upnorthkyosa
6th May 2007, 03:23 AM
Both my wife and I got our NZQA assessment back and we got both got some good news and bad news.
Starting with the good news...
Our bachelor degrees were recognized and our Masters degrees were recognized. According this this site (http://www.immigration.govt.nz/migrant/stream/work/workandlivepermanently/LinkAdministration/ToolboxLinks/longtermskillshortagelist.htm?level=5), this puts us automatically long term skill shortage list. We are both secondary teachers, so we were already there, but I think this gives us another step up.
The bad news is twofold.
My wife's Bachelors degree was recognized, but was unspecified. The way they do Special Education in NZ is that you get a regular teaching qualification first and then you go back to school and get a special education qualification. In the US, at some universities for some states, you can get a regular bachelors degree in Special Education. I'm not exactly sure what this will mean for her ability to teach, but I think its probably a good possibility that she will probably have to go to school once we get there.
I don't know what else we can do about this. Any advice?
For myself, my bachelors degree was honored and it was shown that I had specialized in biology, comprehensive general sciences, and earth sciences. It also gave me the ability to teach at the secondary level. The assessment did not recognize my ability to teach physics in New Zealand. I went back to school and took classes so that I would meet the lisence requirments for the state of MN and I was hoping that NZ would recognize the fact that I am lisenced in MN to teach Physics.
I don't know if I should have this reassessed or how I should proceed to even find out why it was not recognized. This is kind of a big deal because the majority of the jobs that I've seen in the areas that we want to live have physics positions open. Any advice?
Starting with the good news...
Our bachelor degrees were recognized and our Masters degrees were recognized. According this this site (http://www.immigration.govt.nz/migrant/stream/work/workandlivepermanently/LinkAdministration/ToolboxLinks/longtermskillshortagelist.htm?level=5), this puts us automatically long term skill shortage list. We are both secondary teachers, so we were already there, but I think this gives us another step up.
The bad news is twofold.
My wife's Bachelors degree was recognized, but was unspecified. The way they do Special Education in NZ is that you get a regular teaching qualification first and then you go back to school and get a special education qualification. In the US, at some universities for some states, you can get a regular bachelors degree in Special Education. I'm not exactly sure what this will mean for her ability to teach, but I think its probably a good possibility that she will probably have to go to school once we get there.
I don't know what else we can do about this. Any advice?
For myself, my bachelors degree was honored and it was shown that I had specialized in biology, comprehensive general sciences, and earth sciences. It also gave me the ability to teach at the secondary level. The assessment did not recognize my ability to teach physics in New Zealand. I went back to school and took classes so that I would meet the lisence requirments for the state of MN and I was hoping that NZ would recognize the fact that I am lisenced in MN to teach Physics.
I don't know if I should have this reassessed or how I should proceed to even find out why it was not recognized. This is kind of a big deal because the majority of the jobs that I've seen in the areas that we want to live have physics positions open. Any advice?