css" class="container_css module_setting"></div><div data-option_name="custom_css" class="custom_css module_setting"></div></div></div><div class="ui-resizable-handle ui-resizable-e" style="z-index: 90;"></div></div><div class="module m_column m_column_1_2 ui-draggable ui-draggable-handle ui-resizable ui-droppable ui-sortable" style="display: inline-block; 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Our goal is to accommodate individuals in the furtherance of their education or interests by offering guided, independent programs that are flexible, convenient and affordable. SCI programs provide students with the freedom to learn from the convenience of their home, in their spare time, without the time constraints of classroom attendance.[/accordion] [accordion title="Vision and Membership" connect="89"] IBTS TESOL Canada is a member of the&nbsp;Canadian Network for Innovation in Education, the International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE). It also has academic affiliations with the Guild of Industrial, Commercial, and Institutional Accountants (ICIA) and The Travel Institute (formerly ICTA), <a href="http://agrement-formateurs.gouv.qc.ca/Repertoire/Formateur/0059212">The International Community&nbsp;for Teaching Standards&nbsp;TESOL Canada</a>. 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[v_text_block title="Content" animation_effect="" css_class="" container_css="" custom_css=""]<h1 class="pageTitle" style="text-align: center;">Welcome to The International Board of Teaching Standards&nbsp;TESOL Canada</h1><h2 class="pageTitle" style="text-align: center;">Training Beyond the Standard</h2><p style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://agrement-formateurs.gouv.qc.ca/Repertoire/Formateur/0059212"><u>International Board of Teaching Standards TESOL Canada is a non-profit organization,&nbsp;registered &nbsp;in Quebec-Canada &nbsp;since 2009, &nbsp;TESOL Canada is a membership-based TESOL &amp; ESL Standards Accreditation Organization by the Partner Commission of the Labour Market -Quebec (<strong>la Commission des partenaires du marché du travail )</strong></u></a></p><p>TESOL CANADA is the leading provider of TESOL/TESL/TEFL certificate courses all across Canada and international <br><br><i id="icon7392" class="fa fa-map"></i> Quebec, Canada<br><i id="icon62" class="fa fa-phone"></i> 514-449-9402<br><i id="icon4803" class="fa fa-envelope"></i> info@tesoll.com</p><p>[heading]What is TESOL [/heading]</p><h3 class="sfContentBlock">Frequently Asked Questions about Starting a Career in TESOL</h3><div class="breadcrumb">&nbsp;</div><div class="sfContentBlock"><p>This FAQ provides information about academic requirements for ESL/EFL teachers, an overview of teacher education programs, suggestions on how to search for jobs, and details about the career services that TESOL provides.&nbsp;<br><br>If you are new to the profession, reading this section first will make the more detailed career information available on TESOL's website easier to understand.</p><h3>What are the differences between TESL, TEFL, and&nbsp;TESOL?</h3><p><strong>TESL</strong> refers to teaching English as a second language:&nbsp;programs in English-speaking countries for students whose&nbsp;first language is other than English.<br><br><strong>TEFL</strong> refers to teaching English as a foreign language:&nbsp;programs in countries where English is not the primary&nbsp;language and is not a lingua franca. <br><br><strong>TESOL,</strong> which stands&nbsp;for teaching English to speakers of other languages, is a&nbsp;general name for the field of teaching that includes both&nbsp;TESL and TEFL. It's important not to confuse all occurrences of the acronym <strong>TESOL</strong> with <strong>TESOL International Association</strong>. For example, not every TESOL Certificate Program is offered by TESOL International Association. It may be offered by a university or even a private company.</p><h3>What type of certification do I need to teach ESL/EFL?</h3><p>No single degree, certificate, or license authorizes an&nbsp;individual to teach ESL/EFL in all fields or in all parts&nbsp;of the world. Job requirements are specific to the job&nbsp;and the employer and may vary a great deal from one&nbsp;job to another. Depending on the place one is teaching,&nbsp;generally speaking, the minimum qualification to teach&nbsp;English in private language schools throughout the world&nbsp;is a bachelor’s degree and some type of TESL or TEFL&nbsp;certificate.<br><br>In the United States, you must obtain a field-specific teaching license&nbsp;from the state where you wish to work. You may want&nbsp;to contact the department or ministry of education in the&nbsp;country where you plan to work for more information&nbsp;about that country’s educational system and academic&nbsp;requirements for teachers.</p><h3>If my degree is in a field other than TESOL, do I need&nbsp;another degree?</h3><p>Most TESL/TEFL jobs require at least some academic&nbsp;background in TESOL or a related field. The potential&nbsp;employer decides what is related, but examples may&nbsp;include education, English, and linguistics. If you have&nbsp;a degree in an unrelated field, you might consider&nbsp;supplementing it with a TESL, TEFL, or TESOL certificate.</p><h3>What is a TESL, TEFL, or TESOL certificate?</h3><p>Certificate programs provide an introduction to teaching English as a second or foreign language. Generally speaking, there are two types of certificate programs: graduate certificates and independent&nbsp;certificates. Both usually require applicants to have a&nbsp;bachelor’s degree, but only the individual institutions&nbsp;offering certificates can answer questions about their&nbsp;prerequisites. <br><br>Graduate certificates are usually taught at the university level and&nbsp;usually take two to four semesters to complete. The credits are&nbsp;often applicable to a master’s degree. Independent certificates&nbsp;are usually much shorter-term programs (from two to six weeks)&nbsp;that focus on practical training and different methods for&nbsp;teaching language. To ensure that you get a solid grounding the essentials of English language teaching, TESOL strongly encourages you to review our&nbsp;Standards for Short-Term TEFL/TESL Certificate Programs. <strong><br></strong></p><h3>How do I find a teacher education program in my area?</h3><p>TESOL maintains a list of institutions that offer these&nbsp;types of programs. The Directory of Degree and Certificate&nbsp;Programs (DDCP) is an online resource featuring&nbsp;approximately 450 university-level academic and training&nbsp;programs in English as a second language (ESL) and related&nbsp;fields in the United States and Canada.<br><br>The directory of universities and colleges is organized&nbsp;for browsing by major (TESOL/TESL/TEFL, English,&nbsp;linguistics, education, other), degree (doctoral, master’s,&nbsp;post-bachelor’s, bachelor’s, certificate), location (state or&nbsp;province), and program type (state/province credential or&nbsp;distance learning). Each program listing includes profile data&nbsp;on admission requirements, faculty, curriculum, tuition, and&nbsp;financial aid. If you&nbsp;are interested in learning about other education programs&nbsp;outside the United States and Canada contact your local TESOL affiliate.</p><h3>Can TESOL recommend a teacher education program for me?</h3><p>TESOL International Association does not evaluate teacher education programs and&nbsp;cannot comment on individual institutions. As an association,&nbsp;TESOL must be impartial and cannot direct potential students&nbsp;to any program or type of program. Only the individual&nbsp;institutions can answer questions about the types of degrees or&nbsp;certificates they offer.</p><h3>I do not have a degree or a certificate in TEFL, but I’d like&nbsp;to teach ESL or EFL. What job opportunities exist?</h3><p>Numerous volunteer opportunities are available worldwide.&nbsp;Local literacy programs often include an ESL component, and&nbsp;aid agencies place volunteer teachers throughout the world. If&nbsp;you are untrained and plan to search for a paid position, you&nbsp;will most likely find low pay, no benefits, and long hours. These&nbsp;entry-level positions are usually easiest to obtain by applying&nbsp;on-site.<br><br>With that being said, TESOL strongly urges you to obtain some kind of credential. The TESOL Core Certificate Program is an entry-level certificate that will give you the skills you need to enter into the ELT workforce.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><h3>Can I teach ESL/EFL if English is not my first language?</h3><p>Certainly! Some ESL/EFL employers may prefer someone&nbsp;who is proficient in both the students’ native language&nbsp;and in English or someone who has had the experience of&nbsp;learning English as a second language. TESOL does not tolerate discrimination that affects our members, including&nbsp;discrimination based on language background.&nbsp;</p><h3>Do I need to speak a language other than English to teach&nbsp;ESL/EFL? Do I need to speak the language of the country in&nbsp;which I plan to teach?</h3><p>Speaking a second language is not necessarily required to&nbsp;enter the field of TESOL, but it is beneficial, in general, to have&nbsp;learned another language and to know another culture. If you&nbsp;are living and working in a non–English-speaking country, you&nbsp;may not be required to speak the host country’s language, but<br>you will likely find your stay more comfortable and rewarding&nbsp;if you learn the local language.&nbsp;</p><h3>What is the typical salary range for teachers in the United&nbsp;States? Outside the United States?</h3><p>Because so many kinds of ESL/EFL teaching jobs are available&nbsp;worldwide, this question is difficult to answer. In the United&nbsp;States, ESL/EFL jobs may be full or part-time and may be paid&nbsp;an annual salary, an hourly wage, or a fee per class. For jobs&nbsp;outside the United States, the answer is even more complicated.&nbsp;Because no single body governs all the ESL jobs worldwide,&nbsp;there is no central source for salary and benefits information.&nbsp;You will have to search for information on a specific country.&nbsp;</p><h3>What country has the most jobs available?</h3><p>Because no single body governs all ESL jobs worldwide, no&nbsp;statistics exist for which countries have the most jobs. Please&nbsp;visit TESOL’s Online Career Center for job listings.&nbsp;</p><h3>Can TESOL find a job for me?</h3><p>TESOL does not offer placement services for teachers or&nbsp;recruitment services for employers. But TESOL Career Services&nbsp;does have many other resources available to job seekers.</p><h3>Does TESOL have an office where I live?</h3><p>TESOL International Association headquarters is located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. TESOL also has more than 10 affiliates worldwide,&nbsp;but these affiliates are autonomous organizations with&nbsp;independent memberships and activities. Although TESOL&nbsp;shares a special relationship with its affiliates, membership in&nbsp;TESOL does not constitute membership in any of its affiliates or vice versa.</p><h3>I still have questions. What should I do?</h3><p>TESOL members may contact TESOL Career Services. Although TESOL Career Services do not&nbsp;include academic or career counselling, legal assistance, or&nbsp;legal advice, TESOL will try to help you find answers to your&nbsp;questions.&nbsp;TESOL Career Services is a member benefit; assisting more than&nbsp;12,000 members worldwide.&nbsp;TESOL membership is open to anyone with an interest in the&nbsp;field.<br><br>For information on how to join and details about additional&nbsp;member benefits, please visit the TESOL membership webpage.</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p>[/v_text_block]
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[v_text_block title="Content" animation_effect="" css_class="" container_css="" custom_css=""]<p>[heading]FAQs[/heading]<br>[agroup first="1" connect="89"] [accordion title="</p><p align="center"><span class="about-2nd-headline">The International Board of Teaching Standards TESOL CANADA&nbsp;</span>Mission Statement</p><p>" connect="89"] IBTS TESOL Canada offers distance education programs to meet the vocational and intellectual needs of adult students. Our goal is to accommodate individuals in the furtherance of their education or interests by offering guided, independent programs that are flexible, convenient and affordable. SCI programs provide students with the freedom to learn from the convenience of their home, in their spare time, without the time constraints of classroom attendance.[/accordion] [accordion title="Vision and Membership" connect="89"] IBTS TESOL Canada is a member of the&nbsp;Canadian Network for Innovation in Education, the International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE). It also has academic affiliations with the Guild of Industrial, Commercial, and Institutional Accountants (ICIA) and The Travel Institute (formerly ICTA), <a href="http://agrement-formateurs.gouv.qc.ca/Repertoire/Formateur/0059212">The International Community&nbsp;for Teaching Standards&nbsp;TESOL Canada</a>. [/accordion] [accordion title="Purpose &amp; Objectives" connect="89"]</p><p>The purpose and objectives of IBTS TESOL Canada&nbsp;are to:</p><p>1. Establish a resource base for the delivery of state-of-the-art distance education through guided independent study, and then</p><p>2. Use that base to implement a diverse range of educational programs aimed at career advancement, self-improvement and the fulfillment of cultural, creative, and recreational goals of the clients who become our students</p><p>[/accordion] [/agroup]</p>[/v_text_block]
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