Hi, I just wanted to share the following information: There is a course subsidized by the Board of Education available for Olim (no year limit...even if you made aliya over a decade ago) who want to certify as English teachers. It is free to those who qualify. I'm not sure who qualifiies, however, I did qualify. My story is that I have a B.Ed and a Teudat Horaah, in a different area of education. I have been teaching English for 4 years and need to certify as an English teacher. This is called "harchavat hasmacha." Apparently this has been going on for the last 9 years and if there are enough applicants the course opens and sometimes more than one course opens in the country in the same year, for example, one in Jerusalem and one in the South. If you are interested in this course, please do not contact me. Do contact Debby Wiener at debmisrad@xxxxxxxxxxx I'm sharing this because it took me a year of searching and considering paying over 10000 shekel to do exactly what this course is offering for free. Best of luck, Leora Davids -- Leora Davids ************************************** ** Subscribe/Unsubscribe - http://www.freelists.org/list/etni ** Join ETNI on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/31737970668/ ** ETNI Blog and Poll http://ask-etni.blogspot.co.il/ ** Etni homepage - http://www.etni.org ** post to ETNI List - etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** help - ask@xxxxxxxx ***************************************