02/07/2024
Hi, everyone!
Marami ang nagtatanong paano nga ba mag-apply sa Taiwan bilang Foreign English Teacher (FET) at English Teaching Assistant (FETA).
Mahalagang ihanda muna ang 3 basic documents. What are these?
1. Diploma and TOR with Employment Abroad purposes. Ang highest educational attainment ang iyong kukunin kung saang college,univeristy, or school ka nag-aral. Tell them na kailangan mo ng for CAV (Certification, Verification, Authentication). After that, you need to bring these documents to CHED for verification. (If you graduated from state university, no need to go to CHED.) Next, go to the nearest DFA site. For Region 3, you may go to DFA Robinsons Starmills sa Pampanga. You can do the walk-in. Make sure na andun ka sa likod around 8am kasi may bilang lang ang kini-cater nila. After you apostilled your TOR and diploma, all you need to do is to go to TECO for authentication. What is TECO? Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in the Philippines. You can do that personally or by an agent/representative.
2. PRC license authentication. Make sure that your license validity is more than one year because if you will get hired, your PRC license should be valid within the duration of your contract. First step, you should make an online appointment thru PRC website and select authentication. (the same process on how we renew our license). After you get the license authentication, go to the nearest DFA site for apostilled (dating red ribbon). Lastly, go to TECO and ask for authentication.
3. NBI clearance. This will test your patience. (I did mine 3 times.) Our NBI is valid for 1 year in the Philippines but only 6 months in Taiwan. Once you have your NBI, bring it to DFA and TECO after.
***Kapag TECO authenticated na ang 3 basic docs na yan, you may send your application to different programs like TFETP, Teach Taiwan, PGA, PIDI. You may also apply directly to schools. You may visit the website tealit.com for job vacancies.
***Again, those are basic documents only. Prepare for your introduction video, teaching demo, statement of purpose, etc. (depende kung ano ang hihingiin sayo)
Hindi madali ang process pero possible. Hindi lang kapwa Pinoy ang applicants dito dahil ito ay open internationally sa mga bansang English ang main language, at isa dun ang Pinas.
Good luck, teachers!