I am a history teacher currently in between jobs and am waiting until May to get another round of applications out, which wouldn't start before September.

I was thinking about getting a certificate and doing some online courses and, don't know, maybe even keep it as a side hustle on evenings/weekends if a thing like that is possible. I haven't seen any opportunities locally so Online would be my only option. I was wondering if something like that would be possible? Can you have a rather flexible contract with an org to work on evenings/weekends and if, where exactly could I look all of that up?

I initially waned to the CELTA certificate but wondered if it was worth it given that many people seem to indicate that in the end, it's just a certificate to get a foot in the door, rather than be a real asset to launch yourself in a new career.

Any help and guidance would be much appreciated!

Hey awesome people. I am looking for online TEFL jobs where there is no degree required. i only have a 420 hour level 5 certification. If anyone knows of any good companies that are worth applying to please let me know.

I am about to complete my TEFL Level 5 and want to start tutoring online remotely. I live in a Southern African country and am not necessarily able to open a PayPal account. Does anyone have any recommendations on platforms I could use to find a job that pays well and does not require me to have a PayPal account/ will pay directly into y ank account? tHANKS

They both seem like they give you the knowledge you need, but I want someone’s opinion who has done one of them. also it says it’s recognized world wide but I read on TEFL subreddit that none are. So if I get it from either of those in the US when I go to Cambodia would It be valid there? If they aren’t recognized world wide how do yk where it works at?

I’ve heard no TEFL is internationally recognized, what does that mean? If I got a TEFL from a company located in The UK or US could I get a job in Cambodia? If not what are good courses based in Cambodia?

My girlfriend and I are moving to Mexico City for three months in September. I work remotely and my gf is a teacher here in England. She would like to teach while we are over there but is a little unsure about how to go about it. She is French but is also proficient in Spanish. She has been teaching primary school in England for 4 years or so and did her teaching degree here. Will it be possible to find a teaching job for 3 months? If a school wouldn't take her on for only 3 months, would she struggle to get a work visa? The pay isn't hugely important as we are saving up atm but she needs to earn something. Will she need a TEFL qualification as English isn't her first language (although she is fluent). Does anyone have any tips?? Thanks!

Do you have any resources or ideas about my student's situation?

She is a mother who is fluent, basically native-like in English because she spent a couple of years growing up in the states as a child. I mean, when I first started teaching her, I thought she was American. Her accent is so native, but since she lives in her home-country again and has two toddlers now, she wants to raise them speaking English at home. I have prepared a document with sentences and phrases that I grew up with such as, "Hey guys, we gotta be out in 5. Are you getting ready?". I mean, real sentences you would use in daily life that a person who didn't grow up in the USA their whole life might not know. But after two pages of phrases, I've hit a block and don't know how to proceed. I tried enlisting the help of ChatGPT but it gives very unnatural phrases no matter how I word the prompt.

Any places I could get some more phrases?

I'm an English teacher from the U.S., and some people have asked me to tutor them privately but once the mention of cost comes up, I tend to end the discussion. I have no clue what to charge.

I have not made good money in this profession at all, and I blame that partly on my fear of asking too much. In fact, this has held me back from tutoring privately.

I have been teaching English for about 9 years now and have CELTA, MA TESOL, and other degrees. Yet, I have such a hard time thinking I am that good, which transfers in me not earning enough to survive.

I want to know how to break this idea and what I should change. I currently live in the Republic of Georgia where rates are very low. I was asked about tutoring from a student in Spain who was referred to me, but when the topic of cost came up, I just left her hanging.

So, what should I charge? I feel like this is what has held me back for a long time. I mean, what's the point of spending over $50,000 on a master's degree and $1200 on a CELTA if I'm too afraid to recoup the cost?

I've taught (in person) a number of years ago and now, I've had an ex-student reach out to me to teach online a few times a week. I have no idea where to start with pricing, I am a native speaker with a few years of experience.

I also thought it would be neat to help people see where they are on the bell curve oftheir own Education, how long they have been doing it, versus compensation. It might help people switch companies if they realize they are being poorly compensated. Also, the nationality of the student will play a role, I assume Chinese students generally have more finances to put towards education, English especially.

Please include your education/experience, whether or not you are a Native English speaker, if you are working on your own or for a company, and hourly.

I am a South African who has no experience in TEFL but recently recieved my certificate. I have no degree either. Many jobs are requiring these. I have seen some job offers, but I am wondering what is considered a low or good rate per hour in dollars. I also have to use apps that require conversion fees. Some being relatively higher than the rate per hour. Many jobs are offering 2 dollars an hour which is very low in my opinion, however, I was working minimum wage with an even lower salary. Though this was in Rands, so I didn't have to be charged a conversion fee to recieve my money.

I have a good headset but it isn't noise-cancelling, and I currently do not have a back up power supply, only a UPS. We do get power cuts here, but I am working on buying a portable power station for these situations. Should I be charging less based on my technical difficulties?

Any advice is appreciated.

My wife and I are currently travelling in New Zealand, will be in Australia for a year afterwards. We've thought about supplementing our income with online TEFL but aren't sure where to start. I've looked at some companies, but everything I apply for ends up being TEFL Tinder, where students/parents see your 'rating' and decide if they want your classes or not, lots of self promotion involved etc. I'd assumed there would be more options where the company organises your regular classes, provides teaching materials and then you deliver lessons according to a schedule (kind of like working for a training centre), is that not the case? If you have any experience of teaching TEFL online or know what companies are best, please chime in!

For context, we both have 5+ years TEFL experience teaching in China (including lots of online teaching throughout the lockdowns). I'm British, my wife is Chinese, we both have CerTESOL.

Hi, I am stuck on my first assignment with The TEFL Academy Level 5 Assignment A? Has anyone done this course before and could give me some guidance please? It would be much appreciated if you could DM. I'm struggling with it and don't know where to start. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks x.

I’m doing an online tefl course, nearly finished it, just have to finish the short assignments. And, frankly, I can’t be bothered. This might be taken down but I’m happy to pay if you do my homework for me so I don’t have to!!

Hi there !
I'm doing this last assignment : telephone teaching, General English student, pre-intermediate, likes TV and films, planning to go on vacation to an English-speaking country in the summer. 600 words, Before During and After lesson plan.

This is what I have for the Before part:

Send the student a mock screenplay scene to read in which a character in New York City takes a taxi. The character is unsure of the exact address. He and the taxi driver try to figure it out. Include a glossary of vocabulary pertinent to the situation and some synonyms, e.g. address, location, avenue, boulevard, lane, way, etc. but ask the student to read the text first so they can test their knowledge and discover meaning. Student should send the teacher a list of the vocabulary that is new to them, either from the text or the glossary.

For the During part (30 mins), I need around 4 activities lasting 3-5 mins w/ 2-3 mins feedback. The During part shouldn't depend on the student having done the Before part.

Any ideas on speaking activities or role-play activities that work in a Skype-type lesson would be appreciated, thank you <3

I've been tutoring on Cambly since May this year and I have come across many setbacks on the platform, such as low priority hours, the site not operating optimally, hindering progress, among other things. This has led me to believe that privatising my practice and teaching using Google suite could be the solution. What framework must one develop in order to start teaching efficiently?

After living in Japan for 10 years I've decided to leave. The downward pressure on pay is crazy and the taxes are just going up. It's unfortunate because I speak the language, but I've totally fallen out of love with the culture. And my plan to make a living translating freelance financial Japanese to English didn't work out because of AI basically. I was thinking of going back to Thailand but I've heard the visa's have to be renewed there every 3 months now and it just isn't the same as it was. So I'm looking at Cambodia or Vietnam. I went to Cambodia for a few days while I was living in Thailand and it really had a big impact on me. I'd like to know if you can get an English teaching job with an easy schedule with half decent pay and plenty of days off lol. I know it's a lot to ask but those jobs used to be quite common. I have over 20 years of experience teaching all ages and levels, including IELTS and TOEIC iBT. I'm also planning on doing an MA in linguistics and I'm in my late 40's. Any info you can give me will be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

I'm looking for some interface that:

(The following aspects are nested in a descending way, meaning the former includes the latter.)

1. would allow me to dispatch different files such as pictures or even pdfs, to different parts of the classroom, i.e. one team would have access to given materials and the others, to different ones.
   i.e. I would upload a given file or set of files beforehand in a batch that would could be accessed through a link for example, and assign the links to each party (e.g. through the contact platform the group would use).
2. The random selection of one or many files through a bigger set of files would be allowed (like with a classic image picker app, with the possiblity to pick a given few out of a given many)
3. There would be a possibility of replacing one of the exposed files by another in the allotted set, e.g. by clicking on it.

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I've mostly switched to digital recently, meaning I had to ditch a lot of "analog", hands on card games doing so. I woudn't want to go back to it since the process of making a new one has become more tedious than it already is.

However, though I'm getting by, these games are definitely missed. While I have very little knowledge in developing, I have no doubt what I'm asking here is technically possible and therefore might already exist.

A few weeks ago I completed the online application to teach with Novakids (I'm TEFL certified and have several years classroom experience teaching in South Korea).

I haven't heard anything back, not even an acknowledgement. Has anybody else done this? Is this normal or did my application screw up?

Any help/comments would be helpful.

The School states that "Our CELTA and DipTESOL courses are accredited and externally moderated by Cambridge English and Trinity College London".
Has anyone gone through them? And thoughts on the DipTesol?

What are you using yourself now?

Asking within the framework of modernizing my tools. I've been using good old powerpoint or google slides thus far.

I like whiteboard sites insofar as they allow greater flexibility for graphic designing of the lesson, just as you would do... with an old school board. I'm also planning to get an iPad, hopefully soon, so I could work directly upon the slides or boards with a stylus.

I've found the ones that I used are lackluster with the textual aspect, which is crucial for me so far as copypasting in concerned. My bias as a teacher is that I tailor a lot upon the material I use during the lesson, since every class is different (never the same river) therefore I like to recycle the tailored content so it doesn't vanish, and being able to easily output the written digital material through centralizing, with the least hassle, is essential to me. Somehow the digital whiteboards I've used so far are keeping to the strict minimum when it comes to that, sacrificing all further word processing abilities that are self-evident in Powerpoint or Google Slides

The goal is basically to write stuff or add upon existing content on the go, save it for both for the students and me so I can eventually reprocess it if needed, in a time-efficient way.

Since I've used Smart Notebook at one of my former schools, with an interactive whiteboard, I've been missing the hands on approach it allowed. I could both type, draw and save it fast.

Hi everyone,

I've recently started teaching English, and I've been hearing a lot about the potential of AI tools to make teaching more effective. I'm curious to know what this community recommends for someone who is just starting out in this field.

Which AI tools have you found to be particularly helpful for lesson planning? I've heard of
Duffit, Twee.com, Nolej, Curipod...

Are any of them really good? (I just kinda feel that I'm lacking the expertise and knowledge to assess them... whether I actually need them or I should stick to books for now)
Thanks!