Why Teach English Online?

Types of Online TESOL Teachers

Since you are here reading this article, you are probably wondering if teaching English online is right for you. We have identified a list of 7 different types of people that join the ever growing online English teaching community. We have teachers from all walks of life and different ages, work and education levels. If you can speak English and have a friendly personality type, then teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) is a career path for you. Below you can see which group you identify with most.

The Digital Nomad

You want to travel and see as much of the world as possible in your lifetime because being stuck in the same perspective and mindset for your whole life is just unbearable to you. You may feel that you could easily become stuck in a perpetual rut by having to be at the same place, at the same time every day for work. You want to know how to earn money while travelling as a digital nomad by teaching English Online. You want to work in any city or country around the world with just your laptop and an internet connection. You are drawn to the excitement and adventure of travelling and exploring new countries, cultures, and ways of life.

The Career Change

You lack of fulfillment in your current job. It does not provide you with a sense of satisfaction or purpose anymore. You feel unfulfilled, bored, or uninspired, and are looking for a career that aligns better with your passions and interests. Your burnout with fatigue, stress, and a lack of motivation, so you desire a more sustainable and less stressful career path. You are looking for a new challenge and opportunities for personal and professional growth. You feel that your current job has become stagnant, and are looking for a new challenge that will help you learn new skills and expand their horizons. You want a fulfilling online job in teaching that helps people learn English.

The Stay-at-Home Mum (or Dad)

You want to spend as much time with your children as you can before they grow up. But your only income option is a location dependant job, where you end up spending most of the money earned on child care anyway. You would like to know how to earn money as a stay-at-home mum and take advantage of flexible part-time hours and easier and more relaxed working conditions, where you can choose to teach English online during the morning, day, or night. You want to be there for your kids as your number one priority without having to juggle a stressful job and a long commute to the office.

The Commuter

Your current location dependent job is a long distance from where you live, you waste 2-3 hours of your life everyday in traffic or on public transport. Essentially lowering your earnings by 10-20% (if you factor in the extra travel time and transport cost). You would like to find a fulfilling job teaching English online that allows you to work from home, so you can spend more time with family, pursuing hobbies, exercising, or relaxing.

The Person with a Disability

You might have a disability or health condition that prevents you from being at a location dependant job or need more flexible working hours. But you certainly are not the kind of person that is satisfied to let that control or restrict your earning potential. It’s not fair that most jobs are so rigid that they can only function if their workers are in a certain building at a certain time, everyday. You may find yourself searching for “Jobs for people with a physical disability” online. You would like to earn money from home by teaching English online.

The Tree Changer

You may be the kind of person that lives in a rural area away from the hustle and bustle of the city. You love wide-open spaces and being in nature. You can’t bear the thought of leaving your home to live in a congested suburban environment where your neighbours are right on top of you. But there are limited jobs nearby and your only option is to move or commute. A job as an online ESL teacher sounds like the perfect fit for you.

The Opportunist

You might have a great full or part-time job, but you would like to supplement your income with after-hours work at home. You have ambitious savings goals and enjoy working extra to achieve them. You see the advantage in having a qualification that allows you travel the world and work from anywhere. You are interested in teaching English as a career change or want to earn extra money online.

How to Teach English Online?

We have worked very hard to create a course that meets the requirements of teaching English online, but also exceeds them. We have spent years putting all of our more than 30 years industry knowledge into creating a comprehensive and practical course.

Our International TESOL Certificate is specifically designed with all of this in mind. You can study this online, at your own pace, on any device and you can enrol at any time.

What are the requirements?

1. An internationally recognised TESOL Certificate

2. A fluent speaker of the English language

3. 18 or older

The Equipment Needed:

1. A laptop (or desktop)

2. Good internet connection

3. A friendly personality

You will also need to know what online schools are looking for in a teacher, how to present yourself and how to best use the technology to teach. This knowledge you will receive only by studying a quality TESOL course that has an online teaching elective. Such as our International TESOL Certificate.

What kind of TESOL Certificate do I need?

You need an internationally recognised TESOL Certificate, that specifically covers teaching online, children, adults and business English. You also need a course that has a practicum included. This means that as part of the course you will teach actual ESL students and receive valuable feedback by a qualified assessor.

The practicum is crucial. You need to find a course where this is included. Some of the cheaper courses will make you find you own practicum, which can be difficult if you don’t have any connections in the industry already. Our course fully includes practicum. We source the ESL students for you and provide you with excellent feedback from our expert assessors.

The course you choose also needs to have:

1. A guaranteed job interview with an online ESL school

2. Full explanations about the work you will be doing and how to find it

3. 120+ hours of training with example teaching videos, tutorials and teacher support

4. International recognition. Which means that it needs to have a good reputation with overseas schools for producing good teachers

Will you help me get a job teaching English online?

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