Ideally you should be a native English speaker. However don’t worry if you’re not! If you are a non native speaker who is fairly competent at English, then for most esl positions you should have no problems getting and securing employment as an English teacher.

Getting a tefl certificate will also be a great advantage when looking for jobs. Tefl stands for teaching English as a foreign language.

Over the past few years tefl has become like the industry standard qualification for people wishing to go overseas and pursue a career teaching English as a foreign language. You would be well advised to take a tefl course!

So where do I take a tefl course and how long will it take me to get qualified?

Tefl England offer classroom based tefl courses as well as online courses. Normally from start to finish the course duration is 4 weeks,

Right I’ve got my tefl certificate, now I need a job!

First of all congratulations! You’re now a qualified tefler! Welcome to a great profession. There’s never going to be a dull moment in your professional life again, and every day will certainly be different!

One great resource for jobs is my site! Http://esljobs4teachers.com Just keep watching for daily updates and get applying! That’s the key! If you need any help finding employment in Thailand don’t hesitate to drop me a line here on my site!

What kind of jobs can I get?

English teaching jobs tend to fall in to a few distinct categories especially in Thailand. For the most part many teachers find themselves teaching in the government sector, eg government schools. Here’s a list…

Teaching kids in government schools (all levels)

Teaching kids in private kindergarten / infant / high schools

Teaching adults at private language centers evenings / weekends

Private one on one tuition

Corporate English teaching

Teaching kids weekends/evenings private language centers

Teaching kids in international schools

Most teachers tend to end up teaching kids in the government school sector. For this you’ll normally be contracted to work from 18 – 25 contact teaching hours per week, you’ll then receive a set monthly salary of around 30,000 – 40,000 baht per month in Thailand.

Teaching kids in private schools is roughly the same deal as the government schools, hours, salary, conditions etc

Teaching adults at private language centers normally revolves around night time and the weekends. You’ll probably end up teaching 6pm to 8pm Mon-Fri and on weekends Sat-Sun you could teach up to six hours per day.

Normally it’s up to you how many hours you want to work. Most teachers just do a few hours per week to top up their salaries from working at the government schools. Teaching at the centers you’ll be paid by the hour, most classes 2 hours in duration. In Thailand rates range from 300 baht per hour up to 500 baht per hour dependent upon whom you work for.

Private one on one tuition is basically you getting yourself some private students to teach by placing ads in windows or word of mouth. Rates range from 300 baht per hour up to 600 baht.

Corporate teaching or business English as it’s known is simply where the teacher goes to a company usually after work and teaches the staff there. If you work for a private language company then they will have a contract to teach the staff of a company. You’ll be sent to train them at their place of work instead of them coming to learn at a language center.

Most English teachers love corporate work because the rates are quite good. For example most corporate jobs pay 500 baht per hour upwards to 1,000 baht per hour! Though the normal rate would hover between 500-700 per hour.

Watch this space! More to come…

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