After graduating, you can get a job if you have a TEFL Certificate (Teaching English as a Foreign Language). It does not matter what you majored in, and you don’t need to be an education major. You just need a bachelor’s degree and a TEFL Certificate.
A TEFL Certificate usually costs thousands of dollars, but did you know that UCF offers a TEFL Certificate for undergrads? Yes, regardless of your major, you can take the 4 courses required for this certificate. Some courses may count toward your UCF requirements. You may have taken one already without realizing it!
You can see the course requirements here: https://www.ucf.edu/degree/teaching-english-as-a-foreign-language-tefl-certificate/
(There are 20+ options for the 4th course, and not all are listed here.)
Frequently asked questions here: https://mll.cah.ucf.edu/programs/tesol-faq/
Learn more information at one of the presentation events. Our guest speaker is a professor who taught in Japan, Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, and Kuwait.
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The past couple of decades have witnessed Buddhist communities both continuing the modernization of Buddhism and questioning some of its limitations. In this fascinating portrait of a rapidly changing religious landscape, Ann Gleig illuminates the aspirations and struggles of younger North American Buddhists during a period she identifies as a distinct stage in the assimilation of Buddhism to the West. She observes both the emergence of new innovative forms of deinstitutionalized Buddhism that blur the boundaries between the religious and secular, and a revalorization of traditional elements of Buddhism, such as ethics and community, that were discarded in the modernization process.
Based on extensive ethnographic and textual research, the book ranges from mindfulness debates in the Vipassana network to the sex scandals in American Zen, while exploring issues around racial diversity and social justice, the impact of new technologies, and generational differences between baby boomer, Gen X, and millennial teachers.
Join us as guest speaker, Ms. Elizabeth R. Thompson, Executive Director of the non-profit organization, the Association to Preserve African American Society, History and Tradition, Incorporated (P.A.S.T., Inc.) presents "Education and Celebration: The African American Museum Experience".
As an Orlando, Florida native, helming an organization that seeks to highlight the African American contribution of significant Floridians, allows Ms. Thompson to serve the community that she has loved her whole life.
Partnering with community influencers, corporate executives, entrepreneurs and other non-profit organizers, Ms. Thompson has ensured that P.A.S.T., Inc. brings valuable and educational community programming to the Orlando and surrounding areas. Ms. Thompson’s proficiency in grant writing and administration have allowed her to spearhead P.A.S.T., Inc.’s, most prominent endeavor, the Wells’Built Museum of African American History & Culture.
Prior to joining P.A.S.T, Inc., Ms. Thompson worked for almost 20 years in pharmaceutical and business to business sales. This experience has been essential in understanding what drives customer satisfaction, mutually beneficial partnerships and the furtherance of organizational goals through marketing and brand management.
Elizabeth holds a Bachelor of Science in Journalism and Public Relations from Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University.
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