QUALIFICATIONS

• Meet the qualifications for teaching in primary or secondary schools in the Philippines;

• Be working as a teacher in the Philippines or country of legal residence at the time of application, or, if not working as a teacher, otherwise meet the eligibility qualifications and (a) have recently (within 12 months of application) completed an advanced degree and (b) have two years of full-time teaching experience within the past eight years;

• Have a degree-equivalent to a U.S. bachelor’s degree in either education or the academic subject field in which they intend to teach;

• Have a minimum of two years (24 months) of teaching or related professional experience;

• Satisfy the standards of the U.S. state in which they will teach;

• Be of good reputation and character;

• Be seeking to enter the United States for the purpose of full-time teaching as a teacher of record at a primary (including pre-kindergarten) or secondary accredited educational institution in the United States (pre-kindergarten teachers must teach full-time, and at the pre-kindergarten level, may teach only language immersion at an accredited host school);

• Possess sufficient proficiency in the English language.