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Academic Essay Outline Topic: Internships in the international teaching industry -personal experiences [1] Introduction - Statement of Topic: The shortage of eligible K-12 teaching candidates has been a serious issue in education for many decades. As the society eliminates the shortage of qualified international teaching candidates worldwide, applicants complete the teacher credential program, and learn the process of applying and getting hired. - Context / Description: The issue of the shortage of qualified teaching candidates is caused by events such as the COVID-19 pandemic, competition, and baby boomer retirements. Some teachers were exhausted from all the COVID procedures policies. This led to a decline in candidates pursuing a degree in the education industry (Gallagher, 2022). I will be presenting solutions on ways to increase the number of international teaching candidates. - THESIS: International teaching candidates can search for teaching internships abroad through visiting the school website, interacting with teachers abroad, and working with a career counselor on interview skills. International teaching internships can offer bonuses if more candidates participate. Teaching candidates will gain more confidence in teaching abroad if they participate in international teaching internships. [2] Body Paragraph #1 (1st TOPICAL Point) Topic Sentence: Candidates can interact with teachers at the international teaching internship to learn about worldwide teaching opportunities. Main Point #1: The student teaching internship experience helps candidates become more confident in their teaching skills. Example #1: Auni et al., (2022) discusses student teachers from Asia being enrolled in the international teaching internship program in New Zealand (p. 2763). The experience in the student teaching internship enhanced the participants' educational expertise, cultural awareness, and teaching styles.

Analysis #1: The international teaching internships emphasize the development of the global mind-set while learning about worldwide teaching opportunities. Auni et al., (2022) examined how teachers have the opportunity to learn more about other cultures and values when staying abroad for a month (p. 2762). The extra curriculum program and the use of technologies helped teachers increase productivity and cultural awareness in the classroom. Research suggests that the internship had good facilities (Auni et al., 2022, p. 2771). This expresses that teaching candidates will develop their cultural awareness and increase confidence in their teaching skills as they gain experience in the teaching field. By participating in an international teaching internship, teaching candidates can learn more about the curriculum, the classroom setting, technology use in the classroom, and teaching preparations. Main Point #2: Working internationally has different requirements, such as language and teaching certificates. Example #2: The trip to Plymouth, England is a requirement for international teaching candidates to earn a teaching certificate in England. Teaching candidates will have to go through the application process, attend teacher preparation meetings, in-person supervision, and learn about the responsibilities as a teacher (Lupi & Batey, 2009, p. 50-51). Analysis #2: The Plymouth trip preparation emphasizes the requirement to learn the language of the culture and earn a teaching certificate. Teachers are required to complete at least ten weeks of internship in their home country and three weeks in the host country. Lupi & Batey (2009) acknowledged that there has been significant benefits to teachers who are teaching abroad because it prepares teaching candidates to become successful at teaching (p. 49). A thirty-minute personal interview with the career counselor discusses some important expectations during the trip. The credential program will select international teaching candidates based on their ability to adapt to the different international educational institutions. The rating evaluation sheet evaluates the teachers’ understanding of the expectations of working internationally. If a student has a high understanding of the expectations, they will have information about the international teaching internship. In contrast, the job is not suitable for a student who is unfamiliar with the basics of living outside the home country and outside family support systems. Link to thesis (closing sentence): International teaching internships help teaching candidates become confident in their teaching skills.

[3] Body Paragraph #2 (2nd TOPICAL Point): Topic Sentence: Looking into the school district’s website for job postings can also help international teaching candidates go through the hiring process. Main Point #1: The school’s website has the most job postings. Example #1: Langen (2023) acknowledges that the school website is another resource to search for job postings. The job postings on the school website provide teaching candidates with the company’s goals, school organization, and focus areas for the position. Analysis #1: The school website is one of the resources used for searching for international teaching internships. The school’s ratings and profile determine if the school has good career resources and services. International teaching positions at schools are targeting teaching candidates. According to Langen (2023), a few institutions and departments value work-life balance to convey the message that the school website will help candidates learn the hiring process and increase productivity in the international teaching position. When teaching candidates apply to an international teaching position, teachers can learn how to adapt to different cultures and values, and demonstrate their interest in teaching. The cultural values emphasize the insights of teaching abroad. According to Benedict-Augustine (2010), about 31% percent of the teachers in the Council on International Educational Exchange program agreed that international teaching internships will help teaching candidates get a job in the future (p. 14). Approximately 21 percent of the teaching candidates in that program set their goals to work in the teaching industry to gain work experience abroad. About 39 percent of the people in this program are expecting teachers to get support from traveling abroad and visiting the school website for more opportunities. These statistics highlight that there is a higher chance that more teaching candidates will teach abroad if they search for an internship in the international teaching field or set objectives for them to get a teaching certificate. Main Point #2: There are five steps to the hiring process in the teaching industry by going to career counseling. Example #2: The things to prepare for and know when following the five steps to the hiring process through career counseling is to know the resources to find teaching job advertisements, focus on the job search for institutions where personal and professional goals can meet, prepare what to expect in the teaching position, become acquainted with the department's and the institution's aims and culture. Analysis #2: By utilizing the steps to the hiring process through career counseling, teaching candidates can be familiar with the application process and what to expect when teaching abroad. The first step of the hiring process is to get approved by the government to search for more professors to fill in vacancies (Langen, 2023). The recruitment and the

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