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Do I need a TEFL certificate to work for VIPKid? To be eligible for a teaching position with VIPKid, candidates must possess a bachelor's degree and have prior experience in teaching, tutoring, or working with children. While a TEFL certification isn't strictly mandatory, it provides a significant edge, enhancing your teaching credentials and potentially benefiting salary negotiations. However, recent changes in Chinese regulations, as of July 2021, mandate that online English lessons for Chinese students be conducted by educators located within China, impacting VIPKid's teaching criteria. Table of Contents Can I still work for VIPKid? Do VIPKid teachers need a TEFL certificate? What other criteria does VIPKid ask for? How much does VIPKid pay? Conclusion Can I still work for VIPKid?...  [Read more]

Do I need a TEFL certificate to work for VIPKid? Until recently, VIPKid was a leading platform for online teaching to young learners. But as of July 2021, changes to Chinese law have prohibited the promotion of English lessons taught by instructors outside China to Chinese students. In essence, to teach Chinese children online, you now need to be physically located in China, not abroad. This law change significantly impacted VIPKid’s operations, reducing their previously prominent position in this teaching environment. Can I still work for VIPKid? Despite these legal changes in China, VIPKid has continued to offer lessons to adult students in China from abroad, as the new laws do not affect this. They have also introduced a new global service targeting young learners worldwide. However,...  [Read more]

Live Session with ITTT Alumna Brittany from 'The Life of Brit'   Welcome to another live session this week and we're on at a different time this week. Usually we're a little bit earlier, but we have a special guest today, and that's because she's based in Germany. So we had to change the time a little bit. I’m Linda from ITT, you've probably seen me before, if you've watched us live and I’m here with Brit today. Hi Brit! Hi, thanks for having me, and painting your time to meet my schedule, and thank you so much for getting up early.I know it's early in Germany right now. just have my coffee and I’m good to go.That's awesome,where in Germany are you exactly? so I’m based near Trier, which is along the border with Luxembourg. So very close to Luxembourg? That's cool,...  [Read more]

Fri, 19 Mar 2021 Federico Riva Destinations Alumni Experiences Live Session with ITTT Alumna Brittany from "The Life of Brit" Welcome to another live session this week and we're on at a different time this week. Usually we're a little bit earlier, but we have a special guest today, and that's because she's based in Germany. So we had to change the time a little bit. I'm Linda from ITT, you've probably seen me before, if you've watched us live and I'm here with Brit today. Table of Contents Watch the live session here That's cool, that's exciting. Have you been to Luxemburg? Like I said, we have Brittany here today. We're doing a TEFL talk, sort of a casual TEFL talk today. We are live on Facebook, and we're also live on YouTube. So please don't hesitate to ask questions. Why did you...  [Read more]

Live Session: Overview of All the Documents You Will Need to Teach English Abroad   Hi guys, Linda here from ITTT with another live session. Super excited to be here again, thanks so much for tuning in today and if you're listening to this as a podcast episode thanks so much for the download, we really appreciated it. We turn all of our live sessions into podcast episodes and you can find them on all major podcast platforms like iTunes, Google Podcasts, and Spotify. Just search for the TEFL and TESOL Podcast by ITTT and you will find all our episodes there. Hi Tiana, thanks so much for tuning in today. How are you? I'm so excited to be here again and I think today's topic is going to be really interesting for people who want to go abroad and teach. We're going to talk about all the...  [Read more]

Overview of All the Documents You Will Need to Teach English Abroad 05/13/2021 hi guys hi linda here from itt with another live session this week super excited to be here again um thanks so much for tuning in today and if you're listening to this as a podcast episode thanks so much for the download we really really appreciated as you might know we turn all of our live live sessions into podcast episodes and you can find our podcast on all major podcast platforms like itunes google podcasts spotify um yeah you just search for itttt or it's actually called the tefl and tesol podcast by itt and you can find all our episodes there as well so hi guys hi tiana hi thanks so much for tuning in today how are you how are you awesome i'm so excited to be here again and i think today's topic is...  [Read more]

Fri, 04 Jun 2021 Federico Riva Budget and Salary TEFL Information Teaching Ideas Live Session: Overview of All the Documents You Will Need to Teach English Abroad Hi guys, Linda here from ITTT with another live session. Super excited to be here again, thanks so much for tuning in today and if you're listening to this as a podcast episode thanks so much for the download, we really appreciated it. We turn all of our live sessions into podcast episodes and you can find them on all major podcast platforms like iTunes, Google Podcasts, and Spotify. Just search for the TEFL and TESOL Podcast by ITTT and you will find all our episodes there. Table of Contents Watch the live session here Awesome, so keep watching for the documents and let's jump in now we have a good group of people. Okay,...  [Read more]

TEFL Talk with ITTT Alumna Brittany from "The Life of Brit" 11/27/2020 hello welcome to another live session this week and yeah we're on at a different time this week usually we're a little bit earlier um but yeah we have a special guest today and that's why because she's on base in germany so we had to change the time a little bit yeah i'm linda from itt you've probably seen me before if you've watched our lives and i'm here with brit today hi brit hi thanks for having me and painting your time to meet my schedule yeah and thanks so much for getting up early i know it's early in germany right now oh yeah just have my coffee and i'm good to go yeah that's awesome where in germany are you exactly so i'm based near trier which is along the border with luxembourg so very close to luxembourg...  [Read more]