Where to find honest reviews for online English teaching companies
If you’ve spent any time at all researching online English teaching jobs, you will be alarmed at how fake some of these sites look. It’s not uncommon for a stock image of a man in headphones to take up 90% of the screen and for the other 10% of the screen to be occupied by […]
Q&A: Everything you need to know about teaching English to adults online
I was recently chatting with a friend who has been teaching adult ESL students for years. He lives in Ireland so the opportunities are limited and although he’s planning to teach abroad eventually, there are a few personal reasons why he needs to be in his home country for now. For years, he’s had to […]
How to break into teaching English online when English is your second language
Reader’s Note: we have improved this blog to reflect appropriate industry-specific terms for how we address people whose first language is not English. The terms “Native and non-native English speakers” have historically been linked to discrimination. As per the International Schools Service mandate, we are working towards eliminating this language and, more importantly, the implied bias it suggests. […]
A day in the life teaching English online [Video]
We’ve already talked about how teaching English online is big business these days. That’s why, to help you figure out whether it’s the right career for you, we wanted to get some insight from the perspective of a current online ESL teacher. A while back, Vanessa heard about an online English teaching platform called VIPKID, […]
Certified teachers: 5 reasons why you should try online teaching (and where to start)
Are you a certified teacher with a teaching license? Want to make some extra cash and build a whole new set of teaching skills for the future? If you do, that’s awesome. And this also happens to be the exact article for you, so be sure to keep reading. Here’s how to decide if online teaching […]
Now hiring: Online Tutors for Skooli
The rapid growth of the online tutoring industry as a whole has provided an entirely new way for teachers to help students learn and to earn some extra money outside of the classroom. As a member of the team at Skooli Online Tutoring, I’ve seen firsthand a dramatic increase in the amount of tutoring […]