Is it any wonder the govt. is having trouble signing up recruits for
this program?
Most of the countries that are targeted for recruitment face teacher
shortages of their own, often they resort to recruiting teachers from
third countires to fill their own shortages. This is DESPITE the
higher wages.
It doesn't make much sense, professionally, or financially for
teachers to come to Taiwan from the UK or anywhere else:
Teaching here in the elementary school offers no professional
advantages if that teacher wants to go back to teach in the school
systems for these countries. In fact, teachers may lose out on
promotion, increments in salary, and opportunities for training.
Moreover, the salary, albeit generous by Taiwanese standards (perhaps
), is quite paltry compared to the entry level salaries for teacher
in the UK. I believe US salaries to be similar or higher...
http://www.teach.gov.uk/php/read.php?sectionid=137&articleid=909 This website states: "As a Newly Qualified Teacher (NQT) in England
and Wales, you can expect to start on a scale that ranges from £19,023
to £27,801 approx or NT$1.1 million to 1.6 million. (That doesn't
include London weighting, either.)
If you are a career changer or mature entrant you may, depending on
your previous experience, start at a higher level."
As a result, I can only believe that this policy is doomed to fail
from the start, because it is expensive, it can't attract the 'real'
teachers needed, and offers very little to schools.
There are other ways to achieve the ends stated.
Kenneth
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