American Accreditation | Internationally Recognized | 3 College Credits
All In-Class Courses by Vantage TEFL International are validated and credit-bearing by Lamar University (USA) and the Paris University of International Education (France).
These institutions recognize the Vantage certificate TEFL course as a three-credit college course.
Lamar University, established in 1923, is a public university in Beaumont, Texas and is part of the Texas State University System. Lamar is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools in the USA.
The Rector of the Paris Academy has approved the Paris University of International Education (PUIE) as a higher education establishment and recognized by the Paris Academy as degree-granting. To verify PUIE, visit the French Ministry of Higher Education Database and search “Paris University of International Education”.
Each In-Class Course graduate will receive an official certificate from TEFL International.
Additionally, every In-Class Course graduate will also receive an official transcript from PUIE. Your transcript is demonstrable proof that your TEFL course is accredited and secondly, that your program included a practicum--a requirement that more selective schools increasingly ask for.
Online Accreditation
Vantage's Combined Course TEFL Course is fully accredited by OTTSA (The Online TESOL and TEFL Standards Agency).
They are a professional education organization, dedicated to raising industry standards for online TEFL/TESOL teacher-training courses.
Moderation of Standards
An integral part of academic accreditation is continuous--and external—moderation. For each course we run, the moderator checks the coursework to make sure that the marking is fair and standardized. We also present part of the student's coursework to the moderator so they can check that our trainees have learned the approved TEFL methodology.
Shortly after every Vantage TEFL course, there is a conference call between the Moderator and Vantage’s Lead Trainer where they go over students’ lesson plans and their self-evaluations and discuss what happened in that course.
Here’s a follow-up email from the Course Moderator to the Lead Trainer wrapping up a recent conference call.
Accreditation with ongoing moderation ensures that the course you take is of the highest quality and that's why your Vantage TEFL qualification is internationally recognized.
Mike Fitzgerald—TEFL Course Moderator
Vantage In-Class TEFL courses are also moderated by Michael FitzGerald.
Michael has been an administrator, teacher, course developer, and TEFL teacher trainer (Teaching English as a Foreign Language) for over 25 years. He has taught in North & Central America, Eastern & Western Europe and throughout Asia.
Michael holds a bachelor’s degree from Carleton University in Canada, a Cambridge University DELTA, and a TEFL Certification from the Irish Schools Association. He is also a Master's in Education (TESOL) candidate at the Paris College of International Education.
Michael has also worked with TEFL International for more than ten years where he developed new educational programs, hired and trained staff in addition to directing TEFL courses.
He has been a director for a Trinity College London program, consulted for The Bell Educational Foundation, and many other international training organizations..
Michael has authored books on training teachers and presented at numerous conferences, as well as being Special Projects Leader for TESOL Spain’s Board of Directors.
Thailand's Ministry of Education
All our courses are conducted in registered facilities and our Teaching Practices (the practicum) are held at Boromarajonani Nursing College, Thailand’s oldest & largest nursing training university with 28 campuses throughout Thailand, at The University of Thai Chamber of Commerce (UTCC) and at Petcharawun Witthaya School—a Thai school with more than 2,000 students from kindergarten to the 9th grade.
UTCC is a leading business education institution in SE Asia. Founded in 1940, it’s Thailand’s oldest private non-profit university.
These institutions are registered and under the supervision of Thailand's Ministry of Education and al the Ministry of Public Health.
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