Does anyone teach English (ESL) online from home?

[Coco6]

I have been doing this for 9 months and I love it. However, WFH can get very lonely!

Anyone else?

Aya thank you! I was going to make a list, however, I've only worked for one company so was unsure about the legitimacy of the others.

Hi Coco6
Please could you ok me the name of your company. I am very interested in this. Thank you!

Sorry! Pm me

@Coco6

Could you send me more info. My h has left me and I'm trying to find something to do work wise, my dd has asd (adult though) so work from home is perfect. Thanks

Could you also pm me the details for your company please?

I've been looking at doing this for a while but am baffled over which course to sign up for.

Thank you

Op could you pm me the agency you work through please. Thanks

I also would be interested to find out more thanks!

I would love details of your company if you don't mind

@GETTINGLIKEMYMOTHER O Levels were before my time but I had an A in GCSE French and a C at a level.

I always wanted to do English and thought about doing teaching, I ended up doing nursing but I have a degree in that! I gave that up a couple of years ago after I had my second son as the shifts just weren't suited to kids school hours. Something I could fit around them would be great!

Please tell me how to reach you to learn about the company. I have been a master TEFL teacher for two years. I feel overwhelmed by trying to get everything right like lighting. I would love to work for a company that has a good reputation and is helpful.

I'd love more information if possible.. I'm doing that now but would love to do from home.. Would it be possible to get more info from you?? Thank you

Oooh!!! I’m doing my tefl at present but really need to earn now!! Can I teach whilst doing the tefl?

Coco6
Can you pm me with details of who you work for please!!! I’m new on here and can’t work out how to pm xxxxxx

Yes!! I teach English online with multiple companies! :) Qkids and Education First are my favorites and ones I recommend the most ❤️ I love working from home, helping our family finances and caring for my daughter. I understand the loneliness factor at times. I’m apart of mom groups on Facebook (there are so many) and community with our church. This site seems like a great resource.

@semoneseavers89
Do you do set hours each week?

Sem that sounds great!

Cambly is quite good too, as something on the side.

Had my interview today @Coco6. It was quick and easy!

@Atalune oh wow that's brilliant! Good luck! Hopefully you had the same interviewer as me, we're still in touch now - she helps me with everything 🤣🤣

Please could I also have details? I am an overworked teacher and would love a get out! Do you need a fancy computer? Thanks

@Aya611 Thanks for the extensive list

@semoneseavers89 and @Coco6 - Can you please share more details? I’d love the flexibility of working from home. I’ve taught EFL for a number of years but I love the idea of not having commute every single day.

£18 an hour sounds a lot different from what most of the ones listed above pay so it would certainly be useful for wannabe online teachers to know the name of it.

Like a few others on this thread I've been an EFL/EAP teacher for years, have a DELTA qualification and EFL management and recruitment experience.

Online work -some will accept you with no qualifications whatsoever, sadly it's a virtually unregulated industry, though reputable organisations will insist on one.
Read all the reviews on things like Glassdoor and MME as a lot of the companies (especially the China based ones) get very poor ones.
And obviously never fork out for anyone's own course (quite a lot of them run their own online courses, you might pay peanuts for it, but it's worth diddly) Others ask you to do a lengthy probation period, then you may or may not get the hours. Some offer a wage per hour, then you discover a lesson is 30 minutes, so you're planning twice as long. Avoid any company which has you simply reading from a script.

Anybody serious about getting into it can find ads through the trade websites like tefl.com, teflnet etc.

The best companies are going to be the well established brands like EF who are moving into online platforms as well. You'll get a proper contract and proper money. Those ones will want to see a qualification though.

Oh gosh, I wanted to do this but was put off by the user reviews of some of the companies! How they don;t get paid much, or because they get fired due to poor student reviews of the them? I would love to do it though, it would be IDEAl for me, but I'm so nervous about how on earth would I teach - it sounds like, as long as you get the tefl etc, they provide you with the lesson plan though so you don't have to format stuff yourself?

Wow @Aya611, thank you for that!

Yeah, there are some not so great reviews online, however, my experience has been brilliant. It's allowed me to do something I love while being at home too. I was slightly sceptical when I read them but I'm so glad I tried it out for myself.

To the pp who asked - yes, they provide the lesson plans. You can extend and add in your own stuff too, it's very flexible.

Can anyone tell me a bit more about Cambly? I don't really want to commit to a regular slot and have other freelancing on the go, but wouldn't mind something that I can do off-the-cuff.

I am an experienced teacher, although not TEFL.