Get Started Teaching ESL Online

Get Started Teaching ESL Online

This course covers a wide range of topics related to teaching ESL online, mainly as it pertains to the job hunt process, teacher certification, and interacting with students.

Here are some of the more detailed topics we cover:

Benefits and drawbacks of teaching ESL online, what makes a good online ESL teacher, ESL teaching certification, companies vs. teaching with your own tutoring business, teaching with an actual online public or private school, pay, lesson planning as it relates to deciding who to work for or to work for yourself, record keeping, schedule, what to expect from an application/interview process with a company, interview questions you may be asked and questions you should ask in an interview, training with a company, introduction videos when you work for a company, the equipment you need to teach online, how to share ideas with students in an online environment, tutor manuals if you work for a company, how to effectively for your first class, tips for getting more students and higher ratings, how to engage students online, some online resources for teaching online, online communities of online ESL teachers, and where to find online ESL teaching jobs.

This course is best suited for current ESL teachers who are considering making the move to teaching ESL online. It is also good for those who are looking at starting an online career but who have not quite decided what job they want.

The course is not designed to help you start your own business teaching ESL online, although I do offer some points to consider if that is the route you want to take. Also, I point out some resources to train you on how to do that.

Tips to launch your career as an online ESL teacher

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What you will learn

• confidently weigh the pros and cons of teaching ESL online for themselves or for a company.
• identify resources to help them plan engaging online lessons.
• confidently buy the equipment needed to teach ESL online.

Rating: 4.3

Level: Beginner Level

Duration: 1.5 hours

Instructor: Leyla Norman